Emergency Budget – Reconsider the Capital-Gains Tax Hike
Alan McCormick of Legatum wrote an excellent article for yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Shortly after taking office in May, Britain’s new chief secretary to…
Jesse Norman’s maiden speech
We welcome Jesse Norman’s maiden speech in the House of Commons. The final section is the most relevant to our readers: Now, the idea…
Structural Economic Issues and Your 5-Year Plan
Caitlin Long is part of the senior management of Morgan Stanley. She takes a long hard look at the US economy. If you are…
Is there room for Austrian Ideas at the top table?
In December 2008, Dr Anthony Evans and I wrote an article for the IEA asking, in these testing times for central banks, whether there…
Public Attitudes to Banking
A key question in the debate over fractional reserve banking is the extent to which people know that banks lend their deposits out to…
Dr Lilico of Policy Exchange Gives Serious Consideration to Banking Reform
It is a great pleasure to see a respected and mainstream economist jump into the debate about our banking system. Although Dr Lilico does…
An Entrepreneur’s Tale: The Meltdown of 2008
Last year, Steve Baker and I attended the Ludwig von Mises Supporters Summit in Salamanca, where I delivered my talk: “An Entrepreneur’s Tale: The…
An honest money maiden speech
Advisory Board Member Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe, yesterday made his maiden speech in the House of Commons. The full text may be found…
Free Trade, Peace, and Goodwill Among Nations: The Triumph of the Free Trade Movement in Great Britain
We are pleased to republish here an excellent article by Dr. Richard Ebeling, Professor of Economics at Northwood University. The article originally appeared in…
Pure Austrian Thinking from Bagus on Banking Reform
There are many possible routes to sound money. On the 18th of May, I outlined my plan to reform the banking system. Yesterday we…