Sir John Vickers: How to Regulate the Capital and Corporate Structures of Banks?
byThe long-awaited thoughts of Sir John Vickers were published this afternoon and are available to read below: How to Regulate the Capital and Corporate…
Economics
One for the weekend: Jim Rickards discusses $100 trillion dollars worth of new debt designed to solve fiat currency problem
byThe upcoming world power elite meeting at Davos will decide that the debt slaves of the world who fund their riches need to be…
Robert P. Murphy: The Theory of Central Banking
byBased heavily upon the brilliant Murray N. Rothbard book, The Mystery of Banking, Robert P. Murphy delivers an excellent lecture on the “theory” (such…
Reactions to Robert Peston’s documentary
byI’ve been really encouraged by the response to Robert Peston’s documentary, Britain’s Banks: Too Big to Save?. Lots of people are waking up to…
The day the ECB lost its last credibility
byJanuary 14th 2011 is the day on which the Greek government ultimately would have failed. Only extreme interventions by the ECB, breaking former promises,…
BBC: Britain’s Banks: Too Big to Save?
byFor those who may have missed it, the Cobden Centre’s very own Toby Baxendale and Gordon Kerr played key roles in a BBC documentary…
The 2020 Tax Commission
byExciting news from Matthew Sinclair on Friday: This morning we have announced the formation of the new TaxPayers’ Alliance and Institute of Directors (IoD)…
Never Mind Keynes, Wealth Managers Should Read Kipling
byThis article appears courtesy of WealthBriefing, where it was first published. Whenever there is a crisis in financial markets such as that we have…
Richard W. Fisher: Monetary Policy Responsibility Cannot Substitute for Government Irresponsibility
byRichard W. Fisher is President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and serves as a member of the Federal Open Market…
Gerzensee
byForwarded by a friend … this picture alone summarises the problem with the economics profession. Somebody I know is doing a doctorate degree in…