Money supply versus money demand
byAccording to popular thinking, not every increase in the supply of money will have an effect on the production of goods. For instance, if…
William J. H. Boetcker’s Ten Cannots
byIt has become fashionable for our politicians to give us lists and pledges about things they will do or will not do to improve…
Gold bug heaven on King World News
byWith the price of gold crashing through record highs most days of the week at the moment, I should imagine most gold bugs are…
The “Barbarous Relic” – It Is Not What You Think
byI am pleased to promote this monograph by James Turk, founder of GoldMoney: I am no fan of Keynesian economics. I find most Keynesian…
Jeff Tucker: Collection of Mises original papers discovered in London
byJeff Tucker talks about much that is interesting in the following video, but the best part (at 10 minutes) is when he tells the…
Cobden Centre Radio: The Philipp Bagus Interview
byToday, on Cobden Centre Radio, I speak to Professor Philipp Bagus, the author of The Tragedy of the Euro, about his book, his current…
Cobden Centre Radio: The Sam Bowman Interview
byBrian Micklethwait speaks to Sam Bowman, the Research Manager at the Adam Smith Institute (responsible for the blog and for overseeing the ASI’s briefing…
My Journey to Austrianism via the City
byI have spent the best part of the last two decades pitting my wits against the market. It’s an unforgiving game: I’ve seen ups and downs, and many of my rivals buried under an avalanche of hubris, passion, illogical thought and unchecked emotion.
I have witnessed the sheer folly of the ERM crisis, the Asian crisis, the failure of the Gods at Long Term Capital Management and the insanity of the tech boom.
I have enjoyed the ‘NICE’ decade (Non-Inflationary Constant Expansion), and scared myself silly during the credit crisis.
I am a trader. […]
If the cap fits …
byAs the ongoing rise in raw materials prices has been brought into sharper focus by the oil price spike occasioned by the Colonel’s little…
Tightening in China will be felt around the world
byEven though the Chinese authorities made no bones about the fact that they had conveniently ‘rebased’ their latest CPI numbers in order to mitigate…