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The Business Cash Flow Cycle & the Current Economic Heart Attack

31st March 2020 1642again 0

By chance and then a modicum of success, I ended up with a career helping companies going through times of change, needing a new strategy, or in crisis.   I’ve worked in hospitality, wholesale, IT and [more…]

Authoritarianism

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste – Part II

25th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“Trust the state. Do what they say. They’ve never lied to us before, have they?” – Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Central bankers are washing their hands too Looking at the [more…]

Authoritarianism

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste – Part I

23rd March 2020 Going Postal 0

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s Chief [more…]

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20th Century

Selective Recollection & Economic Reality

10th February 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Those still shedding tears over our departure from the EU invariably refer to the success of the EU in healing post-WW2 wounds and keeping peace in Europe for 75 years. By the same token they [more…]

15th Century

Disintermediation

9th February 2020 1642again 0

My first job was as a graduate trainee for a merchant bank in the City in the late 1980s and among the many buzzwords that the Slick Willies of that profession used to bandy about [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
Economics

Central Banks: Enemies of Freedom

8th January 2020 Patrick Barron 0

Central banks are enemies of a free and prosperous society. Let me count the ways. Like the military, central banks are creatures of the state. Suggestions of them being independent are pure fantasy. There is [more…]

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Economics

Andrew Bailey, a WWI General for a WWII Battle

31st December 2019 Godfrey Bloom 0

We must be cautious how we welcome Andrew Bailey, Mark Carney was certainly the worst governor in post war history so CoCo the clown would look good initially. He has to date been what a [more…]

Economics

The ECB’s “mea culpa”

9th December 2019 Going Postal 0

Economists, conservative investors and market observers have been issuing stern warnings for years regarding the severe impact of the current monetary policy direction. The problems In a recent statement, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos [more…]

Emile Wool, Going Postal
Business

Campaign promises, and a dose of reality

2nd December 2019 Emile Woolf 0

As my regular readers know, most of my essays are forays into challenging economic issues. They reflect my own attempts to gain an understanding of their underlying principles. But there’s a lot riding on the [more…]

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