Choose your own financial crisis
Download: “Choose your own financial crisis“, working paper Do you remember those “Choose your own adventure” stories from your childhood? For some time I’ve…
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Total Output grew by 2.17% in 2012
October 31st saw the belated release of the 2014 Input-Output Supply and Use Data. This is important because it incorporates a larger amount of…
Read MoreThe ECB should be bolder
As inflation rates continue to fall across the Eurozone one might expect Austrian economists to rejoice. After all, inflation reduces our purchasing power and…
Read MoreMarkets for managers
I’m delighted to announce that my Austrian economics textbook is now available. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Markets-Managers-Managerial-Economics-Finance/dp/1118867963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399735930&sr=8-1&keywords=Markets+for+Managers%3A+A+Managerial+Economics+Primer The book is aimed at time poor but economically curious people….
Read MoreIs there room for Austrian ideas at the top table?
[Editor’s note: now that Steve Baker MP is on the Treasury Select Committee, it should be of interest to all Austrianists, and those interested…
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First glance at MAex
The recent update to the MA compilation method revealed a sudden reduction in the growth rate. However this was driven by a mysterious “improvements in…
Read MoreIn defence of ‘demand’ deposits
I owe a debt of obligation to my fellow Cobdenites for kickstarting a debate about money and banking amongst the UK Austrian community. As…
Read MoreThe Yakiniku recovery
Readers of The Cobden Centre blog may be interested in the recent report from Kaleidic Economics. It focuses on an analysis of Japan’s “lost…
Read MoreA prudent second best
A great post by George Selgin: Is there a prudent second best? I don’t think I’m adding anything original but as I understand things, George’s…
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2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months: A proposal for sound money
In light of recent events, we’re bringing forward this proposal from June 2010. There’s two ways to view the financial meltdown that occurred in…
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