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Articles by Patrick Barron

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How to Compare Prices and Progress over the Years

30th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

We often scoff at supposedly how cheap things cost in decades gone by. For example, my wife and I recently watched a stage play of Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story, set in 1940’s America. (The [more…]

America

More Largesse from Santa Claus Trump

23rd December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

President Trump has promised a $1,776 “Warrior Dividend” for the US military. This article from Military.com seems to offer as thorough an explanation of what is known so far, which isn’t much. According to the [more…]

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Protecting a Societal Cancer with a Web of Lies

16th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

There is a deadly cancer that is eating away at Western society—Welfare. It is supported by a web of lies that are so pervasive that no one dare question them. Two of the most ingrained [more…]

Business

An Economic Four-Way Test

9th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

I was a member of Rotary International for many years. All meetings either started or ended with a recitation of the “Four-Way Test”. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it [more…]

America

Putting Trump’s Proposed Two Thousand Dollar Rebate in Perspective

18th November 2025 Patrick Barron 0

President Trump has proposed giving “each American” a check for two thousand dollars ($2,000). Well, not “each” American. Top earners will not be included, so instead of each of the three hundred and thirty three [more…]

20th Century

A Golden Yuan Will Be Good for the American People

2nd October 2025 Patrick Barron 0

Bretton Woods (I) Will Be Replaced by Bretton Woods (II) In his recent interview at Manioco64 Alasdair Macleod used the term “Bretton Woods II” to describe the steady progress being made by China to make [more…]

Economics

The Distraction of the “Gross National Product” Economic Metric

9th September 2025 Patrick Barron 0

For many years now it seems that the state of a nation’s economic health has been reduced, at least in the mainstream press, to one metric—Gross National Product (GDP). Despite rising prices, increasing public and [more…]

Economics

A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars

14th August 2025 Patrick Barron 0

US President Donald Trump has kicked off a tit-for-tat tariff war, claiming that foreign tariffs against American goods harms America and that American tariffs against foreign goods are essential to rebuild America’s manufacturing base. Frankly, [more…]

Economics

Can the BRICS Nations Lead Us to a Better World?

17th July 2025 Patrick Barron 0

There is much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair by just about every leader in the West, especially by an almost apoplectic President Trump, over a so-called “sinister threat” by the BRICS nations to [more…]

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