Nickolai Hubble

The only thing we have to fear from AI is our overreaction to it

Every new technology faces opposition from those who believe it will harm them. The Luddites are the most famous example. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the…

The only energy transition investors need to focus on

When did it become cool to criticise net zero? After spending most of February and March writing an unexpectedly large report on the implausible energy…

Central bankers aren’t just behind the curve, they’re creating it

Central bankers failed to see inflation coming. They failed to react when it arrived. And now they’re overreacting in their campaign to slow inflation back…

Central bankers aren’t just behind the curve, they’re creating it

Central bankers failed to see inflation coming. They failed to react when it arrived. And now they’re overreacting in their campaign to slow inflation back…

The Bank of England’s cunning plan to solve inflation

Having failed miserably to achieve its inflation target in the short term, medium term and now long term, the Bank of England has come up…

Is the supply chain crisis the new “transitory”?

It’s been years since the toilet paper shortage first brought supply chain chaos to our attention. Back then, we blamed the shortfall on panic buying…

The end of Covid emergency measures will unleash familiar emergencies

The Covid era allowed governments to paper over a long list of imminent crises. Extreme fiscal policy kept economies on life support. Extreme monetary policy…

Fiat money gets some competition at last

Why do people accept pieces of paper as money? What makes us believe we can spend numbers on a screen? Why do they believe such…

Out with the old money, in with the new

We’ve been writing to you about how the nature of money is changing since Fortune & Freedom was created. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), cryptocurrencies…

Your currency or your banking system? Central bankers will have to choose…

Just how cornered are central bankers? They face inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time! This creates an impossible choice. Will central banks…

Your currency or your banking system? Central bankers will have to choose…

Just how cornered are central bankers? They face inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time! This creates an impossible choice. Will central banks…

Don’t mention the pound!

The British pound was the best performing G10 currency in the first quarter of 2023. And another double-digit inflation print has helped it on its…

A fantasyland of endless debt, cut carbon and EU power… or bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are back with a vengeance. And you won’t win any awards for guessing why… The banking crisis has reminded us just how…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Jim Rickards and Jan Nieuwenhuijs?

As I explained yesterday, in the first edition of this series, one year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why…

Don’t mention the pound!

The British pound was the best performing G10 currency in the first quarter of 2023. And another double-digit inflation print has helped it on its…

Fake Zelensky exposes the truth about CBDCs

A few weeks ago, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde gave a private interview to Ukrainian president Zelensky. Well, it turned out to be a…

A fantasyland of endless debt, cut carbon and EU power… or bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are back with a vengeance. And you won’t win any awards for guessing why… The banking crisis has reminded us just how…

Bitcoin was born in a banking crisis. Will it come of age in one too?

Bitcoin was born in 2009, after decades of work on the idea of cryptographic decentralised currency systems. Its purpose was to provide an alternative to…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Nick Hubble?

For many years, every few weeks, my dad would call me up with the latest reason why some sort of financial crisis was imminent. And…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Thorsten Polleit?

Welcome to part four of our series which asks the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the…