Spain – Steve Baker

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On Vickers: it’s time to end the fantasy that we can consume without producing

by Steve Baker 11 April 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

I’ll blog shortly about the Independent Commission on Banking’s Interim Report but, as I see Spain is thought by some to be next for a bailout, this quote from Mises’ Causes of the Economic Crisis seems apt: In discussing the situation as it developed under the expansionist pressure on trade […]

I confess: I went skydiving last weekend

by Steve Baker 2 April 2011 in Politics, Fun 4 comments

Here’s the proof (I’m second from bottom): In the last year, I had only jumped 10 times: politics had simply consumed all my time. Eventually, I decided I had to keep on living, so I put in a short weekend’s jumping. The country’s problems are huge. They were before I […]

Salamanca, the birthplace of economics

by Steve Baker 22 October 2009 in Politics Comments are Disabled

This post originally appeared on cobdencentre.org. Cobden Centre Chairman, Toby Baxendale, and Corporate Affairs Director, Steve Baker, are this week in Salamanca, Spain for the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Supporters Summit 2009: One of the great discoveries of the 20th century concerns the origins of economic science in the late […]

Empuriabrava skydiving photoset

by Steve Baker 20 October 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Uploaded a new photoset to Flickr — Empuriabrava, Oct 2009: Here’s another favourite – a well-formed 5-way formation, high above the canals of Empuriabrava:

Empuriabrava, 19 Oct 09

by Steve Baker 20 October 2009 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Once the wind subsided, we had a great day. Eight jumps, knocked out as fast as possible: first an eight-way, then five-ways when three lads left for the airport. More photos when I’m not behind a filter blocking flickr.

Skydive Tramontana

by Steve Baker 18 October 2009 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Skydive Empuriabrava occasionally suffers a phenomenon knows as the “Tramontana”: a strong wind from the mountains. It’s been blowing since we arrived on Wednesday but it is forecast to subside today or tomorrow. In the meantime, this is as close as I’ll get to a skydive: It’s still a great […]