Lord Acton on the American Constitution
AT THE TIME of the utmost degradation of the Athenian democracy, when the commanders at Arginus~ were condemned by an unconstitutional decree, and Socrates…
Max Rangeley
Max Rangeley is the Editor of The Cobden Centre. He is the CEO of ReboundTAG Ltd, which produces microchip luggage tags and has been showcased by Lufthansa and featured on BBC World among other media outlets. Max has a Master’s in economics, following this he was given a scholarship to do a PhD at the London School of Economics, but decided instead to go straight into business.
BIS 87th Annual Report, 2016/17
The BIS 87th Annual Report, 2016/17 was just released. As we might expect, it implicitly provides some criticism of monetary policy over the previous years….
Dr Jamie Whyte joins IEA as Director of Research
Congratulations to Cobden Centre contributor Dr Jamie Whyte who was just hired as Director of Research at the IEA. We are sure his steadfast…
Treascomm Submissions for “Effectiveness and impact of post-2008 UK monetary policy”
Below are the submissions from Cobden Centre contributors on the “Effectiveness and impact of post-2008 UK monetary policy” for the Treasury Select Committee. Publications: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/inquiries1/parliament-2015/post-2008-uk-monetary-policy-16-17/publications/…
Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Detlev Schlichter at the Treasury Select Committee
You can see Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Detlev Schlichter’s insightful and pertinent contributions at the Treasury Select Committee’s enquiry into the “Effectiveness and Impact…
Merry Christmas from TCC: Treasury Select Committee to examine low interest rates
Next year there will be a parliamentary enquiry into the effects of ultra low interest rates and other mechanisms of radical monetary policy. It…
Interview with Gordon Kerr on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
KI Gordon, what is so significant about this September securitization deal for Banco Popolare di Bari? GK It is the most significant event…
Members of the European Parliament just voted to introduce a bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulator
It could have been significantly worse. In the words of Jakob von Weizsacker MEP, who drafted the resolution, and whom I had the pleasure of…
CityAM Op-ed on Blockchain Technology and Friedrich von Hayek
I had an op-ed published by CityAM last Friday, it goes into how blockchain technology will enable FA Hayek’s vision of an economy that…
Interview with Dr Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the…