The City

Speculator & Drug Lord, Doug Casey

A speculative mania has broken out on Wall Street, with everyday people using social media to coordinate attacks on short sellers. And the world’s race…

May you live through interesting times…

Watching the people get lairy It’s not very pretty I tell thee Walking through town is quite scary It’s not very sensible either A friend…

How the US dollar could cause a financial crisis

The US dollar is rising thanks to a jump in US bond yields since August. That bodes ill for global trade. But what else does…

If this feels like socialism, expect the consequences to be the same

Last week, I promised you a trip to the Soviet Union. We’d already been to Japan and China to try and discover what the lockdowns…

What does the Brexit deal really mean for investors?

Did you watch Nigel’s video yesterday? We’ve decided it deserved this follow-up reminder to watch it. Our publisher described it as “electric”. I had to…

Your primer on the Austrian School of Economics

Ever heard of the Austrian School of Economics? Neither had I, until they were vindicated by the 2008 financial crisis. While most economists were being…

What is risk?

As we prepare for the kick-off of Monday’s exciting event… The release of Nigel’s exclusive online broadcast, Britain’s Great Wealth Revival… I’d like to ask…

The world according to MMT

Have you heard about MMT yet? Modern Monetary Theory? It’s all the rage. And now it’s in the halls of government, as we discussed yesterday.…

Keynes and Friedman died of Covid-19

So far this week, we’ve looked at the state of play of the global economy. To sum up my argument: too much debt, interest rate…

Goosing the debt

What happens when governments control prices? Some of you might remember the answer, having learned it the hard way. Government price controls create either shortages…