Financial Independence

How inflation makes a muckery of our life

Last week’s Fortune & Freedom generated a thread of reader mail which it didn’t ask for. By which I mean that many of you responded…

Is inflation back before it ever left?

Don’t worry about inflation. The politicians and their monetary henchmen, the central bankers, are onto the problem. They’ll soon have it under control. Indeed, inflation…

Stirring the net zero pot

My colleague Nick Hubble has a knack for sparking reader engagement, as was demonstrated most recently by his pointing out that the government’s net zero…

When to panic about the climate change propaganda gap

The science of climate change may well be “settled”… as far as the scientists in the media are concerned, anyway. But the politics of climate…

Net zero, according to you

Last week, I asked readers what’ll happen once governments realise that net zero is unattainable. Will they abandon their commitments and return to fossil fuels,…

Net zero is for the birds

Governments around the world have committed to net zero. But what if they fail? Will we burn in a fiery hell of carbon damnation? Or…

Definitive proof that Nick, Nigel and I are “idiots”

Charlie Munger is: … a highly respected businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was born on January 1, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska, and is best known…

Give up or go home? The ignominious fate of net zero…

It’s all a bit hush hush, for now. But I’m working on the most enticing project since joining Southbank Investment Research. And I’d like your…

Who’s ready for World War III?

Global forecaster David Murrin simply wasn’t interested in discussing his latest energy crisis predictions. Even if they’d just been vindicated, again. Instead, he kept on…

Don’t worry about CBDCs: they won’t work anyway

Have you ever encountered a good or service provided by the government that actually worked properly? What does this bode for the government’s plans to…

The boogie man of deflation is waiting under your bed already

Inflation is falling so fast around the world that some analysts are already warning about deflation. The idea is that central bankers are behaving like…

Welcome to The Green Games: don’t move, or you’ll be shot

What would you do to save the planet? What would you be willing to do to cut your carbon emissions to net zero? Those might…

The gods of interest rates are in for their second humiliation

Central bankers are omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. They have a limitless budget to control interest rates, and cannot go bust – so, they’re omnipotent. They…

Readers respond: is the energy crisis over?

You’ll have to forgive me for writing this a bit slowly today. As you would’ve heard in Friday’s video, my wisdom teeth came out on…

Sunak reverses Sutton’s Law on you

When the famous bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he famously responded, “Because that’s where the money is.” This insight led…

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 evil twins of inflation and taxes are robbing you blind

“Taxes are the price we pay for civilisation,” claimed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Judging by the current record high level of taxation in the UK,…

Will “monetary martial law” be implemented in Britain?

I have some New Year reading for you. It’s not very cheerful, I’m afraid. But it is very important. Warning you about a profound threat…