Economics21 August 09<29 July 10 Strip the Bank of England of its power | Jamie Whyte – Times Online by Steve Baker Writing in The Times on 2 July 2009, Jamie Whyte called for the Bank of England to be stripped of its power to set…
Economics19 August 09<29 July 10 Bailing out the Banks – Glaring Evidence of Moral Hazard by Gordon Kerr Gordon Kerr, a banker with expertise in derivatives and foreign exchange, explores the evidence of moral hazard in the bank bail outs. By rescuing…
Economics11 August 09<29 July 10 Economic Interventionism, Banks and the Crisis by Steve Baker Steven 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…
Economics, Law10 August 09<29 July 10 Sean Corrigan: “if banks simply had to comply with basic, everyday property and contractual law;” by Sean Corrigan Sean Corrigan, Chief Investment Strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, has kindly agreed to the reproduction of his briefing “Material Evidence” by the Cobden Centre….
Law30 June 09<29 July 10 The Earl of Caithness: “The Banking Bill fails to address the fault which has led to every major banking and currency crisis during the past 200 years” by Steve Baker Via Lords Hansard text for 5 Feb 200905 Feb 2009 (pt 0003): My Lords, the Banking Bill which we are currently discussing in the…