Gordon Kerr at the European Parliament
byThe following is the text of an address by Gordon Kerr, a Cobden Centre Advisory Board Member, to the Brussels Group at the European…
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Razeen Sally, “Trade Policy, New Century”
byRazeen Sally’s Trade Policy, New Century (PDF) succeeds magnificently in explaining the 21st-century case for free trade and, specifically, unilateral trade liberalisation to the…
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…
Don’t Blame the Federal Reserve – Stephen Mauzy – Mises Institute
byVia Don’t Blame the Federal Reserve – Stephen Mauzy – Mises Institute: Banks operate under a fractional-reserve system that allows them to create liabilities and…
How long will it take to pay off the £1 trillion of National Debt?
byScanning the papers yesterday, yes there is focus on the Deficit and plans by both parties to reduce it. Skepticism that the Labour Party…
FT.com – Do-it-yourself warning as state cuts back
byVia FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – Do-it-yourself warning as state cuts back, further evidence of the need for genuine social progress…
Is There Such a Thing as Society?
byThe infamous “no such thing as society” interview given by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher to Women’s Own magazine, October 31, 1987: I think we…
The Micropolitics of Free Market Money: a Proposal
byThis paper originally appeared as Economic Notes No. 39, published by the Libertarian Alliance in 1992. The Paper is available in full here. This…
Lessons from the financial crisis: a libertarian perspective
byThis article is an expanded version of the Second Chris R. Tame Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Dowd at the National Liberal Club, London,…
Chris Neal: If you want to “hug a hoodie” you need to befriend a banker
byCobden Centre Advisory Board member Chris Neal writes on ConservativeHome’s Platform: We have endured a torrid time of late and appear to be in the…