The Hole We’re In
byMy fellow trustee Steve Baker has just forwarded me this speech by Mark Littlewood, the new Director General of the IEA. I was inspired…
Insight
On the IMF’s bank tax proposals
byThe BBC reports that the IMF has unveiled its interim proposals on a new international tax on the financial sector, ahead of a meeting…
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…
Economics for Real People
byWhile Economics in One Lesson is almost the definitive starting point for those new to the Austrian School, after you have finished reading it…
Sound familiar? A Challenge to Tribal Politics
byPeter Joyce and Geoffrey Sell describe an Eton and Oxford educated Party Leader thus: A long-term opponent of statism, the view that social advance…
Bruce Caldwell’s ten lessons from the past
byBruce Caldwell is the Research Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. He is…
The Case for Gold v Fiat Money
byAs a Medium of Exchange Subjective utilities of each and every individual determine the values of consumer goods The utility of money is determined…
The Bank for International Settlements on SWINE countries & not the PIIGS
byThis has been sent to us by Sean Corrigan. I need write nothing, sometimes pictures speak louder than words. These are from no less…
Catholic Social Conscience Talk, Philip Booth
byMarch 19th 2010, Blackfriars, Oxford University. When I first started dipping my toe into writing and researching Catholic social teaching, I did not see…
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…