There’s only one escape from our debt trap – Telegraph
byVia Edmund Conway at The Telegraph we learn that the debt today cannot be inflated away: In fact, around four fifths of the state’s debt…
Quantitative Easing
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…
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…
The Four of Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Frank Field MP
byVia The Four of Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Frank Field MP: For some time now it has been possible to see the four…
IEA Blog » Qualitative easing
byVia IEA Blog » Blog Archive » Qualitative easing: While quantitative easing has received much press, qualitative easing has been neglected. Qualitative easing consists of…
The Errors of Posen, New MPC Recruit
byNorma Cohen in the Financial Times of 26 October 2009 wrote: Britain’s economy cannot recover unless its damaged banking system is restructured, the newest…
FT.com warns us of the impending commercial property bubble and its potential bursting!
byhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4e12218-ced4-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html Caitlin Long warns us that there is another impending credit fuelled bubble that is due to be created to accommodate the commercial property…
Happy days are here again? Another view from the City
byEquity Strategist Ewen Stewart makes the case that the national debt will within 5 years be over £150,000 per family of 4 with debt…
The Filter^: Debating QE with Stephanie Flanders
byCobden Centre Founding Fellow Dr. Anthony J. Evans debates QE with Stephanie Flanders. Indeed Stephanie and I agreed that this is completely unchartered territory…
Is a Liquidity Trap Possible? Beware of those who do not understand the Structure of Production.
byThe essential idea of a Liquidity Trap as expounded by J M Keynes in this “General Theory” is that there is a point in…