"The 1967 sterling devaluation opened the final act of the Keynesian epoch. The assurance 'that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank' had not been devalued, rests upon a 'fixed price' assumption invoked by John Maynard Keynes for the 1930s. It carried the...

The deficiencies of economic science are examined against its historical development: the utilitarian concentration upon individual choice conflates preferences and values and the hedonistic calculus is inoperable in the presence of incommensurability. In restricting explanations of behavioral...

"The quantity theory of money is an enduring idea, which shows in many guises. At its heart is a truth. Government borrowing is the root of inflation and a source of market distortions. Although two centuries have passed since David Ricardo explained how state debt leads inevitably either to...

"By the width of his perspective, Hayek presents a challenge. Those who face up to that challenge are changed by the experience. The inevitable conclusion is that mainstream economics is defective by both its self-indulgent over-quantification and its persistence in presuming to formulate...

Keynesianism supports make-work schemes without regard for consumers' preferences. The impact of fiscal and monetary policy in corrupting the flow of inter-temporal production is entirely discounted. Where Keynes argued that long-term considerations should not obstruct the implementation of...

In politics, unguarded remarks are fair game, to be ripped from their context and applied for any moment's advantage. One might have expected better from within academia. Margaret Thatcher's own explanation and the broader aspects of her 'denial' of society are explored. Copyright (c) 2009 The...

Even though Keynesian policy has shown itself ineffective in sustaining full employment without inflation, bogus panaceas have again been rolled out, by politicians and economists seeking to ameliorate the aftermath of excessive credit. Keynesian interventions can only impair readjustments and...