Another superb video from LearnLiberty, Does Government Create Jobs: Related reading: Kirzner, How Markets Work
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The madness of contemporary economists
The Bank of England is considering negative interest rates to “stimulate” the economy, together with more QE. It’s one thing to pay a bank for safe-keeping and other services, another for the central bank to manipulate the credit markets as a whole. It is explicitly a policy of expropriating savers, […]
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Documentary on my time in rehab: Drink, Drugs and Democracy
I recently took the Centre for Social Justice Inner City Challenge, spending three days in drug and alcohol rehabilitation with ex-offenders at Acorn Treatment. My article on the experience is here: My placement with Acorn was emotionally exhausting. To share a few days full-time with people who have experienced life’s very worst aspects […]
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I, Pencil: The Movie
Find this brilliant movie and additional features here.
Read MoreLearnLiberty.org: Should we End the Fed?
Another excellent video from LearnLiberty.org, in which Lawrence White concludes it would be dangerous to leave the control of money with the same institutions which caused the present crisis, hoping they will do better in future: What would it mean to “End the Fed?” Free banking expert and professor Lawrence […]
Read MoreThree videos to start the Autumn
On levels of debt: On the madness of QE and the current economic consensus: On the battle of economic ideas:
Read MoreWhole Foods CEO John Mackey on the Moral Case for Capitalism
Via, The 15 Best Videos on Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on the Moral Case for Capitalism: You have empathy and care and sympathy for others and you have the foundation for a great economic system. But intellectuals and economists ignored that ethical foundation for capitalism and […]
Read MoreWho Exploits You More: Capitalists or Cronies?
Via Learn Liberty, Who Exploits You More: Capitalists or Cronies? See also this short book on how political decisions come to be made: Public Choice – a Primer by Dr Eamonn Butler. Or watch Yes, Minister.
Read MoreIs Capitalism “Pro-Business?”
Via Learn Liberty, Is Capitalism “Pro-Business?”
Read MoreGold – an independent money?
Occasionally, someone will describe me as “a gold bug”. I shouldn’t be surprised. My usual answer when someone asks me why I always have an ounce of silver in my pocket is, “I can’t afford to lose an ounce of gold.” The truth is that the debate over commodity-backed money […]
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