Whatever it Takes?
byIn the midst of all the recent uproar, one anonymous Twitterer seized his chance to have his Uber-Warholian, 140-characters-of-fame moment and thundered: ‘Central banks…
Why did Japanese NIRP cause such surprise in the currency market and is it more dangerous?
byThe Bank of Japan announcement of NIRP sent shock waves through currency markets The Yen has strengthened on capital repatriation since the BoJ move…
CityAM Op-ed on Blockchain Technology and Friedrich von Hayek
byI had an op-ed published by CityAM last Friday, it goes into how blockchain technology will enable FA Hayek’s vision of an economy that…
Benn Steil: Could China Have a Reserves Crisis?
byLast summer, U.S. lawmakers were condemning China for pushing down its currency, arguing that it was still “terribly undervalued.” But those days may be…
David Stockman: The War On Savers And The 200 Rulers Of Global Finance
bySource: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-war-on-savers-and-the-200-rulers-of-world-finance/ There has been an economic coup d’état in America and most of the world. We are now ruled by about 200 unelected central bankers, monetary apparatchiks and…
EU to regulate virtual currency exchanges and wallet providers
byThis article is from EDCAB.eu, with whom The Cobden Centre is working regarding a project for the European Parliament on digital currencies. Source: http://edcab.eu/blog/eu-tackles-virtual-currency-exchanges-wallet-providers The European…
America’s National Debt Bomb Caused by the Welfare State
byThe news is filled with the everyday zigzags of those competing against each other for the Democrat and Republican Party nominations to run for…
They Broke the Silver Fix
byEditor’s Note: Keith is testifying today before the Arizona Senate Financial Institutions Committee on a gold legal tender bill, which he also helped draft. There is…
Interview with Dr Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
byDr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the…
Shorting the yuan is dangerous
byLast Sunday (31 January) Zero Hedge ran an article drawing attention to the big names in the hedge fund community who are betting heavily…