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Articles by Patrick Barron

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Policies to Restore American and British Worldwide Reputation in 2023

9th January 2023 Patrick Barron 2648 Comments

The Imperative for Change The purpose of this essay is not to convince the reader of the necessity for change. It is to present some common sense policy changes to prevent or perhaps mitigate the [more…]

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Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible

22nd December 2022 Patrick Barron 2836 Comments

Is it possible, or perhaps even desirable, for economic freedom and progress to be compatible with authoritarian government? Let’s cut right to the chase. Although some may believe so, this is a fallacy. Freedom is [more…]

America

Who Has Better Ethics, the Social Security System or Bernie Madoff?

7th December 2022 Patrick Barron 2800 Comments

According to Wikipedia, Bernie Madoff ran the world’s largest Ponzi scheme, with losses estimated to be as high as $65 billion. Madoff promised to invest his customers’ money in productive enterprises and pay them generous [more…]

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What Does “White Privilege” Really Mean and Is It True?

15th November 2022 Patrick Barron 3464 Comments

The term “White Privilege” is the term being used as a justification for all kinds of reverse-discrimination policies and even as Mao-style forced confessions of captive audiences, such as school children and employees of government [more…]

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The Missing Factor in Britain’s Economic Recovery Plan

7th November 2022 Patrick Barron 3501 Comments

Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s Tory Party after the departure of former prime minister, Boris Johnson, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary [more…]

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World Dollar Hegemony Is Ending

24th October 2022 Patrick Barron 4560 Comments

The end of world dollar hegemony is coming and hardly anyone in government is taking notice or even understands what this means. Since the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the dollar has been the only [more…]

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The Missing Factor in Liz Truss’ Economic Recovery Plan

19th October 2022 Patrick Barron 3954 Comments

Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary budget” presented by her Chancellor of [more…]

Economics

Pipeline Sabotage and the Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

10th October 2022 Patrick Barron 3773 Comments

In the course of history there sometimes occurs events that are monumentally important yet were hardly noticed by much of the world at the time. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 went [more…]

Economics

Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control

6th September 2022 Patrick Barron 3507 Comments

A new monetary age is coming and sooner than anyone thinks. Since 1971 the world’s monetary system has been unanchored from anything of intrinsic value. In the fall of that year President Nixon took the [more…]

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