It's Her Majesty's money, Mr. Carney
Time to restore Her Majesty's money to something worthy of the trust of her loyal subjects, Mr. Carney
- 7 February 2013
Government spending: Kicking the habit
Like a smoker, the government has an addiction. Perhaps it should have its own Stoptober?
- 21 September 2012
Regulation is the problem not the solution. Anyone for a free market economy?
More and more people are waking up to the idea that regulation is the problem rather than the solution. Perhaps most important, some of these people are in positions of power
- 16 September 2012
Is the bond bubble the biggest yet?
A government with sound finances backed by a robust economy should enjoy low bond yields. Does this sound like Britain's government or economy?
- 21 August 2012
Regulate the regulators before the risk
While giving Diamond a kicking, the failures of the regulator deserve more than a passing mention
- 18 August 2012
Is the developed world merely illiquid or actually insolvent?
All told, the indebtedness of the US is around 300 percent of GDP and for Britain the figure is close to a staggering 500 percent of GDP. Are these countries merely illiquid or are they actually insolvent?
- 14 August 2012
All we need is growth
The Coalition will re-launch itself this autumn with the chance to revisit economic policy to push the economy into growth. What should it do?
- 9 August 2012
C'mon ref, everytime: How regulators failed banking
The lack of refereeing is at fault for banks' action and if we're not careful, the clock will strike thirteen over bank reforms
- 27 July 2012
Forget LIBOR, QE is the real scandal
We ought to hope that the quantiative easing being administered by Mervyn King is a "non-event". If it isn't, we'll all feel the same pinch our savers already are
- 10 July 2012
A not-so-cultured club?
Like a bacteria, politicians talk of a change in the banking culture, but if Barclays is right, it is not just bankers who will need to change their culture club
- 6 July 2012
PMQs: Miliband’s no diamond but just about shone enough
Labour win this battle today, but Libor might yet torpedo their ship writes Harry Cole
- 4 July 2012
The euthanasia of the rentier: Why the assault on savers must end
In his 'General Theory', John Maynard Keynes looked forward to “the euthanasia of the rentier”. This nonsense, as much as anything else he said, represents a threat to our economic growth and stability
- 19 June 2012
The government’s two-faced policy over banks
With the announcement of a bank loaning scheme, it does indeed appear that government policy is decided on a flip of a coin
- 15 June 2012
You can't beat something with nothing - why Krugman and the Keynesians are winning
The centre-right must rediscover Austrian school economics or else fight the long retreat
- 31 May 2012
Banking on charging
Regulators want banks to charge to stop mis-selling but all that does is increase the cost to the punter with no guarantee of protection
- 25 May 2012
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