Tag: Smaller Government

Making the case for Gold… (and against central banks) #1

The Telegraph (31/08/12) carried an article by Andrew Trotman that reported Euro Pacific Capital’s chief, Peter Schiff, has predicted that the US will return to the Gold Standard within two years. Whilst a timetable of two years might be overly optimistic, the very fact that serious people in finance...

London 2012 Olympics: driving away "normal" tourists?

With barely 50 days to go to the start of London 2012, those of us who want to see our great city prosper will find Thomas Harding’s article “Third of London hotel rooms empty for Olympics as ‘normal’ tourists stay away” (Telegraph, 05/06/12) extremely disappointing reading. Harding reports on...

IES-Europe Seminar in Gummersbach: Apply NOW!

Fancy spending a free week in Gummersbach, Germany, this summer exploring the ideas of liberty in the company of leading scholars of freedom and like-minded students from across Europe and beyond? Organised by my friends at IES-Europe, your week in Gummersbach will see youl learn about the institutions and...