A Slow Boat in China
byStill struggling to move from its ‘Three Overlay’ period – essentially the indigestion added by the post-GFC ‘stimulus’ burst to the already unbalanced economic…
monetary policy
On Money And Society: An Exclusive Interview With Steve Baker MP
byA former RAF aviation engineer and software engineer in the financial sector, Steve Baker has been the Conservative MP for Wycombe, Buckinghamshire since 2010….
Swiss National Bank abandons franc’s cap against the euro
byOn January 15th 2015 the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has announced an end to its three year old cap of 1.20 franc per euro….
Swiss National Bank Throws Banks, Self Under Bus
byIn 1985, Arnold Schwarzenegger played John Matrix in the action movie, Commando. One line stands out. While dangling a bad guy over the edge…
Money worries
by“I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I…
The present monetary system the key cause for boom-bust cycles
byOriginally, paper money was not regarded as money but merely as a representation of gold. Various paper certificates represented claims on gold stored with…
Crisis? What Crisis?
by[The following is a shortened version of an original which first appeared on the author’s website, www.truesinews.com ] As Britain fast approaches what is…
Beyond satire
by“Je ne suis pas Charlie. I am not Charlie, I am not brave enough. “Across the world, and certainly across Twitter, people are showing…
2015: the year of the slump?
by2014 ended with two ominous developments: the strength of the US dollar and a collapse in key commodity prices. It is tempting to view…
An odd, non-linear world
by“Sir, John Authers, in Loser’s Game (The Big Read, December 22), could have delved deeply into the flaws in the asset management business as…