Financial Independence

How to get a bank account in the UK, Nigel

With Nigel Farage’s dystopian banking nightmare now national news, I thought I’d add to the furore with the story of how an anonymous friend of…

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

So that’s the story of my anonymous friend. I hasten to add that it’ll all get much worse if central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) become…

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…