Supply chains, interest rates and inflation
The disruption of global supply chains is seen to be a temporary problem yet to be resolved, but there are good reasons to believe…
Bank credit — friend or foe?
Advocates of sound money place much of the blame for inflation on bank credit. Do away with the creation of bank credit, they say,…
The collapsing euro and its implications
The euro system and its currency are descending into crisis. Comprised of the ECB and the National Central Banks, the system is over its…
Failing states and strangled economies
Fickle markets have stopped worrying about inflation and begun to worry about recession. Both the financial establishment and investors seem incapable of understanding that…
Recession, prices, and the crack-up boom
Initiated by monetarists, the debate between an outlook for inflation versus recession intensifies. We appear to be moving on from the stagflation story into…
Value destruction
In recent articles I have argued that the era of a financialised fiat dollar standard is ending. This article takes my hypothesis further and…
The evolution of credit
After fifty-one years from the end of the Bretton Woods Agreement, the system of fiat currencies appears to be moving towards a crisis point…
Difference between growth and progress
Governments and central banks are making the mistake of believing that growth in GDP is a primary measure of economic performance. This confuses growth,…
Why dollar CBDCs may never happen
The Fed has just released its first public consultation paper on a dollar-based central bank digital currency. For many, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)…
The UK and its lost opportunities
Two years after leaving the EU Britain has made almost none of the promised progress towards economic liberalisation. While Brussels hasn’t been helpful, libertarian…