Kevin Dowd to speak at Adam Smith Institute
byKevin Dowd to speak at Adam Smith Institute On the evening of Monday 12th September 2011, TCC Senior Fellow, Professor Kevin Dowd, is giving…
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TCC Senior Fellow in today’s Wall Street Journal Europe
byToday is the fortieth anniversary of US President Richard Nixon closing the gold window and bringing in for the first time in history a…
The curse of Babel
byA very old and well known story is told in Genesis 11. It is the story of the curse of Babel: Now the whole…
Nowhere to run
byJames Tyler’s recent comments about the negative Swiss interbank rates reminded me of a discussion I had with a private-client lawyer in London yesterday….
Apparently the BBC is having a bit of an Austrian boom
byAs I understand it, BBC Radio 4 bosses liked the recent Keynes versus Hayek debate so much that they are now planning to repeat…
Where is the US stock market heading?
byA report from America, previously published at Mises.org On Monday, August 8, the S&P 500 stock-price index fell 6.7 percent to close at 1,119.46….
Implosion of fiat monetary system continues
byYesterday’s stop losses were triggered in the Euro Swiss LIBOR futures market. After briefly touching 100 on Tuesday (Interest rate futures are priced as…
Assume for the sake of argument that there were missed opportunities, now what?
byDuring the financial crisis, my perspective has been hardened that the classical economist and even a hard nosed version of Austrianism is the appropriate…
Charles Moore reviews Keynes vs Hayek
byI was pleased to see the LSE’s recent Hayek vs Keynes debate picked up by Charles Moore at The Telegraph: The Hayekians, led by…
Are we doomed?
byWith so much bad news from the financial markets, it is becoming difficult to see the wood for the trees. This is my attempt…