Mal-investments small and large
byIn yesterday’s article I emphasised that it is profit that is beneficial, not revenue. I’ve just read an excellent article (H/T Sean Corrigan) by…
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ValueWalk interviews Detlev Schlichter
byReproduced by kind permission of Jacob Wolinsky at ValueWalk.com Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I studied economics in my…
The Keynesian ant heap
byIn a recent op-ed in the Globe & Mail, Davos Man’s indefatigable mouthpiece for failed, mainstream thinking, Martin Wolf, passed the following verdict on…
Reasons to support sound money
bySpeech to the Committee for Monetary Research and Education At the Fall Meeting, 20th October 2011. Before addressing the consequences of today’s macro-economic policies…
Big Trouble in Little China
byDespite the general relief which greeted the release of China’s GDP data for the third quarter, as well as the still resilient industrial production…
Building White Elephants in China
byLoose US monetary policy has had its echoes all around the world. The US dollar, once thought to be “as good as gold”, has…
Bastiat’s Iceberg: A Sean Corrigan Masterpiece for Christmas
bySean Corrigan of Diapason Commodities Management packs more sound applied economics into this report than ever: Toby Baxendale provides a commentary. This is a…
Strip out the government and Japanese GDP is going backwards
byOur good friend of the Cobden Centre, Sean Corrigan, is a wealth of fresh economic insight. Here in this small piece, he shows us that,…
Economists revolt over surprise recession data – Times Online
byVia The Times Online, we learn that many economists “revolt over surprise recession data”: Economists today cast doubt on official data showing that British gross domestic…
Happy days are here again? Another view from the City
byEquity Strategist Ewen Stewart makes the case that the national debt will within 5 years be over £150,000 per family of 4 with debt…