Economic recalculation disrupted
byOver at the Library of Economics and Liberty, Arnold Kling has an article on recalculation (reproduced below). The two key things this otherwise highly…
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The Death of Paper Money
byThe curious AEP pens another one of his strange articles which veer wildly between Austrianism and Monetarism. Despite possessing a fine mind and analysing…
David Miliband in the FT, his errors, and a positive policy for wealth creation
byThe Labour Party will eventually get back in power again. There is a very good chance it will be led by David Miliband. In…
Monetary bingeing and the spirit of the British people
byIn his latest article for CentreRight, Steve Baker highlighted recent articles here at the Cobden Centre by James Tyler and Kevin Dowd, which questioned…
Peter Schiff: Weak economy, Fed ease, China, WWIII
byIn a somewhat startlingly-named new video blog, Mr Schiff begins by discussing inflation trends within the US, with reference to Ben Bernanke and the…
Honest Savings and Dishonest Money
byProf J Guido Hülsmann of the University of Angers gave a private talk on the 10th of July called “Honest Savings and Dishonest Money”…
A ‘Cobdenian’ Solution to Seeking Work
byIt was Richard Cobden’s view that “Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less….
Are we experiencing Malflation?
byInflation This is a fall in the value of the purchasing power of money. Deflation This is an increase in the value of the…
Calls for further monetary expansion are cuckoo
byIn today’s Telegraph Ambrose Evans-Pritchard gives a splendid analysis of the dire fiscal problems facing the developed economies, but a dreadful analysis of their…
A Monetarist whitewash from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
byAn entertaining article, choc-a-bloc with Monetarist whitewash, in The Telegraph today. Apparently Jean Claude Trichet is “inflicting a triple shock of fiscal, monetary and…