Subsidizing Risk
byIndustrial policy is back in fashion. Our new coalition government claims that the financial industry is too big. They promise to “rebalance the economy”,…
Economics
Dr Lilico of Policy Exchange Gives Serious Consideration to Banking Reform
by Toby BaxendaleIt is a great pleasure to see a respected and mainstream economist jump into the debate about our banking system. Although Dr Lilico does…
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
by Andy DuncanHaving already read What Has The Government Done To Our Money?, The Mystery of Banking, and Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply…
Cobden Centre Annual Lecture 2010 – honest money and the national debt
by Tom BurroughesLast night, yours truly, along with a number of other Cobden Centre supporters and assorted free marketeers, listened to Toby Baxendale talk about a…
An Entrepreneur’s Tale: The Meltdown of 2008
by Toby BaxendaleLast year, Steve Baker and I attended the Ludwig von Mises Supporters Summit in Salamanca, where I delivered my talk: “An Entrepreneur’s Tale: The…
Free Trade, Peace, and Goodwill Among Nations: The Triumph of the Free Trade Movement in Great Britain
by Toby BaxendaleWe are pleased to republish here an excellent article by Dr. Richard Ebeling, Professor of Economics at Northwood University. The article originally appeared in…
Financial Armageddon was only hours away
by Andy DuncanIn a recent TV interview with Max Keiser, the German trend forecaster Dr Joern Berninger claims that the recent massive EU Greek bailout was…
Pure Austrian Thinking from Bagus on Banking Reform
by Toby BaxendaleThere are many possible routes to sound money. On the 18th of May, I outlined my plan to reform the banking system. Yesterday we…
World collapse explained
by Steve BakerHat tip: DK
The Eclectica Fund Management Commentary, May 2010
by Andy DuncanHugh Hendry, of Eclectica Asset Management, predicts that a downturn in China could provide western governments with the deflationary event they require to give…