The online edition of the Handelsblatt, a major German business newspaper, recently featured an op-ed blaming government-created ’fiat money’ for the … Continue reading “The link between ‘fiat money’ and boom-and-bust cycles”

Twenty-nine per cent of English homes are not ‘decent’ places to live, according to the latest edition of the English … Continue reading “Housing, poverty and the planning system”

I have written on this blog about some of the logical flaws associated with ‘relative poverty’, arguing that even if … Continue reading “How relative poverty statistics can be manipulated”

On Monday this week, the New Policy Institute released a report called Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2008, … Continue reading “What happened to poverty in Scotland?”

This Sunday will be the 19th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – one of the greatest victories … Continue reading “Nineteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, socialism is thriving in East Germany”

A new report by the OECD, Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries, warns: “Poverty is rising in … Continue reading “Is poverty rising in OECD countries?”

Today, the government of Argentina will announce the annulment of the country’s private pension system introduced in 1994. The savings … Continue reading “The government of Argentina expropriates workers’ pension funds”

In an interview with Spiegel Online, 2006 Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus states that the current financial crisis is proof that … Continue reading “Muhammad Yunus joins the “crisis of capitalism” choir”

In the introduction to The Revolution – A Manifesto, the Republican enfant terrible Ron Paul describes the limited set of … Continue reading “Statism dominates in the homeland of Hayek and Mises”