The Hole We’re In
byMy fellow trustee Steve Baker has just forwarded me this speech by Mark Littlewood, the new Director General of the IEA. I was inspired…
Economics
Bernanke on the Federal Reserve’s exit strategy
byFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has given testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. If you thought…
What Has The Government Done To Our Money?
byA few weeks ago, eagle-eyed readers of the Cobden Centre will have spotted that the doyen of the UK Hedge Fund industry, Hugh Hendry…
On the IMF’s bank tax proposals
byThe BBC reports that the IMF has unveiled its interim proposals on a new international tax on the financial sector, ahead of a meeting…
Material Evidence: The Crazy Parallel World of the Keynesians
bySean Corrigan reports on the crazy parallel world of Keynesian economics. The imposition of negative interest rates is one way to totally devastate the…
Laurence Kotlikoff’s “Jimmy Stewart is Dead”
byJimmy Stewart plays George Bailey who is cast as the “honest” and trustworthy banker in the classic Hollywood film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Kotlikoff’s…
The IEA’s Mises Primer is Published
byToday, the IEA publish Dr Eamonn Butler’s Ludwig von Mises Primer: Ludwig von Mises was one of the greatest economists and political scientists of…
Economics for Real People
byWhile Economics in One Lesson is almost the definitive starting point for those new to the Austrian School, after you have finished reading it…
More Posted to the ASI Blog
byThis blog thread has been very rewarding. There are over 70 useful contributions. Most say, “yes we know the government is debasing us, but as…
Sound familiar? A Challenge to Tribal Politics
byPeter Joyce and Geoffrey Sell describe an Eton and Oxford educated Party Leader thus: A long-term opponent of statism, the view that social advance…