Philipp Bagus: Euro Dead On Arrival?
byThe splendidly tenacious Professor Philipp Bagus, placed into the lions’ den, educates the world, and a couple of other rather blinkered commentators, on the…
A Dose of Curative Double Dip
byThe joke about Harry Truman asking to see a one armed economist so that they couldn’t say “But on the other hand” has lasted…
Why We Are Facing an Inflationary Depression
byIs the global ‘recovery’ faltering? Is the United States economy heading for a ‘double-dip’? These are the headlines after recent disappointing economic data releases,…
Outside the Asylum: Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey, 2011
by(All photos of the PFS conference by Paul Vahur) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fans may remember a splendid character called Wonko the Sane,…
Fundamentally speaking…
byIf, in trying to get a grasp of the state of the market for base metals, you were to listen to the likes of…
The Untouchable Case for Indian Capitalism
byAn excellent article from B. Chandrasekaran for the Wall Street Journal: The plight of the Dalits, those whom the Hindu caste system considers outcastes…
Five Days to Save Britain’s Taxpayers from the Consequences of False Accounting
byAs things move on, it looks as if pressure is mounting for Parliament to have its Second Reading of Steve Baker’s Bill on 10th…
Toby Baxendale: Honest Banking in the UK
byJeffrey Tucker, of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, interviews Toby Baxendale about honest banking in the UK, the Cobden Centre, and the spread of…
Et in Academia ego
byIn a recent TV appearance, the author was briefly joined on air by a US professor full of the Manichean certitudes only a member…
Telegraph: Banks buy bulk of £39.8bn of new gilts
byThe Telegraph reports: Banks bought 91pc of the £39.8bn of net issuance of new gilts with purchases totalling £36.1bn, compared to the £11.4bn of…