Proof That the Banking System in its Present Format Cannot be Regulated
byConsider two points: Last Week Mervyn King said in a now famous speech in Manhattan that of all the banking systems it is possible…
Insight
Could the world go back to the gold standard?
byMartin Wolf asks “Could the world go back to the gold standard?” During any period of monetary disorder — the 1970s, for example, or…
Debt delusion indeed
byCan I steal from myself? Of course not. Further, I cannot hold too much of my own stolen property. My future plans to dispose…
What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim as true
byIn May I linked to an article I wrote over at the IEA blog: What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim…
Steve Baker MP: Honest Money and the Future of Banking
byAs promised earlier, here is the video of Steve Baker speaking at the Libertarian Alliance conference, held last weekend, as produced by Dr Sean…
CNBC: China to Hike Rates Again Soon?
byMy latest CNBC interview: The Chinese will have to “come back to the party again pretty soon” and raise interest rates in the face…
Eric Sprott: Gold and silver are money again
byEric Sprott is the Chairman and CEO of Sprott Asset Management, who has over 35 years of experience in the investment industry, with funds…
Cobden Centre Radio: Dr Richard Wellings on the Comprehensive Spending Review
byLast week, I interviewed Dr Richard Wellings for Cobden Centre Radio about George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review, announced recently by the UK’s coalition government….
Model behaviour
byThis article was first published in Solicitors Journal on the 2nd of June 2009, and is reproduced by kind permission (http://www.solicitorsjournal.com/). The Safety Deposit…
My talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics”
byTowards the end of September I gave a talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics” for the Adam Smith Institute. It was part of…