Dear Uncle Sam: the Director’s Cut
byDear Uncle Sam, My mother told me to send thank-you notes promptly. I’ve been remiss, but you know, with my firm’s revenues up 30%…
China
Capitalism at work in Communist China
byIs it possible to build a 15-floor hotel in six days? It is in China: Remarkable.
Dissent in the Ranks
byAmid all the polemic it has inspired, perhaps the best summing up of current US policy was the verdict delivered by Germany’s famously irascible…
CNBC: China to Hike Rates Again Soon?
byMy latest CNBC interview: The Chinese will have to “come back to the party again pretty soon” and raise interest rates in the face…
Ben Davies: The World Monetary Earthquake, The Dash From Cash
byBen Davies, of Hinde Capital, has written an excellent article about all of the fiat currency devaluations that have been going on recently around…
Peter Schiff: Dollar, credit ratings, China, short-term debt
byIn the latest Peter Schiff videoblog (July 12th), Mr Schiff thinks we are entering the economic lull before the storm and that the Dollar…
Peter Schiff: Weak economic data, market volatility, China
byPeter Schiff begins his latest economic video blog, broadcast on July the 1st, by discussing the recent market volatility in China, before returning to…
The Eclectica Fund Management Commentary, May 2010
byHugh Hendry, of Eclectica Asset Management, predicts that a downturn in China could provide western governments with the deflationary event they require to give…
Corrigan on Sweden and China
bySweden, that Democratic Socialist paradise that is the role model of all progressives, is compared to the UK, whose state sector is the same…
Razeen Sally, “Trade Policy, New Century”
byRazeen Sally’s Trade Policy, New Century (PDF) succeeds magnificently in explaining the 21st-century case for free trade and, specifically, unilateral trade liberalisation to the…