Jamie Murray Wells on entrepreneurship
byVia ConservativeHome, excellent comment from Jamie Murray Wells, founder and Executive Chairman of Glasses Direct, the world’s largest online retailer of prescription glasses: A rich…
The Errors of Posen, New MPC Recruit
by Toby BaxendaleNorma Cohen in the Financial Times of 26 October 2009 wrote: Britain’s economy cannot recover unless its damaged banking system is restructured, the newest…
Predicting the bust
by Steve BakerVia FT.com | Arena | What is the point of economists? : “Why did no one see the crisis coming?” Queen Elizabeth asked last…
Entrepreneurship and the business cycle
by Steve BakerVia the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, our Chairman, Toby Baxendale, and our Founding Fellow, Dr Anthony J. Evans further the monetary theory of…
John Kay warns us of the negative effects of one class having economic privilege over others.
by Toby BaxendaleThis article is a timely reminder that economic privilege, be it from bankers who can lawfully run their businesses whist making no provision for…
FT.com warns us of the impending commercial property bubble and its potential bursting!
by Toby Baxendalehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4e12218-ced4-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html Caitlin Long warns us that there is another impending credit fuelled bubble that is due to be created to accommodate the commercial property…
Roubini Predicts “Mother of All Carry Trade Unwinds” « naked capitalism
by James TylerNouriel Roubini has officially left the “hedging your bets on the economy” camp. He has declared the markets to be frothy because super low…
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash | McClatchy
by James TylerWASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages,…
Antitrust al Dente for Google in Europe – WSJ.com
by Steve BakerInstitut économique Molinari appears in the Wall Street Journal. IEM is run by Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Dr. Cécile Philippe. An antitrust backlash is…
Cobden, Northern Ireland and the Conservative & Unionist Party Electoral Alliance
by Toby BaxendaleBackground I have been a long term supporter of and donor to the Conservative Party for many years. From a young age, I have…