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The battle for control over the future of money

15th September 2021 Going Postal 3692 Comments

It’s no secret that governments and central planners of all stripes have long detested the rise of private money and independent digital currencies. They have tried to stifle the burgeoning crypto industry from the moment [more…]

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Government as the Ultimate Cause of the Tragedy of the Commons

2nd June 2021 Patrick Barron 2042 Comments

A good definition of the Tragedy of the Commons is that “Resources that are un-owned and/or un-ownable will be plundered to extinction”. Consider the fishes of the seas, especially those that migrate such as whales [more…]

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Government’s Wayward Spending – It’s Our Money!

3rd May 2021 Emile Woolf 2749 Comments

Expenditure by “Big-government” is not readily susceptible to economic calculation. Therefore it’s impossible to know whether citizens would support central or local spending proposals – and they are never consulted anyway. The result is often [more…]

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Statist Overreach – The Curse of Big Government

12th April 2021 Emile Woolf 1847 Comments

Whether it’s your local Council, blocking suburban roads with impassable barricades, feigning concern for neighbourhood tranquillity; or imposition by central government of the most intrusive behavioural prohibitions outside of war – this vile syndrome of [more…]

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The Disastrous Failure of Post War Media

15th March 2021 Godfrey Bloom 3982 Comments

In a parliamentary democracy offering only two political parties the press have played a significant role in questioning government  policy & more importantly holding that policy outcome to account. Not always admittedly for the common [more…]

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An Open Letter to the Chancellor

4th January 2021 Godfrey Bloom 4403 Comments

Dear Chancellor, Fiscal Discipline The government reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic hypothesis has bordered on hysterical, but we are where we are & the unprecedented national debt is estimated at over two & one half [more…]

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“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part II

5th October 2020 Going Postal 3708 Comments

Interview with Robert Mark Claudio Grass (CG): In this surreal policy environment, how has the role and the investment process of the value investor evolved, especially over the last decade?  How can one still identify value [more…]

America

“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part I

28th September 2020 Going Postal 2296 Comments

Interview with Robert Mark As we move deeper and deeper into this covid crisis, more and more people understand that there’s a lot more to fear besides the disease itself. As the economic impact and [more…]

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Fake Data Qui Bono

6th August 2020 Godfrey Bloom 2068 Comments

My final article in my wee trilogy on data interpretation I examine who benefits from the manipulation of state data. It is usually sound policy when investigating the often bizarre antics of the state to [more…]

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