Deleveraging vs Leviathan
byMuch ink has been spilled (and some even coherently applied) over the vexed subject of ‘deleveraging’ and its likely impact upon the economy-at-large. For…
Economics
A response to Posen
bySean Corrigan sent me a link to a great article by Alen Mattich in the Wall Street Journal blogs section. He described it as…
Criticising farmers for the CAP
bySteve Baker’s latest article for Centre Right is one of his best: I listened to Comrade Milliband’s tedious historical revisionism with interest: apparently New…
Good plumbers and bad bankers
byTwo defences of the penalization of prudence, as a response to the current economic circumstances, have been published in the last couple of days….
News from Commissar Charles Bean
byNews flash from the Commissariat of Monetary, Mystical and Magical Affairs: A glorious bountiful future is upon us! Science has conclusively proven that savings…
Booth v Blanchflower
byAs reported at the IEA, here’s Prof Philip Booth discussing the current outlook for the British economy on the Sky News Jeff Randall programme.
Halligan: Printing money and hoping for the best
byThere’s another great article from Liam Halligan in The Telegraph, recapping how we got to our current situation, and considering the impact of further…
Peter Schiff: Markets, Gold Bubble, Summers, Bernanke, Obama, Tepper
byAs regular viewers of Peter Schiff’s video blog channel will already know, there are ups and downs in his output. However, last Friday’s show…
I’m sure I had another tenner here somewhere
byIt’s the injustice of the current system that feels so appallingly wrong. If you do not work in the financial services industry or for…
Peter Schiff: Gold and the dollar
byIn the first of three new videos, the first one dated September the 14th, Peter Schiff reflects upon last week’s rise in the precious…