Will there be a boom after Gulf War Three?
With the Third Gulf War raging since late February, the prophecies of economic doom have been rolling in ever since. Iran’s economy is predicted…
Damien Phillips
Not all Central Banks are created equal
For those of us who think central banks are a destabilising blight on the economy, responsible for encouraging malinvestment and engines of inflation, it’s…
Reviewing “The Age of Debt Bubbles”
Central Bank reform is the least sexy area of policymaking in the UK at the moment. There is very little appetite from the current…
The Bank of England’s fatal conceit
It’s not been a great week for the Bank of England. The Bank’s announcements that interest rates would be raised to 1.25 per cent…
25 years from independence, the Bank of England badly needs to rethink its remit
This month, the Bank of England will celebrate 25 years of independence. For the past quarter of a century it alone, and not Her…
Politicians who promise jam and sweeties today…
Now that the Euro Crisis Train is arriving back into the station after a short trip away from the front pages, there will shortly…
Maybe now they will start listening to Steve Baker…
Now that we are being engulfed by the LIBOR scandal and find that the Bank of England was heavily involved (shock horror), perhaps it…
Steve Baker on the Libor scandal and directors’ liability
TCC Board Member, Steve Baker MP, has been on the front line this week trying to bring his sound economic judgement to bear on…
Detlev Schlichter and Steve Baker on Radio 4’s The World at One
TCC Senior Fellow Detlev Schlichter appeared on The World at One to highlight the folly of reckless spending and ever-increasing debt that is now…
Detlev Schlichter on Russia Today
TCC Senior Fellow, Detlev Schlichter, appeared on Russia Today with Max Keiser to talk about the coming monetary breakdown and the likely monetary repression…