A reader writes: I have been looking for a list of economists who support Ron Paul for president. I constantly get the following comment from other economists, “Ron Paul doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s for the gold standard.” I would like to show… Read More
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26 Things Non-Paul Voters Are Basically Saying
I am trying to understand the thinking behind the great many Americans who have decided to vote for a mainstream politician in 2012. Now before you read the below and send me an angry email telling me I should be nice, that I should try… Read More
Greenbackers Smear Ron Paul
Consumers Don’t “Create Jobs”: Reisman vs. Blodget
A couple days ago I emailed George Reisman, professor emeritus of economics at Pepperdine University, and brought to his attention a recent article by Henry Blodget at Business Insider. Refuting this article would bring him great intellectual pleasure, I said. Reisman emailed a reply to Blodget, and has granted… Read More
Ron Paul: Read this Book on the Financial Crisis
A little tooting my own horn, but I’m finishing up an interview with The Daily Bell and wanted to have Ron Paul’s foreword to Meltdown , my 2009 New York Times bestseller, online here so I could link to it. It follows: “Many Americans are looking to the new… Read More
Must Reads on the New Vatican Document
Phil Lawler, former editor of Catholic World Report and director of CatholicCulture.org , has an excellent commentary today on the new document from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. I hardly know which part to excerpt, since the whole thing is so good. But here’s a sample:… Read More
The Student Loan Racket: Ron Paul Right Again
Yglesias: Freshly Printed Money for All!
Bruce Bartlett: Won’t Somebody Please Love Me?
Poor Bruce Bartlett. He’s spent his career trying to be loved, and it just ain’t happening. First he was a Ron Paulian. Then he realized his career would be better served by jumping on the supply-side train. Then he ditched that to jump onto (yes)… Read More
Charity, Health Care, and the Free Market
When Ron Paul suggested in a Republican debate that the charitable efforts of a free people were the answer to those who needed medical care and were genuinely unable to pay, critics scoffed. Why, doesn’t he know we’re too wicked to do that? We need… Read More