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Prof Kevin Dowd

Professor Kevin Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the Cobden Centre and a long-standing free market economist whose main work has been on free banking and unregulated monetary systems. Over the years, he has written extensively on the history and theory of free banking, the mechanics of monetary systems without the state and the failings of central banking and financial regulation.

Economics9 December 20

Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister

By Prof Kevin Dowd

Kevin Dowd My good friend and co-author Martin Hutchinson has just had a published a blisteringly brilliant biography of Britain’s greatest Prime Minister. The…

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Economics19 May 20

To make banks strong, do away with the regulator

By Prof Kevin Dowd

As the UK economy enters the COVID-19 downturn, the Bank of England (BoE) continues to maintain that the UK banks are strongly capitalised. The…

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Can UK Banks Pass the COVID-19 Stress Test?
Economics7 May 20

Can UK Banks Pass the COVID-19 Stress Test?

By Prof Kevin Dowd

Eumaeus is pleased to release our report Can UK Banks Pass the COVID-19 Stress Test? on the dire state of the UK banking system as the…

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Economics12 August 19

The Bank’s ‘Stress’ Tests

By Prof Kevin Dowd

My report on the Bank of England’s latest (November 2018) stress tests was published by the Adam Smith Institute on August 3rd. The purpose of the stress tests…

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Announcements4 April 18

Kevin’s Excellent Speech at the Mises Institute

By Prof Kevin Dowd
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The 2017 Stress Tests: Are US Banks Really in Good Shape?
Economics24 August 17

The 2017 Stress Tests: Are US Banks Really in Good Shape?

By Prof Kevin Dowd

“… equally efficacious, and equally a hoax.” – Benjamin Disraeli, 1848[1] One of the highlights of the U.S. summer for Fed watchers is the annual ritual…

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Economics17 August 17

Lord Liverpool and the Return to Gold

By Prof Kevin Dowd

Martin Hutchinson and Kevin Dowd* * Hutchinson (karlmagnus.aol.com) is the author of the Bear’s Lear column, http://www.tbwns.com/category/the-bears-lair/. Dowd (kevin.dowd@durham.ac.uk) is professor of finance and…

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Economics14 August 17

The Bank of England’s incredible stress tests

By Prof Kevin Dowd

The Bank of England’s 2016 stress tests are literally incredible. Of the seven big financial institutions covered in the exercise, only one (RBS) failed…

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Economics7 August 17

Another Reason Not to Believe the Bank of England’s Stress Tests

By Prof Kevin Dowd

The Bank of England repeatedly reassures us that its stress tests demonstrate the resilience of the UK banking system.   Well, let’s put the…

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Economics31 July 17

How Onerous Are Basel III’s Constraints On Bank Leverage?

By Prof Kevin Dowd

It is generally acknowledged that high bank leverage was a key factor contributing to the severity of the Global Financial Crisis. For the UK,…

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