Beware of Mr. Wolf
byThe Saving Grace In a recent editorial, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times – and one of the Tories’ newly appointed Wise Men on…
Emergency Budget – Reconsider the Capital-Gains Tax Hike
byAlan McCormick of Legatum wrote an excellent article for yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Shortly after taking office in May, Britain’s new chief secretary to…
UK budget live!
byI will be live blogging the budget from 12:30pm onwards for Reuters – you can join the debate here. As part of the build…
Jesse Norman’s maiden speech
byWe welcome Jesse Norman’s maiden speech in the House of Commons. The final section is the most relevant to our readers: Now, the idea…
Wall Street Unspun
byIn this world of economic turmoil into which the Keynesians have plunged us, it is vital to keep up with the latest pivotal developments…
From one uncertainty to another
byI will be live-blogging the budget for Reuters, and as part of the build up I have a short article on the role of…
Structural Economic Issues and Your 5-Year Plan
byCaitlin Long is part of the senior management of Morgan Stanley. She takes a long hard look at the US economy. If you are…
Is there room for Austrian Ideas at the top table?
byIn December 2008, Dr Anthony Evans and I wrote an article for the IEA asking, in these testing times for central banks, whether there…
And Then There Were Three: How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
byStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, and prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Because where there used to be…
Public Attitudes to Banking
byA key question in the debate over fractional reserve banking is the extent to which people know that banks lend their deposits out to…