Financial Independence

Why doctors make good investors and lawyers don’t

Investors must consider both sides of the story Adaptation is probably a better idea than trying to control the planet Sometimes, cash is the best…

Pushback against creeping neo-Marxism

The vast scale of the UK’s “de-banking” scandal is becoming apparent Meanwhile, there has been fresh escalation in the “war on cash” Many socio-economic trends…

Start using the antidote to CBDCs

The war on cash is more than a decade old Why cash is the antidote to CBDCs What happens to the de-banked without cash? [Just…

CBDCs are just badly misunderstood

CBDCs are controlled by central banks, not governments Central banks don’t have a good track record at managing money How to prepare for an even…

Why Plato would’ve de-banked Aristotle

The de-banking of Nigel Farage goes back thousands of years… sort of. It’s part of a never-ending conflict in society between the do-gooders and their…

What’s the point of The Fleet Street Letter? Exploiting gaps between reality and delusion

What is a contrarian really supposed to do? The gaps we exploit are bigger than ever The trillion-dollar green-grid bubble is back Most highly successful…

The Rees-Moggs’ foul-smelling investment secret was hidden in a basement opposite St Pancras Station

The best way to get wealthy 85 years ago The investors who knew the past before it happened Big and very old shoes to fill…

How to get a bank account in the UK, Nigel

[Just over a month ago, Lord Frost of Brexit negotiating fame stuck his head over the parapet and declared that climate change might actually be…

The tighter the CBDC’s grip, the more will slip through their fingers

A few weeks ago, we wrote a series of articles about the threat of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Nigel Farage gave his take on…

The gremlins of AI

On Monday, over in Southbank Insider, I wrote about the goblins of net zero, in particular the use of cobalt in batteries. Today, I’m going…

Win-win or win-lose?

When it comes to the topics of economics and finance, Bill Bonner is one of my favourite authors. He has a knack for taking apart…

You’ll never see me again… unless net zero is abandoned

I recently flew to Melbourne, Australia, to attend an ideas summit with fellow newsletter editors. My own speech about net zero came to a simple…

Bard vs. ChatGPT – what happens when AI lies to us?

A lot has been said about AI in the last few months. Since the release of ChatGPT to the wider world, it has been an…

If it moves, tax it!

As the old adage goes, taxes are the price we pay for civilisation. Thus it should be no surprise that, throughout much of history, the…

Do as I save, not as I do

No, there is not a typo in the title. It is meant to confuse. You see, we’re told by the government to save for retirement.…

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…

Why net zero’s carbon capture and storage future should terrify you

Those hurt by higher interest rates get all the attention. But what about savers and investors? Suddenly, in the space of a week, net zero…

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…