My talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics”
byTowards the end of September I gave a talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics” for the Adam Smith Institute. It was part of…
Economics
John Embry: We could be in a multi-decade depression
byJohn Embry is the Chief Investment Strategist for Sprott Gold & Precious Minerals Fund. He spoke to Eric King last Friday about quantitative easing;…
Liam Halligan: Mervyn King makes a stand for reform as banks seem intent on forgetting
byAnother excellent piece from the pen of Liam Halligan, in today’s Telegraph, describing the woeful under-reporting of the thoughts of Mervyn King, the Governor…
Honest Money at the Libertarian Alliance Conference 2010
byYesterday, I gave a talk at the Libertarian Alliance Conference 2010 entitled Honest Money and the Future of Banking. Please click the image below…
Goodbye Dollar: Has the Federal Reserve given up?
byBloomberg has released a report (October 28th) which indicates that the US Federal Reserve has finally given up the Halloween ghost and has laid…
Weak foundations
byThis article was first published in New Law Journal on the 1st of May 2009, and is reproduced by kind permission (http://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/). The Safety…
Economic Recessions, Banking Reform and the Future of Capitalism
byThe London School of Economics and Political Science Hayek Memorial Lecture October 28, 2010 It is a great honor for me to have been…
Jim Rogers: How I See the World Today
byIn two of my favourite novels by Neal Stephenson, ‘Snow Crash’ and ‘The Diamond Age’, we see the breakdown of the nation state and…
George Monbiot remains clueless when it comes to his perceived free market enemies
byI read this yesterday and almost fell off my chair laughing. As ever, George Monbiot remains totally clueless about the ideas, motivations and complexities…
Inflated Expectations
byHaving thus far given his platform almost exclusively over to a Moody’s-mollifying PR campaign regarding ‘austerity’, British PM David Cameron this week decided that…