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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>.

Economics, Events, Politics21 December 10<21 December 10

Panel discussion held in Parliament on Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story

Over on my own website, I introduce the research showing the true scale of Britain’s liabilities and report: As Chairman of the APPG on Economics,…

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Economics, Press20 December 10<20 December 10

ConservativeHome, Steve Baker MP: The greatest threat to civilisation is not climate change but bad economics

Over at ConservativeHome, I have set out the case that The greatest threat to civilisation is not climate change but bad economics: Unfortunately, an…

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The Cobden Centre Christmas reception
Events, TCC Development13 December 10<13 December 10

The Cobden Centre Christmas reception

TCC has had a great year and, last Thursday, we held our first Cobden Centre Christmas reception in celebration at the National Liberal Club….

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Economics, Ethics, Politics13 December 10<12 December 10

Despair and hope for monetary reform

On Saturday, I spoke again to set out the scale and scope of our financial and monetary mess and again, the audience welcomed the…

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Economics, Politics30 November 10<30 November 10

Carswell and Baker on bank reform

Yesterday, Douglas Carswell and I spoke in the Chamber during the backbench banking debate. From Douglas’ speech: Banking is undoubtedly corporatist. To put it…

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Economics, Politics29 November 10<29 November 10

The terrain of the banking debate today

Via Parliament’s Order of Business for Monday 29 November 2010, we see the terrain of the the banking debate today. Michael Meacher’s motion comes first,…

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1989: Competing Currencies Proposed for Europe by the UK Treasury
Politics27 November 10<27 November 10

1989: Competing Currencies Proposed for Europe by the UK Treasury

Via Note from Her Majesty’s Treasury on EMU (Novembre 1989): The European Council agreed at its meeting in Madrid in June to launch the first…

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EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself – Telegraph
Economics, Politics26 November 10<26 November 10

EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself – Telegraph

The escalating debt crisis on the eurozone periphery is starting to contaminate the creditworthiness of Germany and the core states of monetary union. via…

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The Positive Money Conference
Economics, Events13 November 10<13 November 10

The Positive Money Conference

This post originally appeared on stevebaker.info. Today, Cobden Centre comrades and I are off to inject some Austrianism into the Positive Money conference. As you…

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Tonight: Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
Economics, Politics, Press, Society11 November 10<17 November 10

Tonight: Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story

Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story will be transmitted on Channel 4, tonight Thursday, 11 Nov at 9pm: Film maker Martin Durkin explains the full extent…

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