Via A Golden Way Out of the Monetary Fiasco – Thorsten Polleit – Mises Institute, essential reading for anyone interested in the financial crisis, its causes and a route out (despite its use of the G-word!): The government-controlled monetary regime — the most destructive force set into motion by state interventionism […]
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Read MoreGordon Brown dealt fresh blow as Bishop of London criticises ‘false financial hopes’
The Church of England sustains its stand for morality: They were joined by the bishops of Winchester and Carlisle, who claimed ministers had squandered their opportunity to transform society and run out of steam, sacrificing principled politics and long-term solutions for policies designed to win votes. Right now, I am […]
Read MoreWe’re all doomed
As Gordon Brown condemns free markets and therefore by extension freedom itself, I learn of Alistair Darling’s early days as the ‘bearded Trot’ who ‘wanted to nationalise the banks’. Despite having read Boris Johnson’s cheering Have I Got Views for You, I feel the only solution is to throw myself […]
Read MoreNew page: Bibliography
You’ll find a new page listed in the sidebar, a political bibliography. I hope you find some of these books useful. Those who say, ‘Let’s take the politics out of (whatever)’, would do well to understand that there are people who believe liberty is power and people who believe liberty […]
Read MoreMoney: Its Importance, Origins, and Operations
A classic book we should all read: it’s next on my list. So prices, overall, can change for only two reasons: If the supply of money increases, prices will rise; if the supply falls, prices will fall. If the demand for money increases, prices will fall (PPM rises); if the […]
Read MoreLew Rockwell: “Understanding the Crisis” and “The Crisis Book Kit”
Lew Rockwell introduces the surprising simplicity, fascination and usefulness of a study of money, and points to mises.org’s
Read MoreThe New Freedom by Woodrow Wilson
A fascinating book, by the 28th President of the USA, available online: There has come over the land that un-American set of conditions which enables a small number of men who control the government to get favors from the government; by those favors to exclude their fellows from equal business […]
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