Over at The Cobden Centre, I have introduced and listed ten substantial plans for financial reform: Since The Cobden Centre was established by original founder Toby Baxendale, Dr Tim Evans, Dr Anthony J Evans and the author, we have assembled ten plans for financial reform which promise to deliver honest […]
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Dr Eamonn Butler, Austrian Economics – A Primer
This post originally appeared at The Cobden Centre. Following his introduction to Mises, Dr Eamonn Butler has released his latest book, Austrian Economics – A Primer. I recommend it strongly if you want to grasp the fundamentals of the Austrian School of Economics as quickly as possible: at just 118 pages, […]
Read MoreCobden Centre roundup
I have scarcely caught up with my TCC colleagues for a couple of weeks. Their output has been tremendous: Andy Duncan explains how Peter Schiff’s predictions are being fulfilled in Peter Schiff: Dollar rout, CNBC, Fin Reg and Peter Schiff: Dollar, credit ratings, China, short-term debt. James Tyler demonstrates the importance of […]
Read MoreSummary of the week – 27 Jun 2010
Highlights from the past week: On Monday, I attended the beginning of Armed Forces Week in Wycombe. Budget statement on Tuesday by the Chancellor. I spoke in the debate receiving a warm reception from Prof. Kevin Dowd on the Institute for Economic Affairs’ blog. The first Cobden Centre Austrian School […]
Read MoreJames Tyler: Money is not working
I happened to rediscover today James Tyler’s speech to Policy Exchange on 31 March 2009: I want to talk about two things today; Number 1: Free markets did NOT cause this crisis… Governments did. Number 2: Inflation targeting has failed. Money has failed. What should we do? It’s a fascinating […]
Read MoreUS money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus – Telegraph
Via The Telegraph. The M3 money supply in the United States is contracting at an accelerating rate that now matches the average decline seen from 1929 to 1933, despite near zero interest rates and the biggest fiscal blitz in history. But this begs the question, “Why is the money supply dependent […]
Read MoreThe Emperor’s New Clothes
Over at The Cobden Centre, entrepreneur and Austrian-school economist Toby Baxendale stands courageously on the shoulders of great men to explain how we can begin to reconstruct our broken monetary regime. Baxendale explains that we can end the financial crisis, pay off the national debt and give a 28.5% income […]
Read MoreNew Labour and quantitative easing
In the course of scheduling a series of articles for The Cobden Centre on the Theory of Money and Credit, I found this quote which seems apposite after our recent spell of “quantitative easing”, the injection of new money into the economy, also known in some circles as inflation of the […]
Read MoreJames Tyler doodles pictures
Over at The Cobden Centre, my colleague James Tyler explores the FTSE All Share index priced in oz of gold, which, it turns out, tends to maintain its purchasing power over centuries: James is Chief Executive of Tyler Capital and a keen supporter of honest money in the interests of […]
Read MoreSpeaking at the IEA on fiscal policy » The Cobden Centre
On Tuesday, I spoke at the IEA’s The State of the Economy conference, participating in a panel discussion on Fiscal Policy and Government Expenditure with Edmund Conway, Sir John Bourn, Graeme Leach and Danny Alexander MP. Read more via Steve Baker speaks at the IEA on fiscal policy » The […]
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