The endurance of gold at above $900, rising oil prices, the weakening dollar and a Treasury/Fed combo that is increasing the money in c...

This is a video from the libertarian group The Cato Institute and it talks about universal healthcare. It raises some interesting point...

I have been a proponent of inflation being the greater risk to society than deflation for quite some time, so all said, I am in the 'in...

Today driving into work I was pleasantly surprised to hear a spokesperson say on the radio that a community wind farm in Clare is doing...

I was watching 'The future of capitalism' on CNBC and was impressed with some of the commentary, the people around the table were a sel...

On Wednesday there was a conference in Trinity College Dublin called 'Irish economic policy for the crisis: What next?'. This post is v...

The second session was chaired by John McHale now of NUIG, formerly of Queens University Canada, who I have emailed back and forth wit...

Banks are restricting credit, in a market economy rationing is generally a mistake, but at the same time they can't come out and say 'w...

'Value for the taxpayer' is the most common line I hear in defence of nationalisation, and inside I laugh every time I hear this line, ...

We have been talking about this for some time, (see posts here 1, 2, 3, 4). In this clip Bloomberg editor Tom Keene talks about the iss...

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