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Authoritarianism

Two Distinctly Different Approaches to Crisis Resolution

30th March 2020 Patrick Barron 0

There are two very distinct approaches to crisis resolution. One is the socialist approach, adopted by most governments of the world in the latest coronavirus crisis. The other is the individualistic approach, used by few [more…]

America

Why I Want China to Stop Manipulating Its Economy

11th February 2020 Patrick Barron 0

In his State of the Union Address–February 4, 2020–President Trump outlined his reasons for punishing nations like China that manipulate their economies in order to achieve some internal policy goal. The president claimed that such [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
Economics

Central Banks: Enemies of Freedom

8th January 2020 Patrick Barron 0

Central banks are enemies of a free and prosperous society. Let me count the ways. Like the military, central banks are creatures of the state. Suggestions of them being independent are pure fantasy. There is [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
America

US Opposition to Russian Natural Gas Is Wrong on Two Fronts

6th January 2020 Patrick Barron 0

On December 20, 2019 President Trump authorized sanctions against companies and individuals who are participating in building Nord Stream Two, a pipeline under the Baltic Sea that will bring Russian natural gas to Western Europe, [more…]

Economics

Fiat Money and Socialism

19th November 2019 Patrick Barron 0

For some time now I have been mulling over the possible causes of what seems to be an increase in the desire for socialism among the young. For someone of my generation (an early post [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
America

Is There an Economic Justification for Tariffs?

23rd September 2019 Patrick Barron 0

A tariff is a tax on imports that is used to satisfy a policy goal. Before the federal income tax became law in 1913, the US federal government was funded almost entirely by tariffs and [more…]

Business

The Necessary and Inevitable Recession to Come

17th June 2019 Patrick Barron 0

Perhaps the most destructive premise of modern, mainstream economics is that a central bank-induced monetary/credit expansion can cause an economy to grow without adverse consequences. Let’s be perfectly clear from the start…this policy has been [more…]

Economics

Counterfeiting Money Is a Crime, Whether by the Fed or A Private Individual

4th April 2019 Patrick Barron 0

A few years ago, shortly after the 2008 subprime lending disaster, the Fed sent a public relations team around the country to conduct supposedly “educational sessions” about how the Fed works and the wonderful things [more…]

Arts

The Truth About Central Banks

19th February 2019 Patrick Barron 0

Most of the world takes it for granted that central banks are necessary for the smooth conduct of trade, both foreign and domestic. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let’s be clear. Central banks [more…]

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