Book Review: The Tragedy of the Euro, by Philipp Bagus
byThe world centre of gravity of the Austrian Economics movement has long been the United States, especially since Ludwig von Mises arrived there on…
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Cobden Centre Radio: The Iberian Situation
byIn a detailed 28-minute conversation, I spoke last night to Professor David Howden, Associate Professor of Economics at St. Louis University, in Madrid, about…
Financial Pain in Spain Falls Mainly on… Spain?
byFor over a decade we have heard reports of China’s increasing world dominance. Yet while Beijing has amassed a large war chest of savings…
Huerta de Soto introduces Bagus’ book, The Tragedy of the Euro
byThe following is Jesús Huerta de Soto’s foreword to The Tragedy of the Euro by Philipp Bagus, a friend of The Cobden Centre. You can…
A Crisis of Illiquidity or Insolvency?
byAs Europe continues bailing out its troubled economies, a subtle point is sidestepped. Providing additional doses of liquidity has brought short-term relief to some…
Are German Dilemmas Causing European Problems?
byThe European monetary union is being held together tenuously. After putting €110bn. on the line to save Greece earlier this year, the tab increased…
Nigel Farage: The game is up for the EU — The Euro is collapsing
byAfter his extraordinary speech to the EU last week, fired by the economic situation in Ireland, Nigel Farage was interviewed by Eric King on…
1989: Competing Currencies Proposed for Europe by the UK Treasury
byVia Note from Her Majesty’s Treasury on EMU (Novembre 1989): The European Council agreed at its meeting in Madrid in June to launch the first…
EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself – Telegraph
byThe escalating debt crisis on the eurozone periphery is starting to contaminate the creditworthiness of Germany and the core states of monetary union. via…
Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ireland
byAs the bailout of Ireland begins in earnest, many in the media are asking “What went wrong?”, and coming to some dubious answers. The…