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…
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)…
Money supply and rising interest rates
The establishment, including the state, central banks and most investors are thoroughly Keynesian, the latter category having profited greatly in recent decades from their…
Interest rates, money supply, and GDP
That the world is on the edge of a monetary and economic cliff is becoming increasingly obvious. And becoming more obviously permanent than transient,…
The futility of central bank policy
It is only now becoming clear to the investing public that the purchasing power of their currencies is declining at an accelerating rate. There…
The stagflation myth
Describing evolving inflationary conditions as stagflation misses the point about today’s inflationary conditions. Stagflation was originally used only in the context of excessive wage…
Economic theory and long-wave cycles
Investors and others are confused by the early stages of accelerating price inflation. One misleading belief is in cycles of industrial production, such as…
Western socialism and Eastern capitalism
There has been a significant shift in geopolitics in recent months, with the US consciously deciding to withdraw from Asian conflicts, notably in Afghanistan….
Too much liquidity
Yesterday, the FOMC released its June statement which only served to remind us that its members are powerless in the face of inflationary conditions….
Why interest rate management fails
This article explains why attempting to achieve economic outcomes by managing interest rates fails. The basis of monetary interventionist theories ignores the discoveries of…