What is wrong with banking, part 1: the legal nature of banking contracts
This article gives a summary of the legal nature of banking contracts as presented by Jesús Huerta de Soto in Money, Bank Credit and…
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What is a “Red” Tory?
Out of nowhere, Phillip Blond has created a think tank which has hit the headlines all over the world: ResPublica. See here for example:…
Read MoreLabour’s dishonesty is leading us down the road to sovereign default – Telegraph
Via Labour’s dishonesty is leading us down the road to sovereign default, Liam Halligan launches a scathing attack on Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown and…
Read MoreCllr Ian Parsley’s humorous take on the Pre Budget that never was
See http://ianjamesparsley.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/lies-damned-lies-and-spending-plans/
Read MoreHow long will it take to pay off the £1 trillion of National Debt?
Scanning the papers yesterday, yes there is focus on the Deficit and plans by both parties to reduce it. Skepticism that the Labour Party…
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Material Evidence: the Texas Ratio
Sean Corrigan always introduces me to something I did not know. Learn about the “Texas Ratio” and think about how precarious this “great recovery”…
Read MoreFT.com – Do-it-yourself warning as state cuts back
Via FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – Do-it-yourself warning as state cuts back, further evidence of the need for genuine social progress…
Read MoreFT.com | Westminster Blog | Pre-Budget report: Line-by-line summary
Via FT.com | Westminster Blog | Pre-Budget report: Line-by-line summary, banking elements of the pre-budget report: 50 per cent levy on any individual discretionary…
Read MoreEEC/CERT/CESP/Warm Front – Picking Losers…
Via EEC/CERT/CESP/Warm Front – Picking Losers…, an argument that government intervention in the energy markets is counterproductive: These programmes¹ are examples, like the EU-ETS,…
Read MoreThe Micropolitics of Free Market Money: a Proposal
This paper originally appeared as Economic Notes No. 39, published by the Libertarian Alliance in 1992. The Paper is available in full here. This…
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