The euro may be riskier than you think
byFinance ministers in the Eurozone appear to have had a free lesson in game theory from Professor Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister. At…
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Cobden Centre’s Gordon Kerr on Bloomberg on the Euro and European banks
byThe Cobden Centre’s Gordon Kerr can be seen on Bloomberg discussing the Euro and the state of Europe’s banks, which are now in a…
Europe’s Move In The Direction Of More Monetary Mischief
byThe European Central Bank has announced its intention to create out of thin air over one trillion new Euros from March 2015 to September…
Whatever it Takes
bySo, finally, the world’s most open conspiracy came to full fruition and Magic Mario actually got to do a little of ‘whatever it takes’…
More euro-tragedy
byDespite the uncertainties ahead of the Greek general election, the European Central Bank (ECB) went ahead and announced quantitative easing (QE) of €60bn per…
European Central Bank plan to unleash massive pumping is likely to further undermine the process of wealth generation
byThe European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to pump 1.1 trillion euro’s into the banking system to fend off price deflation and revive economic…
The ECB should be bolder
byAs inflation rates continue to fall across the Eurozone one might expect Austrian economists to rejoice. After all, inflation reduces our purchasing power and…
As Germany loses battle for ECB, QE goes global
byWhat is Super Mario up to? First, he gave an unexpectedly dovish speech at the Jackson Hole conference, rather ungallantly upstaging the host, Ms…
QE will come to the eurozone – and, like elsewhere, it will be a failure
byThe data was not really surprising and neither was the response from the commentariat. After a run of weak reports from Germany over recent…
Europe’s Mario Draghi Starring in Bernanke’s Show
by[Editor’s note: this article, by Brendon Brown, was first published by Mises.org.] Just as Professor Bernanke exits center stage at the end of Act…