Liam Halligan: Plucky Irish felled by the twisted, self-serving logic of the eurozone
byGiven his Irish name and ancestry, you might expect that Liam Halligan has a view on the events in Ireland over the last week…
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Jeff Randall: Jailed counterfeiters aren’t a patch on the Bank of England
byThere is a superb article in the Telegraph, this morning, by Jeff Randall. Alas, with his work for Sky television, Mr Randall can only…
Doug French — Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth
byDoug French, the President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, has a new book just out, to follow Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in…
Douglas Carswell’s Banking Reform Bill published
byThe House of Commons has just published Douglas Carswell’s upcoming bill on banking reform. You can read the PDF here. Douglas Carswell blogs about…
Book Review: ‘The Ethics of Money Production’ by Jörg Guido Hülsmann
byIn these times of Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, calling for a return to the gold standard, it becomes necessary for…
Keynesianism: The Modern Day Religion of Economism
byAs well as being an Irish Austrian, Professor Gerard Casey is a member of the School of Philosophy in University College, Dublin. This year…
Ben Davies: The UK’s debt problem
byEric King interviewed Ben Davies recently about a recent presentation Mr Davies gave as a keynote speaker at the Gold and Silver summit in…
Something for the weekend: Quantitative Easing Explained
byIn these times of American inflation, European collapse, and UK stagnation, I thought this might provide some much-required light relief (a little slightly risqué…
Jesús Huerta de Soto: Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship
byThere are three books that take pride of place in my Austrian bookcase. These are Socialism, by Ludwig von Mises; The History of Intellectual…
Capitalism at work in Communist China
byIs it possible to build a 15-floor hotel in six days? It is in China: Remarkable.