Free Banking, the Balance Sheet and Contract Law Approach
byFor new readers to this site who are not aware of the debate that exists within the Austrian School, there are those who are…
Economic Cycles
The Crack-up Boom
byThis post is excerpted from Mises’ “The Causes of the Economic Crisis and Other Essays Before and After the Great Depression” which is available…
Banksters on the Welfare State of Credit
byOur Corporate Affairs Director Steve Baker has posed this question to some of his fellow board members, “Would be great to nail this phenomenon…
Policy Exchange and the Near Consensus on the Merits of QE
byI went to this event today. “22/02/2010 – Ideas Space Quantitative Easing: Friend or Future Foe? The Bank of England entered unchartered territory in…
Philipp Bagus on the business cycle
byECONOMISTS IN THE TRADITION OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL have shown that one type of maturity mismatching can cause maladjustments and business cycles. When banks…
A day of reckoning: how to end the banking crisis now
byDrawing on the work of Nobel Laureates in economics from three traditions, plus numerous other distinguished scholars, Cobden Centre Chairman, economist and successful entrepreneur…
Moneyweek: Japan leads the way… through a minefield
byOver at Moneyweek, Bill Bonner argues in a subscriber-only article that ersatz money is a flop. Bonner describes John Law‘s disastrous paper money scheme…
A brief guide to money and banking
byToday, we publish our brief guide to money and banking. The Guide comprises: Four charts showing how Baxendale and Evans’ measure of the money…
Irving Fisher, 100% Money, 1935
byIrving Fisher’s “100% Money” is remarkable in the context of our present credit crunch. While The Cobden Centre pursues copyright permission to scan and…
The Adam Smith Institute: A Beginner’s Guide to Liberty
byVia The Adam Smith Institute, A Beginner’s Guide to Liberty is now available, edited by Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Dr. Richard Wellings with contributions from…