Morning in America?
byUS unemployment figures came in better than expected last week at 8.5%. While noting that the figures under-represent actual unemployment, does this improvement mark…
Economics
Could this be a second crisis of state socialism?
by Steve BakerThis article was published in The Jewish Chronicle on the 5th of January 2012. In 2011, an important centenary passed pretty much unremarked. On…
Financial repression
by Alasdair MacleodThis phrase has suddenly started appearing in economic research, and will probably do so more frequently in the coming months. Its origin is a…
When they stop buying bonds, the game is over
by Detlev SchlichterI took the title for this blog from an interview that James Turk of the GoldMoney Foundation conducted with Eric Sprott, a Canadian fund…
Hayek’s neglected truths about credit, capital and the trade cycle
by Steve BakerLast night, I caught up with Martin Wolf’s November programmes for Radio 4 Analysis, which you can find here. He offered a predictable blend…
How the clash between Keynes and Hayek continues to define the difference between left and right
by Toby BaxendaleI’m pleased to promote another Hayek vs Keynes event at the London School of Economics: Date: Monday 13 February 2012 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Sheikh…
A beef quiz, and revisited Koo
by Tim Price“Like a Hitchcock film. You did not need to see the blood and gore and violence – the hint of it and the menace…
A challenge for 2012 – part one
by Toby BaxendaleDear Reader, It has been 100 years since the publication of Ludwig von Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit. I post here the…
Budget collapse: too much free money
by Lewis LehrmanA view from America, previously published at The American Spectator. The super-committee of Congress is the latest group to confess abject defeat by the…
On British retailing and the Portas Report
by George MurrayAfter a tough few years for the British High Street, with well-known shops like Barrats, Woolworths and Peacocks announcing closures all around, retail expert…