What is wrong with banking, part 1: the legal nature of banking contracts
byThis article gives a summary of the legal nature of banking contracts as presented by Jesús Huerta de Soto in Money, Bank Credit and…
Honest Money
How long will it take to pay off the £1 trillion of National Debt?
byScanning the papers yesterday, yes there is focus on the Deficit and plans by both parties to reduce it. Skepticism that the Labour Party…
The Micropolitics of Free Market Money: a Proposal
byThis paper originally appeared as Economic Notes No. 39, published by the Libertarian Alliance in 1992. The Paper is available in full here. This…
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,…
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…
Dr. Anthony J. Evans: Banking, Honest Money and the Free Market
byA conference presentation by Founding Fellow Dr Anthony J. Evans. laconf09, Anthony Evans: “banking, Honest Money and the Free Market” from Sean Gabb on…
How to avoid future encounters with financial meltdown
byCobden Centre Advisory Board member and Chief Executive of Tyler Capital, James Tyler, sets out the case for 100% reserve banking. Background In October…
The Errors of Posen, New MPC Recruit
byNorma Cohen in the Financial Times of 26 October 2009 wrote: Britain’s economy cannot recover unless its damaged banking system is restructured, the newest…
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…
Salamanca — day 2
byToby Baxendale and Steve Baker enjoyed a second fascinating day at the joint Ludwig von Mises Institute and Instituto Juan de Mariana conference in Salamanca,…