Posted on 02 July 2010. Tags: Contrivance, Credit Crisis, Emerging Market Economies, Fiscal Restraint, Flexible Regulation, Frank Dobson, Global Demand, Global Growth, Holborn, Investment Banker, Javid, Libertarians, Maiden Speech, Opposition Mp, Savid, Sound Public Finances, Sovereign Debt, St Pancras, Traditional Disciplines, Young Turk
Savid Javid, the Young Turk who was a former investment banker, spoke in his maiden speech to the Commons for what he called “…sound public finances, low taxation and light regulation.” That might have been an education enough for some MPs (let alone some constituents) but the newly-minted Javid continued after throwing a slight and [...]
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Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: Athreya, Boom And Bust, British Accent, Capitalist System, Central Banks, Credit Crisis, Cul De Sac, Destructive Behaviour, Dotcom Bubble, Economic Downturn, Gold Standard, Great Depression, Incentive Structure, Inflationary Policies, Lew Rockwell, Ludwig Von Mises, Ludwig Von Mises Institute, Professional Economists, Ron Paul, Stagflation, Tea Party, Von Mises Institute
This was just too delicious to resist: The Telegraph (a UK newspaper) had this article calling for the end of the Federal Reserve. Yes, Andrew Jackson hasn’t had this much fun since the Second Bank of the United States was abolished on his watch in 1836! Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has this to say about the professional economists: However, Dr [...]
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