A Note on the Notice of Withdrawal Clause
byRegular readers of this site may be aware of a debate relating to the contractual devices that banks might use to ensure that they…
Economics
Freedom Week 2011
byFor several years now there has been a highly successful seminar held at Sidney Sussex college, at the University of Cambridge. Around 30 undergraduates…
Video: Eliminating Monetary Externalities, Philipp Bagus
byAs promised, here is the video of Professor Philipp Bagus delivering this year’s Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, at the Austrian Scholars Conference, in…
Mike Haywood’s “Global Banking Crisis Digest”
byWord reaches Cobden Centre Towers of Dr Mike Haywood’s latest banking crisis digest. It’s almost reached the point where we hardly dare open the…
Riots and earthquakes are good for business
bySeveral thoughts pirouetted across my mind as I watched the coverage of Saturday’s protest and riots. I wondered why anti-capitalists were wearing clothing with…
From Lombard Street to Easy Street
byThe old adage about how to succeed in banking was the formula of ‘3-6-3’: borrow at 3%, lend at 6% and get onto the…
The Spectator Goes Austrian (This Week Anyway)
byI had a meeting two years ago with James Forsyth, the editor of The Spectator, and talked about the alternative world of Austrian Economics, how…
Building White Elephants in China
byLoose US monetary policy has had its echoes all around the world. The US dollar, once thought to be “as good as gold”, has…
Live blogging the 2011 Budget
byToday is the 2011 Budget, and I will be live blogging it for Reuters. Click here to follow live coverage throughout the day. As…
Congratulations Professor Philipp Bagus
byOn behalf of everyone associated with The Cobden Centre, I want to congratulate Professor Philip Bagus – Professor for Economics at University Rey Juan…