New technology makes it easier than ever to take personal control of your money. This opens up new opportunities, but also serious risks.
We have no good reason to believe that the state is any better at centrally planning a currency that it is at planning the economy.
In the last parliament, our payments to Brussels were more than twice the total savings made through austerity.
It’s the debt-to-GDP ratio that counts when it comes to assessments of national solvency
The challenge for regulators, businesses and politicians is: how do we react to the social and regulatory changes that this disruption presents?
JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. The age of irresponsibility is here to stay, it appears. One person makes a mistake, and another person is supposed to foot the bill. Or bail out, as the new terminology goes. The Greek government lives above its means? European politicians want the German taxpayers […]
Steve Baker is the MP for Wycombe People today have unprecedented choice. They can shop around online. They can tune into numerous television and radio channels. They can even decide between different hospitals for medical treatment. But why are people not allowed to decide for themselves in which currency to transact their business and store […]
By Steve Baker MP A review of the US Federal Reserve’s own document: “FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release, H.4.1: Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks”, issued on August 23rd 2011, reveals some interesting information about the state of the Federal Reserve, the US central bank: it's very nearly […]
By JP Floru Self-reliance must rank in the top three Conservative values; perhaps together with producing growth and taking care of our nearest and dearest (I’m open to suggestions for even better Conservative values, and am looking forward to the Comments below!). Key to self-reliance is saving. Call it frittering away. Beavering away. Saving for […]
The EU’s draft document suggests broad agreement on most of what we want. And the three bones of contention are surmountable.