Nickolai Hubble

The end of Covid emergency measures will unleash familiar emergencies

The Covid era allowed governments to paper over a long list of imminent crises. Extreme fiscal policy kept economies on life support. Extreme monetary policy…

Fiat money gets some competition at last

Why do people accept pieces of paper as money? What makes us believe we can spend numbers on a screen? Why do they believe such…

Out with the old money, in with the new

We’ve been writing to you about how the nature of money is changing since Fortune & Freedom was created. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), cryptocurrencies…

Your currency or your banking system? Central bankers will have to choose…

Just how cornered are central bankers? They face inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time! This creates an impossible choice. Will central banks…

Your currency or your banking system? Central bankers will have to choose…

Just how cornered are central bankers? They face inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time! This creates an impossible choice. Will central banks…

Don’t mention the pound!

The British pound was the best performing G10 currency in the first quarter of 2023. And another double-digit inflation print has helped it on its…

A fantasyland of endless debt, cut carbon and EU power… or bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are back with a vengeance. And you won’t win any awards for guessing why… The banking crisis has reminded us just how…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Jim Rickards and Jan Nieuwenhuijs?

As I explained yesterday, in the first edition of this series, one year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why…

Don’t mention the pound!

The British pound was the best performing G10 currency in the first quarter of 2023. And another double-digit inflation print has helped it on its…

Fake Zelensky exposes the truth about CBDCs

A few weeks ago, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde gave a private interview to Ukrainian president Zelensky. Well, it turned out to be a…

A fantasyland of endless debt, cut carbon and EU power… or bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are back with a vengeance. And you won’t win any awards for guessing why… The banking crisis has reminded us just how…

Bitcoin was born in a banking crisis. Will it come of age in one too?

Bitcoin was born in 2009, after decades of work on the idea of cryptographic decentralised currency systems. Its purpose was to provide an alternative to…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Nick Hubble?

For many years, every few weeks, my dad would call me up with the latest reason why some sort of financial crisis was imminent. And…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Thorsten Polleit?

Welcome to part four of our series which asks the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Nigel Farage and Greg Canavan?

Welcome to part three of our series which asks the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Jim Rickards and Jan Nieuwenhuijs?

As I explained yesterday, in the first edition of this series, one year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, John Butler?

One year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt? Back then, we…

Why net zero’s carbon capture and storage future should terrify you

And how can you turn the collapse of the legacy financial system into a profitable opportunity? Click here or below to watch today’s video… Suddenly,…

The stealth gold bull market

One of the great disappointments of the last three years is gold’s poor performance. The gold price has been trending sideways since the middle of…

Is a bank run underway? Or worse?

Don’t worry, readers. The banking crisis is under control. We don’t need to fear another crisis caused by another bank run. The authorities are monitoring…