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Chapter 6: America, Won and Lost.
After the United States gained its independence from Britain, it became powerful in the world in two very different ways: as an idea,…
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The Global Economy Desperately Needs Freedom
How many bureaucrats are there in the world? The global population currently numbers more than 7.5 billion people. Out of that number it is…
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Changes in government deposits and money supply
The US debt ceiling suspension, signed in February 2018, expires at the beginning of March this year. Some commentators are of the view…
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Capital Flows – is a reckoning nigh?
Borrowing in Euros continues to rise even as the rate of US borrowing slows The BIS has identified an Expansionary Lower Bound for…
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Don’t be so negative
“FED’S WILLIAMS SAYS IN A DOWNTURN WE COULD CONSIDER QUANTITATIVE EASING, NEGATIVE RATES.” Tweet by Reuters’ Jennifer Ablan, reporting on a speech by…
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Importance of model building in economics
In the natural sciences, a laboratory experiment can isolate various elements and their movements. There is no equivalent in the discipline of economics….
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“The Lessons of Economic History” in the European Parliament
Last month I organised the event “The Lessons of Economic History” in the European Parliament. It was kindly hosted by Professor Joachim Starbatty MEP,…
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Tax cuts without reducing government outlays is not possible
According to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes. The lowering of…
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Flying Pigs
Future of Artificial Intelligence in the European Parliament
Last month I organised the Future of Artificial Intelligence in the European Parliament. We had the IMF, United Nations, OECD and companies like Intel…
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Chapter 5: Bubbles and Adam Smith.
This chapter explores how laws enabling debt to be bought and sold transformed Britain. Suddenly, vast quantities of money and value were being…
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Does transparent monetary policy lead to economic stability?
In his various writings, the champion of the monetarist school, Milton Friedman, argued that there is a variable time lag between changes in money…
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What They Don’t Want You to Know about Prices
ast week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner’s macroeconomic aggregate measures like…
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Central bank balance sheet reductions – will anyone follow the Fed?
The next wave of QE will be different, credit spreads will be controlled The Federal Reserve may continue to tighten but few other…
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Latest Articles on Economics
Chapter 6: America, Won and Lost.
After the United States gained its independence from Britain, it became powerful in the world in two very different ways: as an idea,…
Changes in government deposits and money supply
The US debt ceiling suspension, signed in February 2018, expires at the beginning of March this year. Some commentators are of the view…
Capital Flows – is a reckoning nigh?
Borrowing in Euros continues to rise even as the rate of US borrowing slows The BIS has identified an Expansionary Lower Bound for…
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Chapter 2: Laws That Make Robbery Legal.
A law can be anything from an attempt to establish justice on earth to a device for robbery and murder.[1] Nazi race law…
CHAPTER ONE: The Money Supply: How it Came to be Created by Banks.
The most important fact in economics today goes unmentioned by most economists and bankers: money is created as debt from banks, and it…
Republish of Ivo’s Book “Bank Robbery” with Updates
BANK ROBBERY by Ivo Mosley. The way we create money, and how it damages the world. INTRO: WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK Introduction. Why…
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