Henry John “Harry” Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009)
Chris Neal commemorates Harry Patch, who understood the human cost of violent conflict, asking, ‘What must Patch have thought about the loss of life…
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FT.com – “Beware of errors in output gap data”
Entrepreneur and economist Toby Baxendale responds to warnings over errors in output gap data by explaining that there is no output gap, only lost…
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FT.com — “Wall St profits from Fed role”
Prompted by an FT article on banks’ excess profits arising from quantitative easing, entrepreneur and economist Toby Baxendale explains how QE widens wealth inequality…
Read MoreNo need to panic about GDP | Anthony Evans | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Via No need to panic about GDP | Anthony Evans | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk : GDP doesn’t tell us how economic activity…
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Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles — Jesus Huerta de Soto
De Soto’s treatise Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles is one of the most comprehensive treatments in print of ideas on banking and the…
Read MoreThe Earl of Caithness: “The Banking Bill fails to address the fault which has led to every major banking and currency crisis during the past 200 years”
Via Lords Hansard text for 5 Feb 200905 Feb 2009 (pt 0003): My Lords, the Banking Bill which we are currently discussing in the…
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