Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.

Britain Has Little to Lose from Leaving the EU

Ignore the scaremongers, Britain has little to lose from leaving the EU.

The EU Banking Union Plan Lacks Detail or Forethought

The last EU Summit of 2012 – I have lost count of how many there were, but not of how many achieved anything positive – decided to create an EU banking union

The Real Autumn Statement

The result, O Electorate, is that our national debt is worse than Spain’s and our annual deficit is worse than Italy’s

Mekel's Austerity Mania Will Bring Down the EU

Germany is gradually taking over control of Europe, make no mistake about it

A Day of Euro-Protests Is Just the Start

The Pigheaded ones in Brussels and Frankfurt said there was no other way but austerity and downplayed the day’s importance

The US election ignored the real economic issues

The US election was remarkable for not generating a debate about any of the economic issues facing America or the world

Obama is letting Greece go down the drain

Obama asked that no decisions be taken on Greece before 6 November. The crisis in Greece has got a whole lot worse in the last month

Mitt Romney Needs to Talk About the Economy

Romney’s economic policy still has no solid details on what should be his strong suit, the issue that should be dominating this election, but isn’t yet

Attack of the Bureaucratic Ants!

The first presidential debate between Obama and Romney only showed that neither of them should occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on that performance: neither said anything

Romney Can Repair the American Economy

Obama doesn’t do economics, and if he wins a second term he will leave the economy to Ben Bernanke, whose QE solution has long run out of steam

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