An easy £10 bn of deficit reduction and £200 bn off the National Debt
I praise the Coalition government for their first brave attempt to tackle the £156 bn deficit with their £6 bn of net cuts. This,…
The Emperor’s New Clothes: How to Pay off the National Debt & Give a 28.5% Tax Cut
I offer a £1,000 reward for anyone who can tell me why this logically won’t work, practical politics, for now, being another matter. What…
Sean Corrigan on CNBC
Regular Cobden Centre contributor Sean Corrigan appeared on CNBC this morning, discussing the surge in the price of gold, and its role as both…
Cameron’s choice: 1945, 1931, 1815, or something new
I recently discovered a very good article at prudentbear.com, published shortly before the general election. Martin Hutchinson considers “the three previous occasions on which…
Bloomberg: the past five years don’t make Keynes look good
Via Anthony Evans, a refreshing piece of commentary by Amity Shlaes for Bloomberg: All hail Keynes. That’s the message in President Barack Obama’s decision…
Peter Boettke wins Adam Smith Award
I am delighted to announce that Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Prof. Peter Boettke has been honoured with the prestigious Adam Smith Award. We…
Material Evidence: Greece has been the very essence of Keynesian folly
The latest Material Evidence from Sean Corrigan: What seems to escape every one of these fatuous macromancers is that, for years now, Greece has…
Fresh hope for a referendum on Lisbon
Matthew Elliott has highlighted a post by his TaxPayers’ Alliance colleague Lee Rotherham, who reports that After weeks of wrangling, it now transpires that…
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers — this is the title of a great book by Paul Kennedy that I read as…
The elephant in the room: debasement of our purchasing power
I have written a short article over at the IEA blog: The elephant in the room: debasement of our purchasing power Enjoy.