I spent Germany’s election weekend in its financial capital, and found a country that is exceptionally comfortable in its own … Continue reading “Has London lost its mojo?”

Following her address to the 2015 State of the Economy Conference Stephanie Flanders, Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist at JP … Continue reading “Stephanie Flanders on the ECB”

Dr Thomas Mayer, Founder of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute in Germany and ex-Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank, spoke to … Continue reading “An interview with Thomas Mayer”

The former governor of the central bank of Poland Professor Leszek Balcerowicz has been critical of those who blame the … Continue reading “Causes of the euro crisis – Prof Leszek Balcerowicz”

When the euro was formed, the economic debate was marked by a paradox. Liberal economists on the continent were enthusiastic … Continue reading “The Eurozone is doomed to unwind without radical liberalising reforms”

President Obama’s 2009 stimulus has been a disappointment: the Keynesian response is that it failed because it was not big … Continue reading “Ben Bernanke’s road to inflation”

We are so accustomed to our present currency system that it is difficult to imagine a system of more than … Continue reading “The end of the euro – and the beginning of currency competition”

Living on debt is a Western disease which has been fuelled by the universalisation of inconvertible paper money. Obviously, Spain … Continue reading “OMT programme will prolong Spain’s economic crisis”

About a year ago, I wrote that although the focus (at the time) was on Portugal, the viability of the … Continue reading “Portugal has made progress but needs bigger spending cuts and radical structural reforms”