CentreRight: Manchesterism
byVia CentreRight: Manchesterism, ConservativeHome explores the ideas shared by our inspiration, Richard Cobden: Most of us in the South associate “the North” politically as…
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FT.com | Putting an end to financial crises
byA second FT article discussing 100% reserves: T’was the year the country stood still. Not a car, truck, or bus rode the roads. No…
The Filter^: Debating QE with Stephanie Flanders
byCobden Centre Founding Fellow Dr. Anthony J. Evans debates QE with Stephanie Flanders. Indeed Stephanie and I agreed that this is completely unchartered territory…
FT.com / Martin Wolf – Why narrow banking alone is not the finance solution
byFT columnist Martin Wolf considers narrow banking and 100% reserves. The FT has a new series on the future of investment. But what, I…
It is no time for Westminster to be squeamish over spending cuts – Telegraph
byPresident of the Adam Smith Institute Madsen Pirie says, “It is no time to be squeamish”: The Government is trying to pitch the debate…
Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working – Guy Fawkes’ blog
byTaking a line with which we closely identify, Guido writes Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working: The pound is getting whacked…
New Book Reveals the Total Cost of Gordon Brown’s mishandling of the economy as £3 TRILLION
byVia the Taxpayers’ Alliance: That’s £50,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK In their new book Fleeced! Matthew Elliott, CEO of…
War in Afghanistan
byVia The Guardian At first light last Friday, in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, the villagers gathered around the twisted wreckage…
FT.com / Global Economy – Goldman chief hits at ‘useless’ banking
byLloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, has attacked some investment banking products as socially useless and said that the controversy over bankers’ pay…
Barack Obama accused of making ‘Depression’ mistakes – Telegraph
byBarack Obama is committing the same mistakes made by policymakers during the Great Depression, according to a new study endorsed by Nobel laureate James…