WSJ: Europe and its money
byThis editorial in the Wall Street Journal provides an excellent introductory comment to the European debt crisis now underway: The German Bundestag voted last…
Economics
Greece: deflate or default
by David HowdenThe original worry was whether Greece would default. Then it became a question whether it should it default. Now it is a question of…
Daniel Hannan on our money-printing masters
by Toby BaxendaleAs we feared, the wise men at the Bank of England have decided that what our ailing economy needs is another dose of QE….
Do nothing: a positive proposal for recovery
by Toby BaxendaleIt was recently pointed out to me that certain free market orientated friends dislike policies that fail to restore immediate growth: Basic economic theory…
Gold “bubble” bursting? – I don’t think so
by Detlev SchlichterPreviously published at Paper Money Collapse on Wednesday, 4 October. In today’s Financial Times Mark Williams argues that the recent correction in gold means…
Credit easing – expect more fruitless searches for sponges in the Aegean Sea
by Gordon KerrThe UK government recently announced a “credit easing” plan. According to a junior minister the rationale is: Small businesses (SMEs) are unable to borrow…
CNBC: Corrigan discusses EFSF increase
by Dr Tim EvansIn his latest appearance on CNBC, Sean Corrigan discusses the EFSF increase and the upcoming stealth bailout of european banks.
Received wisdom
by Tim PriceMises was infinitely patient and kind with even the most dim-witted of us, constantly tossing out research projects to inspire us, and always encouraging…
EU elite lost at sea
by Alasdair MacleodSince I last wrote about the euro crisis, events have taken a predictable turn for the worse. In my GoldMoney article dated September 17…
Money supply down 4.3% in August
by Anthony J. EvansWhen we updated MA (our Austrian school measure of the money supply) for August, we expected to see signs of the market turbulence that…