Nickolai Hubble

What if populism has barely begun?

Brexit and Trump happened under comparatively benign conditions compared to the last two years. So… what’ll the future hold for populism? Will governments raid pension…

Inflation, austerity and recession is a dangerous combination

Another week, another green energy bust. But does anyone see the trend? Nigel Farage does. And that’s not the only déjà vu. George Osbourne and…

Political incompetence has two sides. You pay for both.

The Centre for Policy Studies has calculated that more than half of households get more from the government than they pay in taxes – a…

The energy crisis at the end of the rainbow

While UK energy users shut off their appliances to avoid a blackout, their electricity gets sent to Ireland… UK savers who tried to prepare for…

King dollar is dead. Long live… whatever’s next?

In 2012, US authorities confiscated and kept US$20,000 of a Danish policeman’s money because he tried to buy Cuban cigars from Germany. You might think…

Readers explain how tighter monetary policy actually causes inflation

Last week we received the highest quality and quantity of reader mail I have ever seen. You flooded the Fortune & Freedom inbox in response…

The curve flattens the UK

Does this bit of statistics from Cobus Daneel, the chairman of the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI), mean what I think it does? “Although weekly excess…

Energy, not money, is the building block of prosperity… or poverty

We tend to think about the economy and our own personal economic lives in terms of money. Do we have enough money to afford the…

Excess deaths are getting mighty awkward now…

Sir James Dyson has argued in the Telegraph that big government’s short-sighted policies mean, “on current trends, the average British family will be poorer than…

How immigration will save us from Europe’s demographic debtpocalypse

All around the developed world, something unprecedented throughout history is happening. Thanks to demographic change, populations are beginning their long-term decline. This creates a set…

The truth about inflation emerges at last

The great debate of 2022 was about the nature of our inflation. 2021 was the year in which it was settled that prices would go…

Why invest in stocks when there’s wine, sneakers, gold, whisky and watches?

I’ve long worried about the financialisation of everything. Every aspect of our lives seems connected to financial markets somehow. These days, retailers seem to be…

Nigel Farage on stocks, mortgages and Europe’s energy crisis in 2023

Whatever happens to US stocks in 2023, it can’t be worse than 2022… can it? Well, have the issues that sunk stocks in 2022 been…

Central bankers are focusing on the wrong half of the inflation equation

To all the entrepreneurs, business managers and small company investors in the UK, I need your help with an important question. Have higher interest rates…

Central bankers are the killers. But who’ll be the victim in this Whodunnit?

With “Whodunnit?” films and TV shows back in vogue, or at least plastered all over my social media incessantly, I think it’s time we solve…

Yes, it really was the worst year ever for investors… sort of

The statisticians and newspaper headline writers are falling over each other with claims of just how bad 2022 really was for investors. Online magazine Money…

It’s not the CBDC you should be afraid of

My fellow sceptics of government interference in our lives are up in arms about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). They’re telling you about “surveillance,” “Big…

Margaret Thatcher would be rolling over laughing in her grave

It may be 2023. But which Fortune & Freedom article from 2022 will prove to be the most prescient for investors over the coming year?…

The political cult and its consequences

2022 was a rough year for the political cult leading our country. We saw incredible shifts in our society, belief systems, the “facts”, and what’s…

Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and good government

People like to cite the rule of law as a crucial institution for civilisation. Often while j-walking or driving over the speed limit. In truth,…