Nickolai Hubble

Christmas with the cannibals?

And you thought the last two Christmases were bad! Surging power bills, gas shortages, strikes, transport chaos, healthcare chaos, blackouts, the prospect of nuclear war…

The Ministry of Truth is in trouble now

I don’t often shout at books or bang tables. But in November, I interviewed comedian, social commentator and Triggernometry podcast founder and host Konstantin Kisin…

“You want to print this one off and staple it to Jeremy Hunt's forehead”

I used to get lots of hate mail from readers. Until we teamed up with Nigel Farage, ironically enough. I suppose he has the effect…

Central banks are playing Whack-A-Mole with the global economy

The more responsibility governments and central banks take on, the more their mistakes are exposed. And the last three years have featured quite a bit…

The highly profitable consequences of the euro are back again

In my book How the Euro Dies, I explain why sharing one monetary policy and one exchange rate between all the vastly different euro using…

Has the political climate changed on climate change politics?

The first cold weather of the year is testing Europe’s energy grid. How has the UK fared so far? And what’ll it mean for climate…

Why Europe will either experience the worst inflation or deflation of all major economies

You’re not going to believe this, but the busy bees at the European Central Bank (ECB) might actually do something to rein in inflation. And,…

Buying indulgences won’t save the planet from the fiery hell of climate change… anymore

It’s getting mighty awkward out there for the green dream believers. And I don’t mean the nature lovers, nor those who believe in energy efficiency…

Why the Asoh Defence does not apply to central bankers and inflation

Central bankers have been prosecuted in the press lately. Prevailing rates of inflation are multiples higher than their targets. And so they have turned to…

Why gold is a unique investment (and why you need it)

[Note from Nick: With Nigel Farage airborne, and either climate change or poor energy policy wreaking havoc with my local power supply, today’s Fortune &…

The trillion-dollar “green grid” bubble

[Note from Nick: Today’s Fortune & Freedom comes from February 2008, when guest editor Michael Orme gave some sage advice about the ESG craze of…

The UK is praying for a Kamikaze to fan its Himmelfahrtskommando energy policy

English is a boring language. “Suicide mission” doesn’t leave much to the imagination. Other nations have elegant euphemisms to describe European energy policy. The Japanese…

Is Jackson Hole an imperial nudist colony for central bankers?

What if central bankers haven’t got the foggiest idea what they’re doing? They clearly dominate financial markets right now. And have been doing so for…

The property escalator is going into reverse

All around the world, property bubbles are popping and prices are falling. Even in the bubble bastion of Australia, prices are crashing fast. We’ll explore…

The Green Energy Revolution is going the way of the French Revolution

The French Revolution didn’t work out so well. In the end, it merely replaced one despot with another… after some seriously bloody turmoil in between……

The banks are not safer than in 2007

“Why did nobody see it coming?” the late Queen asked about the 2008 financial crisis. The answer is, of course, that many people did see…

The war on physics is not going well. Prepare for blackouts.

Nothing sounds as good as the promises of green energy. But, as the energy policy commentators extraordinaire known as Doomberg like to put it, “In…

Awkward inflation truths you should be very worried about

There is just a quick note from me for today. That’s because I want to focus on something very specific and awkward about inflation. And…

Reader mail on the limits of QE, the property bubble and shrinkflation

It’s time to dip into the reader mailbag. And I must say, I’m disappointed. I used to get the most wonderful hate mail. The words…

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…