Hack away – and smile while doing it, minister
byAs the silly season comes to an end and the party conferences approach, the coalition government will find it needs to go beyond its…
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Two ways to promote wealth creation
by Toby BaxendaleIn an article yesterday I defined the only lawful way I know to create wealth as follows: Wealth is only created when entrepreneurs make…
Halligan: West should concede on Doha
by Toby BaxendaleThere was an excellent article from Liam Halligan in Sunday’s Telegraph: The stark underlying message from these WTO numbers is that the West’s inability…
Jim Rickards: The Golden Bullet
by Andy DuncanI think it’s time to dust off those old Sean Connery Goldfinger DVDs again, because Jim Rickards of Omnis has suggested a new tool…
Dangerous Defeatism?
by Toby BaxendaleReaders of this site will immediately realise that this recent article by Telegraph journalist Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is most confused. Much of our work aims…
Peter Schiff: The Bernanke and Krugman Show
by Andy DuncanSince our last roundup, Mr Schiff has produced three more videoblogs for all of us slavish Austro-Schiff diarists to view, discuss, and annotate. Let’s…
Throwing good money after bad
by Sean CorriganThere is an old military dictum (seemingly more honoured in the breach than the observance, these days) that one should never reinforce failure –…
Ten plans for financial reform
by Steve BakerSince The Cobden Centre was established by original founder Toby Baxendale, Dr Tim Evans, Dr Anthony J Evans and the author, we have assembled…
IMF figures underscore need for drastic spending cuts
by Toby BaxendaleToday’s Telegraph reports The International Monetary Fund has warned that long-term fiscal reforms will be required among advanced economies as it projected the UK’s…
What the Big Society should mean
by Mark GoodhandIn his latest article for CentreRight, Steve Baker explains his vision of the Big Society: The change we need is a change within. From…