Money supply and the 1930’s Economic Depression
byIn his writings, the leader of the monetarists’ school of thinking Milton Friedman blamed the Federal Reserve for causing the Great Depression of the…
September, 2026
Britain’s Childcare Problem Is Regulation, Not Money
byBritish parents hand over more than a third of a dual income household’s net earnings on childcare. That’s the highest burden in the OECD….
The K-Shaped Economy Is Not in Your Imagination
byBy Michael Matulef Open the financial pages and a strange creature stares back at you. The S&P 500 has climbed over 90 percent in…
Geopolitics and the Ethics of Finance and Trade: Conference Papers
byFollowing the Austrian Economics Centre’s recent conference. The conference papers from “Geopolitics and the Ethics of Finance and Trade” are now online. Explore and…
Why Do Central Bank Economists Listen to Some Countries More Than Others?
bywritten by Karl-Friedrich Israel When central banks make decisions about inflation, interest rates, or financial stability, they rely heavily on economic research. But where…
Infrastructure in the UK
byBy Valentin Boboc New research from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) reveals the true scale of Britain’s infrastructure crisis, showing that the UK…
Quibbling Over the Definition of Private Property
byBy Wanjiru Njoya Property rights are defined in many ways. It often happens that academics who are interested in the scope, regulation, or protection of private…
Hansard: Discussion on “Banks of Issue” from 1875
byBanks Of IssueVolume 223: debated on Tuesday 13 April 1875 https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1875-04-13/debates/a60e4abe-0ad1-46ba-bc04-ca783527f0d4/BanksOfIssue Nomination Of Select Committee THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER moved “That the Select…
Speech in Florence on AI, Culture and the Italian Renaissance
byEarlier this year I gave this speech in Florence on AI, culture and the Italian Renaissance. In this talk I go through what we…