Peter Boettke wins Adam Smith Award
byI am delighted to announce that Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Prof. Peter Boettke has been honoured with the prestigious Adam Smith Award. We…
Economics
Britain at the Crossroads
byWhile waiting for the politicians in the Westminster Village to decide who the next UK Prime Minister should be, readers of the Cobden Centre…
Material Evidence: Greece has been the very essence of Keynesian folly
byThe latest Material Evidence from Sean Corrigan: What seems to escape every one of these fatuous macromancers is that, for years now, Greece has…
Sterling gold price hits new high
byYou may have seen this story in The Telegraph, the other day, about gold hitting a new all-time high in sterling terms, hopping around…
Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money
byYou know you have crossed into the Austrian light when you wake up one morning and everything has become clear. From that point forward,…
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
byThe Rise and Fall of the Great Powers — this is the title of a great book by Paul Kennedy that I read as…
The elephant in the room: debasement of our purchasing power
byI have written a short article over at the IEA blog: The elephant in the room: debasement of our purchasing power Enjoy.
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
byPeter Schiff’s new book is now available to pre-order with free delivery for less than £10, on Amazon.co.uk; it is due out on the…
Arden Partners — Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
byThe brilliant economist Ewen Stewart of Arden Partners sadly shows we are going the way of Greece, not Ireland: We call the UK the…
The Mystery of Banking
byIf What Has The Government Done To Our Money? is an hors d’oeuvre, then The Mystery of Banking is the main appetiser in our…