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Raid on Chinese-manned firm exposes cryptocurrency scam
September 17th, 2019
Philippines local authorities acting on a tip from the Chinese government have uncovered what could be a growing online investment scam hiding behind a fledgling industry based in one of the country’s special economic zones. This was after government ...
The tiny nation that is creating its own digital currency
September 12th, 2019
An isolated island nation in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 75,000 continues to break ground in the cryptocurrency space. The Marshall Islands is proceeding with the creation of a blockchain-based national currency, the Marshallese sovereign or ...
Our costly dalliance with Lord Keynes
August 28th, 2019
In “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, Keynes virtually created macroeconomics. But Keynes was a mathematician, not an economist, and did not fully understand free markets, so he was hardly qualified to emerge as the most ...
Casting off the EU millstone
August 7th, 2019
In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, tax and monetary policies to secure a better future based ...
Bitcoin vs Libra
July 22nd, 2019
Bitcoin vs Libra: Here are the key differences between the two cryptocurrencies Libra and bitcoin are different in a lot of ways, from the technology behind them to the way they’re used. CNBC runs through the key differences between ...
Cyber wars and all that
May 3rd, 2019
Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short of dollars are incorrect: the shortage is of inward capital ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
Towards a new regime for crypto-assets in France; Optional visa regime for ICOs
April 25th, 2019
The PACTE draft Bill (Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation) was adopted at its final reading in the French National Assembly on 11 April 2019. Once enacted, the law will establish a framework for fundraising via the issuance ...
Currencies threatened by a credit crisis
February 15th, 2019
In this article I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today’s unbacked currencies. There is the coincidence of trade protectionism with the top of the credit cycle, ...
Trade wars – a catalyst for economic crisis
February 1st, 2019
In my last article I used a proven accounting identity to show that the end result of President Trump’s trade tariffs would be to increase the trade deficit, assuming there is no change in the savings rate. The savings ...
