Nickolai Hubble

Why energy investors make and lose copious amounts of money

How long would it take you to drill an oil well or frack a gas well? I haven’t got a clue, and I doubt you…

The energy transition gets a margin call

It sounds like the panacea of all our troubles. The energy transition promises seemingly free energy. After all, what does the sun and the wind…

The central bankers’ nightmare scenario: inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time

UK inflation didn’t just come in higher than expected in February, it rose to a higher level than in January, continuing an uptrend trend seen…

The central bankers’ nightmare scenario: inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time

UK inflation didn’t just come in higher than expected in February, it rose to a higher level than in January, continuing an uptrend trend seen…

How many trillion must unrealised losses be before they matter?

Yesterday’s analysis of the banking crisis we face was disappointingly vague. But at least we got much of the theory out of the way. Today,…

When Canary Bank drops dead, you don’t stay in the coalmine

If a canary in a coalmine drops dead, do you spend your time debating whether bird flu is contagious or not? That’s what all the…

How inflation makes a muckery of our life

Last week’s Fortune & Freedom generated a thread of reader mail which it didn’t ask for. By which I mean that many of you responded…

The Budget: Nigel Farage’s response

The Budget is out, triggering much wailing and gnashing of teeth. The Financial Times and the Telegraph called it “pro-growth”, while the Guardian says it…

The Budget: Nigel Farage’s response

The Budget is out, triggering much wailing and gnashing of teeth. The Financial Times and the Telegraph called it “pro-growth”, while the Guardian says it…

Pub hooligan Nigel Farage still at large

Nigel Farage is back in the news for his usual antics: exposing the government’s hypocrisy in controversial ways. But if the government had used the…

The economic consequences of the central bank chicanery

Given the lack of panic in my reader mail inbox after the last three days’ worth of articles, I’ll have another go at explaining why…

What if the European Central Bank goes bust?

Today’s edition of Fortune & Freedom is a little quote heavy. Because I’m not entirely sure you’d believe what I’ve got to say if I…

Inflation’s expensive reality cheque for the bond market

Yesterday I left you pondering the inflation comeback in Europe. Since I put that article together, Germany’s inflation data added to the argument, and eurozone…

Is inflation back before it ever left?

Don’t worry about inflation. The politicians and their monetary henchmen, the central bankers, are onto the problem. They’ll soon have it under control. Indeed, inflation…

Nigel Farage: 15-minute cities are about control, not convenience

What could possibly be wrong with living in a place that is so convenient you don’t need to use your car? The 15-minute city concept…

Nigel Farage: 15-minute cities are about control, not convenience

What could possibly be wrong with living in a place that is so convenient you don’t need to use your car? The 15-minute city concept…

When to panic about the climate change propaganda gap

The science of climate change may well be “settled”… as far as the scientists in the media are concerned, anyway. But the politics of climate…

Get used to food shortages… or should I say rationing?

For two years I’ve warned you about food shortages due to Europe’s energy crisis. Now that they’re here, we can all blame… wait for it……

Net zero, according to you

Last week, I asked readers what’ll happen once governments realise that net zero is unattainable. Will they abandon their commitments and return to fossil fuels,…

Net zero is for the birds

Governments around the world have committed to net zero. But what if they fail? Will we burn in a fiery hell of carbon damnation? Or…