Laurence Kotlikoff’s “Jimmy Stewart is Dead”
byJimmy Stewart plays George Bailey who is cast as the “honest” and trustworthy banker in the classic Hollywood film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Kotlikoff’s…
Huerta de Soto
De Soto and the Relevance of his Banking Reform Proposal Today
byThis has been copied from Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles which can be downloaded here or bought here. PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH…
Time to Celebrate the Entrepreneur
byDo you think it is very worrying that not one government policy encourages the entrepreneurs of the world to create wealth? Without wealth creation…
Free Banking, the Balance Sheet and Contract Law Approach
byFor new readers to this site who are not aware of the debate that exists within the Austrian School, there are those who are…
The Ethics of Capitalism: A Secular and a Theological Justification
byThe current debate about bankers’ bonuses is often seen as one of fairness pitted against the greed of those nasty capitalists,. To me, bankers…
Jesus Heurta De Soto for Nobel Prize in Economics
byI like this proactive thinking from TCC’s Consultant Communications Manager, Antoine Clarke. He is promoting a Facebook page about a campaign to get outstanding…
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…
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…
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…
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…