Bernanke stuck in a bunker
Increasingly Bernanke resembles a golfer with one club. He’s stuck in a bunker and all he has is a driver
- 18 September 2012
Fireman Bernanke reaches for the money-hose again
It appears that Ben Bernanke and his chums at the Federal Reserve are genuinely round the twist as they resort to the printing presses once again
- 14 September 2012
Does the $16 trillion debt matter? A lesson in public finance economics for the GOP
Government spending is the disease. The various ways of financing that spending – taxes, borrowing, and printing money – are symptoms of the underlying disease
- 7 September 2012
An open letter to supporters of stimulus/opponents of austerity (especially Labour supporters)
Many in Britain believe that austerity is to blame for the lack of a robust recovery. Perhaps they would care to answer these questions
- 5 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
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
George and the green dragon: Why Osborne is right to hold off Greenpeace
Osborne's blocking of Greenpeace-backed policies are a plus point for the Chancellor
- 4 August 2012
Hold on to your hats, China is getting sleepy
When China wakes the world will tremble said Napoleon. Let’s hope the same isn’t true when it nods off
- 31 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
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
The sack of Berlin
Cries for the ECB to provide liquidity or for debt mutualisation are cries for Germans to work till they’re 67 so Greek crimpers can retire at 50. Will Merkel allow her electorate to become the slaves of Europe?
- 15 May 2012
Austerity is under attack
If even moderate attempts to slow the increase in debt prove electorally unpalatable then western voters will be faced not with the bumpy landing of austerity but with the fatal crash of economic collapse
- 8 May 2012
Money demystified: Stopping Keynes's one man in a million
Central banks cannot create wealth but they can redistribute it. And the system confers a tremendous power upon those who exercise it. They are Keynes’ one man in a million
- 1 May 2012
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