Below is my opening statement at a debate earlier this month in Las Vegas on abolishing the Federal Reserve. Gene Epstein (of Barron’s) and I debated John Fund and Warren Coats. The whole debate is available as a series of YouTubes or as a single whole via C-SPAN (give it a minute to load).…
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So now we’re being told that the economy needs more “stimulus.”  Want to smash this argument to smithereens?  Read Professor Shawn Ritenour’s article .  If you’re dying for more, try my article “Tooth Fairy Economics” and my report  for Euro Pacific Capital called “Beware of Obamanomics” (.pdf). What kind of author would I be if…
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Bob Murphy pummels the propagandists in his excellent new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal .  Finally someone with a clue about economics tackles these misunderstood episodes.  Here’s my review .

Here’s some ammunition you can use to defend yourself when you’re told “deregulation” and the “free market” caused the economic crisis. Naturally, I recommend Meltdown , my new book on the crisis.  ( Read a free chapter! )  Then I suggest my Articles page , where I’ve just posted links to some…
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Here I am last weekend in Seattle, assessing the state of things in front of a big, fired-up crowd. UPDATE: Here’s a YouTube, taken by someone in the audience. Unfortunately, the official video from public TV has proven too unreliable. If you click on the…
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Plenty of sensible people recognize there’s something wrong with our money, and favor a return to a commodity money as existed under the gold standard.  But how do we get from here to there?  Here are the answers of Henry Hazlitt (.pdf; scroll down to pp. 58-61);…
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For those of you visiting the site for the first time, here’s the link to a free chapter of Meltdown . A few other items: I’ll be on C-SPAN2 this weekend; see Upcoming Appearances at right.  Second, I was interviewed on Financial Sense Newshour last week, and the…
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Declan McCullagh gives Meltdown an excellent review at (of all places) CBSNews.com.

Welcome to all those who have heard about Meltdown on the radio or via other outlets in recent days.  Download a free chapter! In other news, the audiobook version is now available .  (Someone who wrote to ask me about it gave me an email address that didn’t work, so if you…
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In its second week on the New York Times bestseller list, Meltdown will rise to #11.  That’s the week of March 8, by the way — publishers receive the list more than a week in advance.  Thanks so much for all your support.  Please keep spreading…
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