The Science Fictional Foundation Under Paul Krugman, Part One
Paul Krugman, a few years ago, wrote at length to extol the magnum opus of science fiction grandmaster, Isaac Asimov, the Foundation Trilogy. Prof….
Ralph Benko
Ralph Benko is senior advisor, economics, for American Principles in Action, in Washington, DC, specializing in the gold standard and advisor to and editor of the Lehrman Institute's The Gold Standard Now. He is editor-in-chief of thesupplyside.blogspot.com. With Charles Kadlec, he is co-author of The 21st Century Gold Standard: For Prosperity, Security, and Liberty available for free download here. Benko and Kadlec are co-editors of the Laissez Faire Books edition of Copernicus's Essay on Money. He also manages the Facebook page The Gold Standard. Follow him on Twitter as TheWebster.
Janet Yellen’s Historic Meeting With The Right
At CPAC, recently, an estimated 10,000 conservatives and libertarians, together with many presidential aspirants, gathered across the Potomac. They did so amidst massive hoopla…
Bitcoin, Bit-by-Bit, Pitches Silicon Valley Against Washington As Our True Capital
Washington, DC, is the capital of the United States. Yet Silicon Valley is the true capital of the America of the present and the…
Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part Two
Sen. Rand Paul is drawing liberal fire from many left wing commentators, now including Prof. Paul Krugman. Many of the criticisms are badly off…
Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part One
The New Republic, in its February 8th issue, carries an article by Danny Vinik entitled Rand Paul Has the Most Dangerous Economic Views of…
Ralph Benko’s Interview With Rand Paul, “Human Capitalist”
Rand Paul recently sat with me to share some of his views. The insights on his worldview left me persuaded that he deserves to…
The Greatest Depression You’ve Never, Ever Heard Of
James Grant, in his new book The Forgotten Depression, makes a strong case for applying a prime directive of the Hippocratic Oath — “First,…
Monetary Politics: The Biggest Money Player In Politics Is The Fed
Washington finally shows signs of coming to grips with the importance of money to politics. This is not about mere campaign finance. Recently there…
The Occult Wars Of Kim Jong-un, Smaug, Paul Krugman And Gold
Pyongyang, evidence shows, effected a spectacular data breach of Sony Pictures to express its wrath over Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan’s The Interview, a…
The Real Fed Tug Of War: the Yellen Doctrine vs. the Volcker Doctrine
The financial markets are on a hair trigger as to when, and how quickly, the Fed will tighten and raise interest rates. Billions of…