The Death of Money
bySo the Bernanke Fed has finally launched its next great economic experiment, undertaking to buy some $600 billion in US Treasuries over the next…
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Liam Halligan: Mervyn King makes a stand for reform as banks seem intent on forgetting
byAnother excellent piece from the pen of Liam Halligan, in today’s Telegraph, describing the woeful under-reporting of the thoughts of Mervyn King, the Governor…
Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, and Back Again
byAs reported yesterday on Mises.org, there were some very encouraging statements in Mervyn King’s Monday speech to the Buttonwood Gathering in New York. King…
Who will protect us from the central bank?
byEarlier this week, John Redwood MP posed some difficult questions for Mervyn King: Why did the Bank so misread the cycle 2005-9? Why did…
John Hathaway: The end game for paper currency
byJohn Hathaway is a senior managing director and portfolio manager at Tocqueville Asset Management, specialising in the Tocqueville Gold Fund. Mr Hathaway recently wrote…
The Emperor’s New Clothes: How to Pay off the National Debt & Give a 28.5% Tax Cut
byI offer a £1,000 reward for anyone who can tell me why this logically won’t work, practical politics, for now, being another matter. What…
FT.com / Martin Wolf – Why curbing finance is hard to do
byWriting in The Financial Times, Martin Wolf explains “Why curbing finance is hard to do”, discussing the separation of “utility” and “casino” banking and…
Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working – Guy Fawkes’ blog
byTaking a line with which we closely identify, Guido writes Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working: The pound is getting whacked…
Bank of England governor urged to keep cash taps running | Business | The Observer
byVia Bank of England governor urged to keep cash taps running | Business | The Observer : Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor,…
Mervyn King – change to the structure, regulation and culture of our banking system is necessary
byVia Speech by MERVYN KING GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND: We need to reflect more deeply on the nature of the failures before designing a…