Trust no-one
by“Predictably, there is speculation that Brexit will not happen. If Britain can vote for Brexit, it is being argued, surely anything is possible. But…
Politics
Donald Trump, The Gold Standard, Maynard Keynes, And Our Madmen In Authority
byJune 5th was is the anniversary of the birth of John Maynard Keynes, once upon a time the great foe of the gold standard….
Governments Create Monopolies And Cause Worker Exploitation, Not Free Markets
byThe world is threatened with a renewed wave of anti-capitalism and anti-business sentiments and policies. Many who cheered the demise of Soviet communism in…
Arizona Governor Ducey Vetoes Gold
byIn my testimony in support of the gold legal tender bill this year, I discussed failing pension funds. Retirees who count on their pension…
Onward to a Golden Age: The Washington Post’s Matt O’Brien Attacks Ted Cruz for Supporting the Gold Standard
byMatt O’Brien — the anti-gold standard columnist ofThe Washington Post — at last has struck back at Ted Cruz for his advocacy for a…
Eugen Von Bohm-Bawerk: Leading Austrian Economist And Finance Minister Of Fiscal Restraint
byWe live at a time when politicians and bureaucrats only know one public policy: more and bigger government. Yet, there was a time when…
The Follies and Fallacies of Keynesian Economics
byEighty years go, on February 4, 1936, one of the most influential books of the last one hundred years was published, British economist, John…
Benn Steil: Could China Have a Reserves Crisis?
byLast summer, U.S. lawmakers were condemning China for pushing down its currency, arguing that it was still “terribly undervalued.” But those days may be…
David Stockman: The War On Savers And The 200 Rulers Of Global Finance
bySource: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-war-on-savers-and-the-200-rulers-of-world-finance/ There has been an economic coup d’état in America and most of the world. We are now ruled by about 200 unelected central bankers, monetary apparatchiks and…
America’s National Debt Bomb Caused by the Welfare State
byThe news is filled with the everyday zigzags of those competing against each other for the Democrat and Republican Party nominations to run for…