See no evil, speak no evil…
byThe Jackson Hole speeches of Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi last week were notable for the omission of any comment about the burning issues…
Europol on Blockchain for The Cobden Centre
byThis piece was kindly produced for The Cobden Centre by Europol as part of the The Cobden Centre’s guide to policy makers on blockchain. …
Regulatory Perspectives on Virtual Currencies
byThis piece was kindly produced for The Cobden Centre by Sean F. Ennis and Gert Wehinger at the OECD as part of the The Cobden…
Taken To The Cleaners
byThe following, written exclusively for The Cobden Centre, is by Dean Buckner (Life Insurance and Pensions Department, Bank of England) Introduction Should regulators…
Dreams of Gerontius
byDemographics, productivity & the great central bank fallacy of interest rate determination Summary As we go to press, the Mighty Oz’s and Grand Panjandrums…
The Golden Revolution, Revisited
byThe latest edition of The Golden Revolution is available from Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535608994 Back in 2012 John Wiley and Sons published my first book, The…
Austrian Monetary Theory vs. Federal Reserve Inflation Targeting
byOne of the leading policy guideposts for central banks and many monetary policy proponents nowadays is the idea of “inflation targeting.” Several major central…
Liquidity trap – what is it all about?
bySome economists such as Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman are of the view that if the US were to fall into liquidity trap the US…
Maths versus magic
by“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin. If investors were…
Should bank regulation be relaxed?
byLeading Federal Reserve policymaker Stanley Fischer has hit out at plans to unwind banking regulation, calling it a “terrible mistake.” President Donald Trump and…