Many commentators try to fill us with a sense of economic foreboding, basing their reasoning on the amount of … Continue reading “Debt alarmism”

The Great Recession is now being mentioned in the past tense, which is progress of a kind. During its course … Continue reading “A monetarist explanation of the Great Recession”

What will the BBC look like in the future? And how will the broadcaster fare if the licence fee is … Continue reading “The Future of the BBC”

Professor Tim Congdon CBE Founder of International Monetary Research Limited, reviews the boom – to – bust warning signs he … Continue reading “Who Caused the Great Recession?”

Free market capitalism is the best system of economic organisation ever devised. The 20th century demonstrated that it is consistent … Continue reading “Krugman’s liquidity trap claptrap”

UK officialdom appears to believe that if the City of London’s international financial services left the UK it would not … Continue reading “Emigration of the financial sector would be a national catastrophe”

Since the financial crisis began in autumn 2007 with the Northern Rock fiasco, a consensus narrative has developed. The central … Continue reading “The continuing government attack on the City of London”

Bank-bashing has become commonplace, as we saw at the Liberal Democrats’ conference last week. But the bank-bashers’ credibility is waning as … Continue reading “Bank-bashing politicians could severely damage the City”

In the 15 years to 2007, the British economy had on average faster growth (by about 0.5% to 0.75% a … Continue reading “Reasons to be negative about the UK’s growth prospects”