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…
Honest Money
Remove the systemic risk, don’t levy against it
byVia The Guardian, City minister campaigns to protect taxpayer from bank failures: City minister Lord Myners today stepped up the government’s campaign to ensure taxpayers…
A Free Money Movement
byAn interesting development in the campaign for free banking has been the emergence of social media. I admit that when I first read F.A….
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…
A brief guide to money and banking
byToday, we publish our brief guide to money and banking. The Guide comprises: Four charts showing how Baxendale and Evans’ measure of the money…
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…
Martin Wolf: The eurozone’s next decade will be tough
byVia FT.com, Martin Wolf explains that “The eurozone’s next decade will be tough”: The crisis in the eurozone’s periphery is not an accident: it…
There’s only one escape from our debt trap – Telegraph
byVia Edmund Conway at The Telegraph we learn that the debt today cannot be inflated away: In fact, around four fifths of the state’s debt…
How to deal with the Banksters
byJames Tyler explains how to fix banking. This article originally appeared on hedgehedge.com. Open your wallet. Take out that £10 note. It’s yours. Your…