Breaking the chain
by“Wherever there’s injustice, oppression and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it’s happening.” From Give…
Business cycles are credit cycles
byThis article gets to the heart of why central banks’ monetary policy will never succeed. The fundamental error is to regard economic cycles as…
Does the price of oil determine general increases in the prices of goods and services?
byA very good visual correlation between the yearly percentage change in the consumer price index (CPI) and the yearly percentage change in the price…
What Is a Government Worker Worth Without a Free Market?
byWhere are you more likely to earn a better salaried income, in the private sector or working for the government? Well, it turns out…
Rapid money growth and inflation – is there a connection?
byIn the article “Rapid money supply growth does not cause inflation” written by Richard Vague at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, December 2,2016…
The War on Cash: Haldane Edition
byThe Adam Smith Institute have recently published my report “Killing the Cash Cow: Why Andy Haldane is Wrong on Demonetisation” on Andy Haldane’s proposal…
Benn Steil: PBoC Spins China’s Bad-Loan Data
byIn a recent speech at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York, People’s Bank of China Deputy Governor Yi Gang reassured his audience on the level…
The Moral Foundations of the Free Market Society
byHigher education in the United States is engulfed in an ideological campaign against the American political and economic traditions of individual liberty, free competitive…
Will technology change the prospects for emerging market growth?
byThe challenge to low-cost manufacturing in emerging markets is from technology Some industries will benefit but many jobs will be displaced globally The mercantilist…
Fed’s policy of price stability results in more instability
byFor most economists the key factor that sets the foundation for healthy economic fundamentals is a stable price level as depicted by the consumer…