Gold bugs will be vindicated
In recent weeks, while the eurozone has suffered escalating levels of systemic stress in government bond markets and its banking system, the gold price…
Read MoreMay, 2012
Europe’s voters say ‘No’ to economic reality
“Europe fights back against austerity” was how The Daily Telegraph headlined its weekend election coverage. Anti-austerity movements are gathering pace across Europe following political…
Read MoreChina crisis
“A central power, as enlightened, as skilful as can be imagined, cannot by itself encompass all the details of the life of a great…
Read MoreWhat is Money?
There exists a certain amount of confusion today about what money truly is, how it originated and who should produce it (the government or…
Read MoreOur central bankers are intellectually bankrupt
The best article we’ve seen in the FT for a long time, courtesy of Ron Paul … The financial crisis has fully exposed the…
Read More15 years of the MPC
A brilliant video from our friends at SaveOurSavers, celebrating 15 years of the Monetary Policy Committee:
Read MoreBrain Sematary
The debate over taxing the rich has reached new depth in the United States with a true man of letters entering the fray. Depth,…
Read MoreFrom nuts to Paul Krugman
An excellent article from Amity Shlaes: Nut cases. That’s what they are. And if you take an interest in them, you are a nut…
Read MoreThe invisible red line
IN THE BLUE CORNER… * Professor Paul Krugman belongs to a rather elite group of economists: those who have received the Nobel memorial prize….
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How to debate Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman is the high priest of Keynesianism and modern interventionism, of economic improvement through inflation and budget deficits. As such he is bête…
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