Communism
Command Economies
After a once in a lifetime budget that was designed to promote growth, fill a fictitious £22 billion black hole and encourage new jobs, what are we left with, little to no growth, a £50 [more…]
Economics
20th Century
A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; A Mini Postcard, A Lament
I saw the squirrel before it saw me. It loped towards me by the verge before turning into the yard and setting off up the path, where it was met by Burt and the B&M [more…]
Economics
A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars
US President Donald Trump has kicked off a tit-for-tat tariff war, claiming that foreign tariffs against American goods harms America and that American tariffs against foreign goods are essential to rebuild America’s manufacturing base. Frankly, [more…]
Economics
Regulation, an Idealistic Mistake?
In the late 1980s the City of London reeled after a financial scandal involving a company called Barlow Clowes, the details are of little relevance for these observations save on vital piece of information, it [more…]
Economics
Storing gold in the right place and in the right way
By now, I’m pretty sure that all of my clients and regular readers fully understand why allocating a part of their wealth to physical precious metals is not just the smart move, but an increasingly [more…]
Economics
More Thoughts on the BRICS and Gold vs. the US and the Dollar
In a previous article I suggested that the BRICS, lead by China and Russia, might offer an alternative international trade settlement system that would be independent of the US and the dollar. The BRICS have [more…]
Economics
“I wouldn’t start from here, if I were you”
Introduction In this third and final essay, I analyse the Britain’s current economic position and then explore the case for a limited, nation-centric government that will be better equipped to deliver prosperity and growth. I [more…]
Economics
Can the BRICS Nations Lead Us to a Better World?
There is much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair by just about every leader in the West, especially by an almost apoplectic President Trump, over a so-called “sinister threat” by the BRICS nations to [more…]
20th Century
Kill not cure: the economic prescriptions that failed
Introduction In my essay ‘From Socialism to Welfarism: the Betrayal of the Working Class’, I observed that the early socialist thinkers developed their ideas at the peak of the industrial revolution. Socialist theory was therefore [more…]