On the Independent Institute
byOne of my favorite think tanks in the world is the Independent Institute www.independent.org. Their web site, scholarly journal and work is of the highest…
Economics
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…
FT.com – Ofgem urges shake-up of energy market
byVia FT.com, Ofgem urges a shake-up of the energy market, Sweeping reforms of the UK’s energy market must be brought in urgently to protect energy supplies,…
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…
Hayek vs. Keynes
byVia www.zerohedge.com and econstories.tv, the choice in economics explained through rap: Also Now it’s looking like V for victory over recession – Times Online
The Colours of Money — An Introduction to Associative Economics
byVia The Centre for Associative Economics, the next Colours of Money Seminar takes place in Stroud UK, on the first weekend of February 2010. From…
Banking: the shape of the debate
byShould banks be permitted to operate with a fractional reserve on demand deposits or should 100% reserves be a legal requirement? Should there be…
How To Destroy the British Banking System –- Regulatory Arbitrage via ‘Pig on Pork’ Derivatives.
byFinancial engineer Gordon Kerr explains how to destroy the British banking system through the use of derivatives which take advantage of the regulatory system,…
Gordon Kerr at the European Parliament
byThe following is the text of an address by Gordon Kerr, a Cobden Centre Advisory Board Member, to the Brussels Group at the European…
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…