Controlling the fiscal cost of banking crises this is an extract taken from Patrick Honohan and Daniela Klingebiels paper on banking crises which was written in 2000, its evidence i... Continue reading
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet: Were business schools to blame for the meltdown? This is (to my warped mind), one of the most beautiful things to witness, world class leaders in their respective fields talking to the... Continue reading
‘What If’ … Economists were a few hundred years ahead of the game? The Trinity Science Gallery is just across the street from our offices, proximity, linked with my interest in science (confession: I dr... Continue reading
The Federal Reserve (this is taken from the Mises YouTube channel) Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson understood "The Monster". But to most Americans toda... Continue reading
Irish Credit: Downgraded two notches at once. Fitch, the credit rating agency, has just downgraded the sovereign debt ratings for the Republic of Ireland from AA+ to AA-. That is t... Continue reading
Exchequer returns for Ireland, October 2009 I plagiarised the chart below from Constantin Gurdgievs blog (which is brilliant btw) be sure to check it out. What we can see is a ... Continue reading
Dan Mitchell talks to CNBC Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute talks to CNBC about Government intervention and whether or not it is actually working. He debates wi... Continue reading
Islamic Finance – solutions where Sharia compliant products don’t exist There was an interesting talk given by CFA Ireland on the topic of Islamic Finance and Sharia compliant financial products. The long an... Continue reading