Lessons from the financial crisis: a libertarian perspective
byThis article is an expanded version of the Second Chris R. Tame Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Dowd at the National Liberal Club, London,…
Financial Stability
Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online
byVia Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online: Relations between the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor…
IEA Blog » Qualitative easing
byVia IEA Blog » Blog Archive » Qualitative easing: While quantitative easing has received much press, qualitative easing has been neglected. Qualitative easing consists of…
FT.com – Dubai reveals the fragility of finance
byVia FT.com / Comment / Editorial – Dubai reveals the fragility of finance: Such nervousness is the result of continuing financial fragility. The economic…
The ESCP Europe/Cobden Centre Colloquium on Sound Money
byThrough tomorrow and Saturday, ESCP Europe and The Cobden Centre are hosting a Colloquium on Sound Money. The Colloquium is to be directed by…
This financial mess isn’t even the end of the beginning for UK wealth – Telegraph
byVia This financial mess isn’t even the end of the beginning for UK wealth – Telegraph: Today’s financial crisis – and the resulting damage…
FT.com / Markets / Insight – Insight: Reclogging the US credit system
byVia Reclogging the US credit system, Caitlin Long warns us that there is another impending credit fuelled bubble that is due to be created…
Roubini Predicts “Mother of All Carry Trade Unwinds” « naked capitalism
byNouriel Roubini has officially left the “hedging your bets on the economy” camp. He has declared the markets to be frothy because super low…
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash | McClatchy
byWASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages,…
FT.com / Martin Wolf – Why curbing finance is hard to do
byWriting in The Financial Times, Martin Wolf explains “Why curbing finance is hard to do”, discussing the separation of “utility” and “casino” banking and…