Nickolai Hubble

The truth about inflation emerges at last

The great debate of 2022 was about the nature of our inflation. 2021 was the year in which it was settled that prices would go…

Why invest in stocks when there’s wine, sneakers, gold, whisky and watches?

I’ve long worried about the financialisation of everything. Every aspect of our lives seems connected to financial markets somehow. These days, retailers seem to be…

Nigel Farage on stocks, mortgages and Europe’s energy crisis in 2023

Whatever happens to US stocks in 2023, it can’t be worse than 2022… can it? Well, have the issues that sunk stocks in 2022 been…

Central bankers are focusing on the wrong half of the inflation equation

To all the entrepreneurs, business managers and small company investors in the UK, I need your help with an important question. Have higher interest rates…

Central bankers are the killers. But who’ll be the victim in this Whodunnit?

With “Whodunnit?” films and TV shows back in vogue, or at least plastered all over my social media incessantly, I think it’s time we solve…

Yes, it really was the worst year ever for investors… sort of

The statisticians and newspaper headline writers are falling over each other with claims of just how bad 2022 really was for investors. Online magazine Money…

It’s not the CBDC you should be afraid of

My fellow sceptics of government interference in our lives are up in arms about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). They’re telling you about “surveillance,” “Big…

Margaret Thatcher would be rolling over laughing in her grave

It may be 2023. But which Fortune & Freedom article from 2022 will prove to be the most prescient for investors over the coming year?…

The political cult and its consequences

2022 was a rough year for the political cult leading our country. We saw incredible shifts in our society, belief systems, the “facts”, and what’s…

Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and good government

People like to cite the rule of law as a crucial institution for civilisation. Often while j-walking or driving over the speed limit. In truth,…

The Bank of England’s double play – inflation AND a recession

There’s an almighty debate online about whether two batsmen can get out on a single delivery. But in baseball, this is called a double play.…

How the new Cold War solved global warming

We continue our 2022 highlights coverage of Fortune & Freedom with a truly heart-warming story from 7 November of how Vladimir Putin solved the problem…

Who will bail out the bail-outers’ bail-outers?

For more than a decade now, central banks have been the rescuer of last resort. Before that, governments did the bailing out. But they got…

Our monetary Pearl Harbor has already happened

The crashing Japanese yen was one of the most important yet underappreciated stories of 2022. It gave us a glimpse of our own future. And…

Christmas with the cannibals?

And you thought the last two Christmases were bad! Surging power bills, gas shortages, strikes, transport chaos, healthcare chaos, blackouts, the prospect of nuclear war…

The Ministry of Truth is in trouble now

I don’t often shout at books or bang tables. But in November, I interviewed comedian, social commentator and Triggernometry podcast founder and host Konstantin Kisin…

“You want to print this one off and staple it to Jeremy Hunt's forehead”

I used to get lots of hate mail from readers. Until we teamed up with Nigel Farage, ironically enough. I suppose he has the effect…

Central banks are playing Whack-A-Mole with the global economy

The more responsibility governments and central banks take on, the more their mistakes are exposed. And the last three years have featured quite a bit…

The highly profitable consequences of the euro are back again

In my book How the Euro Dies, I explain why sharing one monetary policy and one exchange rate between all the vastly different euro using…

Has the political climate changed on climate change politics?

The first cold weather of the year is testing Europe’s energy grid. How has the UK fared so far? And what’ll it mean for climate…