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Steve Baker

Steve Baker

Steve Baker was a co-founder of The Cobden Centre. He was first elected Conservative MP for Wycombe in 2010 and he served on the Treasury Select Committee. He was previously an aerospace and software engineer. Among other things, he worked with major banks and regulators internationally. More: <a href='http://www.stevebaker.info/'>stevebaker.info</a>.

Economics16 August 13<16 August 13

The injustice of easy money is going mainstream

The Daily Mail reports Interest rates: How keeping them at a record low is a deliberate government ploy to pay off its debts: A stealth…

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Economics, Media7 August 13<7 August 13

Mark Carney’s grand experiment began today

I was grateful to the BBC World at One programme for giving me the opportunity today to comment on Mark Carney’s first Inflation Report….

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Bank reform demands monetary reform – an essay for Banking 2020
Economics9 July 13<9 July 13

Bank reform demands monetary reform – an essay for Banking 2020

This article was published yesterday at stevebaker.info. Today sees the return of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill to Parliament. It does not do enough. In…

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Confessions of a central bank official (two in fact and one to come)
Economics, Events, Politics5 July 13<5 July 13

Confessions of a central bank official (two in fact and one to come)

City A.M. reports today Dovish Carney stuns markets: EQUITY markets jumped yesterday after the Bank of England shocked investors by indicating that rates would…

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Economics13 June 13<13 June 13

Haldane: bond bubble is the biggest threat to financial stability

Via City A.M., Bank official: Bond bubble is the biggest threat to financial stability | City A.M.. OUTSPOKEN Bank of England official Andrew Haldane warned…

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Economics8 April 13<8 April 13

The woman who changed the world has passed away

I learned this afternoon with considerable sadness of the passing of Baroness Thatcher. I cannot say I knew her — I was 19 when…

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Economics24 March 13<24 March 13

Monetary activism must end in a slump

On Friday, I spoke against monetary activism once again, complaining about the use of expectation management and new monetary instruments in an attempt to…

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Economics, Ethics, Politics28 February 13<28 February 13

The madness of contemporary economists

The Bank of England is considering negative interest rates to “stimulate” the economy, together with more QE. It’s one thing to pay a bank…

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Economics27 November 12<27 November 12

If the Treasury Committee rejects the new Governor, the House must have a binding say

I’m not excited about the appointment of a new Governor of the Bank of England. The money power is one too pervasive and too dreadful…

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Economics23 September 12<23 September 12

The cruel fiction of state power

A speech on the morality of taxation … Dr Eamonn Butler, a doctor of moral philosophy, provides 17 moral arguments against taxation in the report of…

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