Still stuck in the Middle Ages
by“We have Stone Age emotions. We have medieval institutions.. And we have god-like technology.” – Edward O. Wilson. The BBC reported last week that…
Shifting sands – part 3
byContinued from part 2 … Finally to China where the only thing to note is that the meme of credit exhaustion is starting to…
The case against deflation
byRegular readers will know I am in the inflation, possibly hyperinflation camp; but there are those that think the future is more likely to…
Shifting sands – part 2
byContinued from part 1 … Away from the brouhaha over fiscal policy, the intertwined issue of its monetary equivalent comes into focus. Perhaps in…
The Corruption of Capitalism in America
byFollowing on from John Butler’s review, here’s Detlev’s take on “The Great Deformation” … David Stockman’s new book is a brilliant, penetrating analysis of the present state…
Shifting sands
byIn what was a banner week for the many serial inflationists and fans of Big Government out there, equity markets largely reversed the declines…
Goodbye to austerity
byThere is a new campaign to end austerity. First, the IMF lets it be known it has second thoughts about it; then we are…
Come back to gold
byThis excerpt from Omnipotent Government by Ludwig von Mises was recently featured at Mises.org. The gold standard was an international standard. It safeguarded the…
A review of The Great Deformation
byDavid Stockman’s The Great Deformation is a tour de force of historical revisionism that demolishes the conventional economic and political wisdom prevailing both prior…
Physical gold vs paper gold: waiting for the dam to break
byIntroduction In this article I will argue that the recent slide in the gold price has generated substantial demand for bullion that will likely…