Why Do We Have to Argue the Case for Free Trade?
I gave the following presentation at a fringe event during the Conservative conference in Birmingham. Human Co-operation and the Universal Division of Labour Adam…
Read MoreOctober, 2010
Hugh Hendry: My $2 billion short on Japan
Hugh Hendry, of Eclectica Asset Management, has just visited Japan and what he found there was a booming economy. So why has he just…
Read MoreRobin Griffiths: The Kondratiev economic winter is necessary
Robin Griffiths, of Cazenove Capital, was predicting a double-dip recession a few weeks ago. Eric King had him on again at the weekend to…
Read MoreLimited Purpose Banking?
In April, I reviewed Jimmy Stewart is Dead by Laurence Kotlikoff. Yesterday, Jerry O’Driscoll posted a review of his own: Chapter 1 of the…
Read MoreDo banks mislead their customers?
This article is an attempt to encourage people to move away from making empirical assertions without any empirical evidence – to actually look at…
Read MoreBen Davies: The World Monetary Earthquake, The Dash From Cash
Ben Davies, of Hinde Capital, has written an excellent article about all of the fiat currency devaluations that have been going on recently around…
Read MoreIreland’s austerity programme was bogus
I’ve written an article for The Telegraph about the Irish budgetary and financial crisis. Because Ireland’s state spending was so high, it mistakenly earned…
Read MorePeter Schiff: Race to the bottom
In parallel with Ben Davies, of Hinde Capital, Peter Schiff believes that the world’s central banks are in a desperate race to the bottom…
Read MoreLiam Halligan: Why we need to follow the Irish and restructure our ‘zombie’ banks
Liam Halligan writes another excellent piece in today’s Telegraph. Here’s my favourite quote: In the UK, senior Labour politicians, who earlier in their careers…
Read MoreGordon Brown, according to Gary North
I was cheerfully minding my own business, on the 6:53 into Paddington this morning, when I was startled into alertness by the following quote…
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