Nickolai Hubble

All Quiet on the CBDC Front

Why the sudden radio silence on CBDCs? If guns don’t kill people, do CBDCs freeze you? Time to escape the digital world with more of…

Politicians can’t afford to buy your vote anymore

Free-money-inflated political promises Inflation and higher interest rates have popped big government Elections in 2024 will be fought over what’s affordable For now, it’s possible…

Don’t believe the headlines about 2023

Returns in 2023 will be as misleading as any other year A calendar year is as arbitrary as any other cherry-picked period We all face…

Was this the best F&F of the year?

Cooking was the first energy transition Less efficient energy systems mean a lower standard of living The British Empire was built on a stove This…

Investing is a game where the rules can be changed

Government incentives are bait-and-switch schemes A level playing field can be tilted How the government is changing the rules on you It is the season…

Do you think we’ll live happily ever after under net zero?

The fairy-tale truth about net zero Only the stupid question renewable energy Our energy system is naked For now, it’s possible to do something about…

The week in review according to the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher reviews this week’s news… from 1999 China and Russia remain the key geopolitical opponents The UK still has the opportunity of divergence from…

Euthanise the rentier (Part 2)

“Inflation is taxation without legislation” You’ve seen this used before Why inflation had to rise out of control… on purpose For now, it’s possible to…

How you will pay off Britain’s Covid-19 debt

When Hayek grabbed inflation by the balls How inflation swindles the equity investor Why we didn’t get inflation after QE1, QE2, … For now, it’s…

7 dirty little secrets of the UK stock market

The stock market is not a retirement production machine. You can’t simply plug your money into one end and assume that a gold-plated pension spits…

The inflation was deliberate, and it’s not over yet…

Inflation is a policy with a purpose Financial repression requires low interest rates and inflation The inflation may be back soon It may sound like…

Nigel Farage goes walkabout just as immigration steals the show

Should we vote Nigel out of the jungle? The immigration debate goes wild Gold is back above $2,000, but why? It’s been a busy week…

Who will capture the gains from artificial intelligence?

Whenever a grand new innovation like artificial intelligence comes along, the different departments of academia begin to slug it out over who will capture the benefits from the new invention and who will bear the costs.

Why am I making myself redundant?

A few years ago, I found myself on stage with Bill Bonner, the founder of our business. The panel was asked about artificial intelligence, robots and automation. To my horror, Bill declared he was worried about

Too much information to profit? Try this…

For now, it’s possible to do something about this. You can shift some of your wealth outside the system which, I believe, will be ringfenced…

Six stocks to watch in 2024

Towards the end of each year, our publisher Paolo Cabrelli puts together a particular type of report for Fortune & Freedom newsletter readers. It features…

Autumn Statement or Black Friday sale spruiker?

A tax cut that increases the tax burden?! De-banking Down Under style Who’s to blame for inflation? With Nigel Farage digesting all sorts of things…

Free energy from free money…?

Renewables are not cheap after all How interest rates popped the green bubble Why fossil fuels have a cost advantage For now, it’s possible to…

What Nigel Farage said about my book Threat Zero

2023 was the peak of net zero Politics is turning on the emissions crackdown Specific events will define the end of net zero For now,…

It’s the metallic dissonance of net zero

The [correct] title of my new book Net zero’s cognitive dissonance implies a reckoning How to claim your copy of Threat Zero today By now,…