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The Distraction of the “Gross National Product” Economic Metric

9th September 2025 Patrick Barron 0

For many years now it seems that the state of a nation’s economic health has been reduced, at least in the mainstream press, to one metric—Gross National Product (GDP). Despite rising prices, increasing public and [more…]

America

IMF at the door

28th August 2025 well_chuffed 0

On my list of recommendations in YouTube the other day was an extract from TalkTV. It was a discussion between presenter Peter Cardwell and Liam Halligan. You may remember Liam, he had his own show [more…]

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The Bell Hotel, Epping

22nd August 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

A disappointed migrant sits in his hotel room. England is not as he expected. A bee lodges in his bonnet. He puts pen to paper and troubles the letters page of a London newspaper. Here’s [more…]

Communism

Command Economies

21st August 2025 well_chuffed 0

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…]

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A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; A Mini Postcard, A Lament

19th August 2025 Colin Cross 0

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…]

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A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars

14th August 2025 Patrick Barron 0

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…]

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Regulation, an Idealistic Mistake?

12th August 2025 Godfrey Bloom 0

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…]

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Storing gold in the right place and in the right way

5th August 2025 Going Postal 0

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

31st July 2025 Going Postal 0

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…]

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