The Emperor’s New Clothes: How to Pay off the National Debt & Give a 28.5% Tax Cut
byI offer a £1,000 reward for anyone who can tell me why this logically won’t work, practical politics, for now, being another matter. What…
Sean Corrigan on CNBC
byRegular Cobden Centre contributor Sean Corrigan appeared on CNBC this morning, discussing the surge in the price of gold, and its role as both…
Bastiat – The State
byIn the course of things, I had cause to quote Bastiat: “The state is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at…
Cameron’s choice: 1945, 1931, 1815, or something new
byI recently discovered a very good article at prudentbear.com, published shortly before the general election. Martin Hutchinson considers “the three previous occasions on which…
Bloomberg: the past five years don’t make Keynes look good
byVia Anthony Evans, a refreshing piece of commentary by Amity Shlaes for Bloomberg: All hail Keynes. That’s the message in President Barack Obama’s decision…
Peter Boettke wins Adam Smith Award
byI am delighted to announce that Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Prof. Peter Boettke has been honoured with the prestigious Adam Smith Award. We…
Britain at the Crossroads
byWhile waiting for the politicians in the Westminster Village to decide who the next UK Prime Minister should be, readers of the Cobden Centre…
Steve Baker Elected as Conservative MP for Wycombe
byAs I write, there is still some constitutional confusion about whether Gordon Brown of the Labour Party will leave Downing Street, with some seats…
Material Evidence: Greece has been the very essence of Keynesian folly
byThe latest Material Evidence from Sean Corrigan: What seems to escape every one of these fatuous macromancers is that, for years now, Greece has…
Sterling gold price hits new high
byYou may have seen this story in The Telegraph, the other day, about gold hitting a new all-time high in sterling terms, hopping around…