A world of debt – where are the risks?
Private debt has been the main source of rising debt to GDP ratios since 2008 Advanced economies have led the trend Emerging market…
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Caitlin Long on Blockchain and the Austrian School
Hong Kong and the road to recovery
We are following the road to perdition There is increasing awareness that another financial crisis is in the offing, and, of course, everyone has…
Read MoreThe Fed and asset bubbles
In his speech on April 7 2010 at the Economic Club of New York the President of the New York Fed, William Dudley argued…
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Zero Hedge — Bank of America: These Are The 6 Triggers For The Next Market Crash
With the S&P just one big short squeeze away from all time highs and Q2 earnings for the most part blowing away expectations, the…
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Deutsche Bank’s Troubles Raise Worries About the Future of the Euro Zone
The euro banking sector is huge: In April 2018, its total balance sheet amounted to 30.9 trillion euro, accounting for 268 per cent of…
Read MoreMonetary Fallacies and Inflationary Bubbles
Looking to the next few years ahead, is America and the world going to continue riding a wave of economic growth, improving standards of…
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Max debates with Director of IMF Europe on Monetary System
Today Cobden Centre manager Max Rangeley will give a speech and then have a debate with the Director of IMF Europe at the first…
Read MoreThe Looming Crisis in the Private Provision of Public Services Close Parallels with the Systemic Failure of Banks
The collapse in January of Carillion PLC, the UK’s second largest construction and outsourcing company has attracted considerable media coverage. Carillion was principally engaged…
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Should bank regulation be relaxed?
Leading Federal Reserve policymaker Stanley Fischer has hit out at plans to unwind banking regulation, calling it a “terrible mistake.” President Donald Trump and…
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