Nickolai Hubble

Lockdown and the Election

A week in review with Nickolai Hubble and Nigel Farage...

Lockdown and the Election

Nick Hubble Editor, Fortune & Freedom

How to escape the bizarre consequences of negative interest rates in the UK

Yesterday’s Fortune & Freedom explored the weird and not so wonderful world of negative interest rates. We focused on the theoretical side of things. Why…

The Bank of England vs the banks of England

On 28 September, economists at the US central bank published some important research. It concluded that imposing negative interest rates is a bad idea. Sure…

No honour amongst trade negotiators

Let me ask you something. If a pickpocket steals your wallet, but gives you some of the money back, how would you feel about it?…

Why inflation would be worse than the 70s

If you don’t remember the inflation of the 70s, you’ll have heard about it. Shortages. Rationing. Strikes. Prices surging out of control. And then interest…

Playing politics with your human rights

You might think Japan’s response to Covid-19 would be rather draconian. It’s a very conformist society, with incredible respect for the rule of law and…

Why banking really is a con

No doubt you’ve heard of a “bank run”. Where customers of a bank panic about whether the bank can pay out their deposits. Northern Rock…

Who really controls your money?

Right now, there are plenty of risks to your money. Brexit, Covid-19, the lockdowns, negative interest rates and plenty more. But they’re very different risks…

When the game is up, you play a new one

I’ve been pondering the reckoning. Where will all of this money printing and bailout-ing lead us? As I’ve written previously, it looks like we’re on…

Default risk is back with a vengeance

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” Polonius advised. Not that I listened to him – we did The Merchant of Venice at school instead. And that…

We’re facing every crisis of the last 20 years at the same time...

…and your pension could lose out When I was first hired by our sister company in Australia, I expected to write about stocks, the economy…

Where does recycling debt indefinitely lead us?

I go for a walk in Greenwich park, most days. Just to get out of the house. And to watch the bizarre consequences of Boris…

Six Dirty Little Secrets of the EU (Part 2)

In part two we cover some of the more… awkward aspects of the EU. If you missed part 1, click here. 4. The EU is…

Six Dirty Little Secrets of the EU (Part 1)

1. The EU is rubbish at making trade deals Imagine having our trade deal with Canada thwarted over halloumi. Well, inside the EU, that’s not…

Faced with a choice of inflation or revolution, which would you choose?

Central banking has been unleashed. There’s nothing the cabal can’t buy. They have the means and the justifications to bid up the price of everything…

Borrowing capacity is not wealth

It’s a picture that paints a thousand words. Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to show it to you because of copyright. So, here goes the wordy…