Timeo Danaos (et Romanos)
byIt is now largely overlooked, but the 19th century had its own precursor to EMU in the shape of the Latin Monetary Union, set…
Honest Money
Bank Robbery Chapter Four: Economists and the Banking System, 1: from Medieval times to Adam Smith.
byOver the years, many economists have noticed how bank-created money skews the economy, affecting distribution of power and wealth across time and influencing what…
Jim Grant Explains “Our” 3 Biggest Financial Mistakes
byThis piece first appeared at Zero Hedge http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-27/jim-grant-explains-our-3-biggest-financial-mistakes Submitted by Michael Ide via Valuewalk.com, Speaking at Russell Napier’s Library of Mistakes in Edinburgh earlier this…
Inaccurate statistics and the threat to bonds
byStatistics have become very misleading: in particular we are being badly misled into believing that the US is teetering on the edge of price…
Bank Robbery Chapter Three. Law and the Banking System.
byThe first chapter of this book described how private commercial bankers came to provide almost all of the money supply in the West….
On Money And Society: An Exclusive Interview With Steve Baker MP
byA former RAF aviation engineer and software engineer in the financial sector, Steve Baker has been the Conservative MP for Wycombe, Buckinghamshire since 2010….
The Occult Wars Of Kim Jong-un, Smaug, Paul Krugman And Gold
byPyongyang, evidence shows, effected a spectacular data breach of Sony Pictures to express its wrath over Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan’s The Interview, a…
A Gold Man in Monetarist Territory
byOn November 3, the Manhattan Institute hosted the fall meeting of the Shadow Open Market Committee (SOMC). This is a 40-year old group, with…
The Case For Monetary Freedom And Free Banking
byThere has been no greater threat to life, liberty, and property throughout the ages than government. Even the most violent and brutal private individuals…
Deflating the Inflation Myth
by[Editor’s Note; this interview, with Cobden Centre contributor Jesus Huerta de Soto, was by Malte Fischer of Handelsblatt] Professor Huerta de Soto, the inflation…