Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That
By kind permission of Sean Corrigan, we reproduce his report Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That, in which he explains the end of…
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Strip the Bank of England of its power | Jamie Whyte – Times Online
Writing in The Times on 2 July 2009, Jamie Whyte called for the Bank of England to be stripped of its power to set…
Read MoreBailing out the Banks – Glaring Evidence of Moral Hazard
Gordon Kerr, a banker with expertise in derivatives and foreign exchange, explores the evidence of moral hazard in the bank bail outs. By rescuing…
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The economic paradigm and its shift
There are three prevailing theoretical frameworks in economics: Vienna (Austrian), Cambridge (Keynes) and Chicago (Monetarist). Via the Mises Institute and Kuhn, we indicate an…
Read MoreWhere next for the economy?
Via Entering the Greatest Depression in History by Andrew Gavin Marshall, indications of the possible path of the global economy: Entering the Greatest Depression…
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Why is the FTSE going up?
The FTSE 100 Share Index has been riding high since it fell to a low of 3,512 on March 2, and continues to flirt…
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Material Evidence: the appearance of greater prosperity
Sean Corrigan, Chief Investment Strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, in his 13 August briefing, comments on the illusion of prosperity created by new money…
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Economic Interventionism, Banks and the Crisis
Steven Baker presents a precis of de Soto’s Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles pp650-653, setting out an argument which was famously expounded by…
Read MoreBritish Attitudes to Banking
Who owns the money in your current account? How much is on reserve? Loaned? Please take our survey: British Attitudes to Banking.
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The Problem with GDP
Sean Corrigan, Chief Investment Strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, has kindly agreed to the reproduction of his briefing “Material Evidence” by the Cobden Centre….
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