CNBC: China Reflects ‘Vampire Economy’
Sean Corrigan’s latest appearance on CNBC is well worth watching (3m 42s). Mon 27 Jun 11 | 02:00 AM ET The Chinese economy reflects…
Global warming: the new Malthusian scare
I was kindly sent a copy of Lord Lawson’s book “An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming”. When I was 16,…
The Anatomy of the New Politics
The Big Society – The Anatomy of the New Politics The University of Buckingham Press, 2010, Jessie Norman MP Occasionally a book comes along…
James Turk interviews James Grant
Grant is the owner of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He is one of the greatest financial commentators and you have probably never heard of…
Egon von Greyerz and James Turk discuss how gold can preserve your wealth
Andreas Acavalos sent this link to me. With billions under management, Egon von Greyerz is no fool and James Turk is custodian of many…
The Untouchable Case for Indian Capitalism
An excellent article from B. Chandrasekaran for the Wall Street Journal: The plight of the Dalits, those whom the Hindu caste system considers outcastes…
Telegraph: Banks buy bulk of £39.8bn of new gilts
The Telegraph reports: Banks bought 91pc of the £39.8bn of net issuance of new gilts with purchases totalling £36.1bn, compared to the £11.4bn of…
The People vs. Goldman Sachs
The latest Rolling Stone article from ‘Vampire Squid‘ author Matt Taibbi: They weren’t murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most…
Some More Quibbles with Free Banking
If you are interested in monetary theory and what the Austrian School has to say about this debate, the paper that Anthony linked to…
No room for Austrians at Bretton Woods?
The Telegraph reports The reason why many reach for the rose-tinted spectacles when recalling Bretton Woods is because it marked a rare moment of…