Corrigan on inflation, unemployment and the stimulus
byOn inflation, unemployment, especially desperate youth unemployment, and the stimulus. Consider, in the lows of the first years of the century, there were 2.8…
Markets
FT.com – Traders make $8bn bet against euro
byThe Financial Times has an item up about the weight of investor pressure to sell the euro, taking the view, no doubt, that the…
FT.com – Ofgem urges shake-up of energy market
byVia FT.com, Ofgem urges a shake-up of the energy market, Sweeping reforms of the UK’s energy market must be brought in urgently to protect energy supplies,…
Addressing Progressive Conservatives
byI have just accepted an invitation from that great London free market networker, Shane Frith, to address an excellent group he is involved with…
A Contrarian’s Dilemma
byThis article from Tocqueville Asset Management is a must to read for anyone interested in the role gold plays in the investment portfolio of…
What Happened to “Efficient Markets”?
byBy kind permission of The Independent Institute, we republish a talk given by Cobden Centre Advisory Board Member Professor Peter J. Boettke of George…
Bastiat’s Iceberg: A Sean Corrigan Masterpiece for Christmas
bySean Corrigan of Diapason Commodities Management packs more sound applied economics into this report than ever: Toby Baxendale provides a commentary. This is a…
The Zimbabwe Stock Market
byThis is a great news report from Zimbabwe via Al Jazeeera. It examines the ‘fantastic returns’ on the Zimbabwe stock exchange – and how…
What is a “Red” Tory?
byOut of nowhere, Phillip Blond has created a think tank which has hit the headlines all over the world: ResPublica. See here for example:…
Labour’s dishonesty is leading us down the road to sovereign default – Telegraph
byVia Labour’s dishonesty is leading us down the road to sovereign default, Liam Halligan launches a scathing attack on Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown and…