‘Footsie pushes above 5,000’ but it will not last
byUpdate: As the Footsie pushes above 5,000, we bring this post forwards and refer readers to Why is the FTSE going up? Hopes for a…
Economic Cycles
Now it’s looking like V for victory over recession – Times Online
byResponding to an article in The Times, Steven Baker indicates the origins of our views on the economic situation and its causes, of our…
Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That
byBy kind permission of Sean Corrigan, we reproduce his report Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That, in which he explains the end of…
FT.com / Comment / Opinion – The risk of a double-dip recession is rising
byWriting in the Financial Times, Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at the Stern School of Business, asks questions which chime with The Cobden Centre:…
Where next for the economy?
byVia Entering the Greatest Depression in History by Andrew Gavin Marshall, indications of the possible path of the global economy: Entering the Greatest Depression…
Economic Interventionism, Banks and the Crisis
bySteven Baker presents a precis of de Soto’s Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles pp650-653, setting out an argument which was famously expounded by…
FT.com / Columnists / John Plender – Ditch theory and take away the punchbowl
byVia FT.com / Columnists / John Plender – Ditch theory and take away the punchbowl: There are, by now, a thousand and one ideas…
Iceland’s krona proves the magic wand as Europe ails – Telegraph
byVia Iceland’s krona proves the magic wand as Europe ails – Telegraph: Out in Iceland’s Eastern fjords, Alcoa has raised aluminium production to record levels…
No need to panic about GDP | Anthony Evans | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
byVia No need to panic about GDP | Anthony Evans | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk : GDP doesn’t tell us how economic activity…
Queen receives lesson in economics – Yahoo! News UK
byVia Queen receives lesson in economics – Yahoo! News UK: The Queen has been sent a letter by a group of eminent economists explaining…