Archives for Money and Economics - Page 4
Bank of England keeps cool head amid rate hysteria
The monetary policy committee at Threadneedle Street acted with authority in not giving in to kneejerk impulses and keeping interest…
Negative Interest Rates – What about the consumer?
Negative Interest Rates now in parts of Europe and Japan Why are negative interest rates now commonplace? We look at…
Moses and Money – Laws about money in the Promised Land
The books of the Pentateuch or Torah contain the laws of society in the Promised Land They are believed to…
Offshore Banking – the good, the bad and the ugly
Following the Mossack Fonseca leaks, as well as many other scadals before it, is offshore banking necessarily a criminal activity?…
Multiculturalism and Capitalism
To the vociferous right wing in the UK, multiculturalism and capitalism have little in common Multiculturalism is considered to be…
Major economic themes in 2016
As 2015 comes to an end, what will the major economic themes in 2016 be? Let's take a look at…
Gift tokens – Christmas special!
Christmas is a time of year for retailers to be happy. Why? Because we like to buy their gift tokens!…
What gives Money its Value?
It's just paper and cheap metal, so why does it have any value at all? There has been much discussion…
Poverty and the free market
Part of this article was originally included in How to end World Poverty. The ideas have been expanded since that…
How can we End World Poverty?
This article has been reduced, with part of the content available as an expanded article on Poverty and the Free…