Not long ago I had a chance to talk once again to David Stockman, budget director under Ronald Reagan and author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America . Here’s the audio , and here’s a YouTube . A very compelling conversation.… Read More
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David Stockman on the semi-Keynesian GOP
Today I talked to David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, about a bunch of things, among them the problem with Republicans whose… Read More
The Thatcher Legacies
Since the death of Margaret Thatcher, we have heard the two extremes: she was a laissez-faire monster, and she was a laissez-faire hero. I am inclined in the direction of… Read More
The Stockman Backlash
by Peter Schiff This week, while economists should have been closely considering the implications of the actual bankruptcy of Stockton, California, they instead heaped scorn on the perceived ideological bankruptcy… Read More
David Stockman Tells the Truth; Propagandists Up in Arms
Former Reagan budget director David Stockman had a piece in the New York Times over the weekend that I insist you read; it may whet your appetite for his indispensable book . I’m told both Paul Krugman and… Read More
Pat Buchanan on Rand Paul
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The Lying New York Times
Writes economist George Reisman : The November 30, 2012 National (print) Edition of The New York Times’ main front page story is titled “Complaints Aside, Most Face Lower Tax Burden Than in the Reagan ’80s.”… Read More
The U.S. Is a “City on a Hill,” Right?
We’ve all heard Ronald Reagan describe the U.S. as a “shining city on a hill,” a nation like none other, with a special mission to bring liberty everywhere, etc. That… Read More
Oliver Stone: “I Find Obama Scary”
“I grew up under Eisenhower,” says Stone , “and it’s gotten scarier because of the Bush and Reagan people and now I find Obama scary in a way that I had not… Read More
