The more responsibility governments and central banks take on, the more their mistakes are exposed. And the last three years have featured quite a bit…
Central bankers have been prosecuted in the press lately. Prevailing rates of inflation are multiples higher than their targets. And so they have turned to…
What if central bankers haven’t got the foggiest idea what they’re doing? They clearly dominate financial markets right now. And have been doing so for…
For many decades, people have warned about the impossible trajectory of government debt. And, with bond markets around the world wobbling, not to mention the…
Another month, another crypto catastrophe. But after so many bitcoin obituaries over the years, what do the latest ones really mean? And do you remember…
Good news, everyone. Vladimir Putin has single-handedly solved the problem of climate change. How? By invading Ukraine. To understand, let me take you back in…
Markets are obsessed with central bank policy decisions. And this week featured an absolute overdose of those. That led to all sorts of market instability.…
At the tender age of 13, Konstantin Kisin’s Soviet parents sent him to live in racist, misogynist, capitalist, far right-wing Bristol, all by himself. Let’s…
Over the past few Fortune & Freedoms, we’ve discussed why capital controls might make an unwelcome return. And how cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are tools you…
The UK election results are in and Rishi Sunak is our new prime minister, alongside his running mate Jeremy Hunt who remains chancellor. Together they…
Despite my best efforts, economics is also known as the “dismal science”. But you should’ve heard my cackling when I discovered why… Apparently, economics was…