Study on Corporation Tax
Earlier this week, The Taxpayers’ Alliance published a policy brief that I wrote on corporation tax. The report looks at the efficiency, fairness, simplicity,…
Read MoreApril, 2011
Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two
John Papola and Russ Roberts, of EconStories, gave themselves a difficult problem when they created their first incredible Keynes vs. Hayek video. It was…
Read MoreFractional reserve banking and boom-bust cycles
In his various writings, the famous Austrian economist Murray Rothbard argued that in a free market economy that operates on a gold standard the…
Read MoreThe Delayed Effect of Printing Money via Quantitative Easing
Gold reaches £913 per ounce If political leaders and central bankers think that they can curb the currency debasing effect of QE merely by…
Read MoreBirth and Death of the Celtic Tiger
In 2008 Eurostat reported that Ireland was the second richest country in the EU. Less than three years later, Max Keiser presents us with…
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Mervyn King’s “Operation Bernhard”
The UK is in sorry shape today. The British can at least take comfort in knowing that things are still not anywhere near as…
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Liam Halligan: America appears to be sleepwalking towards disaster – does no one care?
Here is an excerpt from Liam Halligan’s splendid piece in today’s Telegraph: There is now, according to S&P, “at least a one in three…
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BBC Radio 4: Bailout Boys Go to Dublin
A fascinating BBC Radio 4 documentary was broadcast today, detailing the story of the Irish government’s recent bailout by the ECB. It is available…
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BBC Newsnight: What do record gold prices tell us about the state of the world economy?
In frivolous mood a couple of weeks ago, I wrote the following within a Cobden Centre article: “In the meantime, when the BBC Newsnight…
Read MoreEconomist Jesús Huerta de Soto discusses the real causes of the financial crisis
Speaking of James Turk, via his GoldMoney Foundation he sponsors various educational initiatives in the splendid and necessary cause of sound money. A recent…
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