Douglas Carswell’s Banking Reform Bill published
The House of Commons has just published Douglas Carswell’s upcoming bill on banking reform. You can read the PDF here. Douglas Carswell blogs about…
Book Review: ‘The Ethics of Money Production’ by Jörg Guido Hülsmann
In these times of Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, calling for a return to the gold standard, it becomes necessary for…
Keynesianism: The Modern Day Religion of Economism
As well as being an Irish Austrian, Professor Gerard Casey is a member of the School of Philosophy in University College, Dublin. This year…
Ben Davies: The UK’s debt problem
Eric King interviewed Ben Davies recently about a recent presentation Mr Davies gave as a keynote speaker at the Gold and Silver summit in…
Something for the weekend: Quantitative Easing Explained
In these times of American inflation, European collapse, and UK stagnation, I thought this might provide some much-required light relief (a little slightly risqué…
Jesús Huerta de Soto: Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship
There are three books that take pride of place in my Austrian bookcase. These are Socialism, by Ludwig von Mises; The History of Intellectual…
Capitalism at work in Communist China
Is it possible to build a 15-floor hotel in six days? It is in China: Remarkable.
Martin Durkin: Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
Starring Kevin Dowd, Richard Wellings, Allister Heath, Phillip Booth, Eamonn Butler, Bill Bonner, Matthew Sinclair, David Smith, Anthony Jay, James Bartholomew, Mark Littlewood, Richard…
Peter Schiff: There Was a Fed Chairman Who Swallowed a Fly
Peter Schiff’s view on how the US is now caught in a vicious circle of spending, borrowing, and easing: There Was a Fed Chairman…
Peter Schiff: The dollar system must be nearing its end
In a letter this morning to his Euro Pacific Precious Metals customers, Peter Schiff gave his opinion on the recent thoughts of Robert Zoellick,…