Bawerk.net: Hillary Will be the Least of Your Worries – America has Economic Diarrhea
byAccording to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the official recession arbiter, the US economy is currently at its fourth longest expansion in…
Happy Earth Day: How To Use Capitalism To Bring Us Abundant, Cheap And Emission-Free Energy
byOne of the loudest and most fruitless political disputes in Washington has been about climate change. If you’re even vaguely concerned about climate change,…
David Stockman: What Comes Next——Krugman’s Fiscal Equivalent Of War
bySomebody must have reinstated Paul Krugman’s passport. He was recently back in Japan to meet with the world’s leading economy-wrecking triumvirate —-Prime Minister Abe, BOJ Governor Kuroda…
The Cobden Centre organises first digital currencies conference in any parliament worldwide
byLast Wednesday (20th April) The Cobden Centre organised an exhibition on digital currencies and blockchain technology in the European Parliament, the first of its…
The Road to Canossa
byThat the artificial interest rates in evidence in our hugely distorted capital and money markets can be made negative in nominal as well as…
Surviving Mission Creep
by“So there is another reason why Europe isn’t growing and it’s one the central bank can do nothing about. Namely, the 19 governments of…
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk: Chinese Dragon: Breathing Credit Fumes
byEconomic forecasting, no matter how complex the underlying model may be, is essentially about extrapolating historical trends. We showed last week how economic models…
Dr Syed Kamall MEP hosts virtual currencies and blockchain exhibition in European Parliament organised by The Cobden Centre
byAs a group leader within the European Parliament Dr Syed Kamall MEP, the Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, has the opportunity…
European Parliament to hold first exhibition on virtual currencies and blockchain in any parliament worldwide
byVirtual currencies and blockchain technology are no longer a fringe area but are now being looked at by central banks, governments and major financial…
Benn Steil and Emma Smith’s Global Monetary Tracker
byEmma Smith and I have created a new web-based tool for tracking monetary policy developments around the world. The CFR Global Monetary Policy Tracker…