FT.com | Westminster Blog | Pre-Budget report: Line-by-line summary
byVia FT.com | Westminster Blog | Pre-Budget report: Line-by-line summary, banking elements of the pre-budget report: 50 per cent levy on any individual discretionary…
Economics
EEC/CERT/CESP/Warm Front – Picking Losers…
by Steve BakerVia EEC/CERT/CESP/Warm Front – Picking Losers…, an argument that government intervention in the energy markets is counterproductive: These programmes¹ are examples, like the EU-ETS,…
The Micropolitics of Free Market Money: a Proposal
by Antoine ClarkeThis paper originally appeared as Economic Notes No. 39, published by the Libertarian Alliance in 1992. The Paper is available in full here. This…
The Error of Government Spending by Way of the Magic & Mythical Multiplier
by Toby BaxendaleOne of the most persistent economic fallacies that permeates economics and politics is the notion that by government spending money, there will be more…
Lessons from the financial crisis: a libertarian perspective
by Prof Kevin DowdThis article is an expanded version of the Second Chris R. Tame Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Dowd at the National Liberal Club, London,…
Can Government Create Wealth?
by Toby BaxendaleIn this article, I argued that a useful measure of GDP needs to extract the government sector, as all it represents is a movement…
Protectionism, Regulations and Globalization — ECIPE
by Steve BakerVia Protectionism, Regulations and Globalization — ECIPE: Economic history tells us many lessons. One particular lesson of contemporary relevance is that the internationalization of…
Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online
by Steve BakerVia Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online: Relations between the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor…
The Four of Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Frank Field MP
by Steve BakerVia The Four of Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Frank Field MP: For some time now it has been possible to see the four…
IEA Blog » Qualitative easing
by Steve BakerVia IEA Blog » Blog Archive » Qualitative easing: While quantitative easing has received much press, qualitative easing has been neglected. Qualitative easing consists of…