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Articles by Patrick Barron

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Germany Can Save Itself, and Possibly the World, by Abandoning Four Failed Policies

25th July 2022 Patrick Barron 3519 Comments

Following is a plea to Germany–The war is over and has been for three-quarters of a century. It’s time to stop prostrating yourself for the supposed “good” of Europe. It’s time to take complete control [more…]

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The Fallacy of Calls for "A Manhattan Project" to Solve National Economic Challenges

21st July 2022 Patrick Barron 3145 Comments

The World War II project to build an atomic bomb is seen by many as a template for government action to solve what appear to be national economic problems beyond the scope of private enterprise. [more…]

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The Fed Cannot Go Bankrupt, and That is a Big Problem

4th July 2022 Patrick Barron 3051 Comments

A recent essay on Mises Wire triggered quite a bit of discussion among a group of Austrian school economists. Paul H. Kupiec and Alex J. Pollock’s Who Owns Federal Reserve Losses and How Will They [more…]

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In Defense of the “Two Bank” Banking Reform Proposal

11th May 2022 Patrick Barron 3303 Comments

In his recent essay for Goldmoney.com, titled Building a Better Banking System, Alasdair Macleod agrees with the Austrian view that sound money would help prevent a looming “combined currency, asset, and banking crisis”, yet challenges [more…]

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How Bad Is Currency Debasement of the Dollar?

4th April 2022 Patrick Barron 1811 Comments

Well, currency debasement is pretty bad, as a few key statistics will reveal, but first some background. At the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 the US agreed that it would redeem dollars for gold at [more…]

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A Very Short Primer on What Causes Inflation

28th March 2022 Patrick Barron 3559 Comments

What almost everyone calls “inflation” is really a rise in the general price level. OK. But the real definition of “inflation” is inflation of the money supply. A rise in the general price level is [more…]

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Eliminating Legal Tender Laws: A First Step to Sound Money and Financial Truth

10th January 2022 Patrick Barron 4531 Comments

Mention the term “legal tender” in polite company and most people will resemble a deer in the headlights. In simple terms legal tender laws grant monopoly status to money, usually fiat, produced by government; i.e., [more…]

America

The Real Problem with San Francisco

29th December 2021 Patrick Barron 3779 Comments

In the latest New York Times Book Review Wes Enzinna reviews Michael Shellenberger’s San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. Mr. Enzinna, who is critical of the book, acknowledges that one in one hundred of San [more…]

Computing

Subjecting the Global Warming Hysteria to Rationality and Logic

6th December 2021 Patrick Barron 3809 Comments

So much of our time, energy, and resources have been sacrificed to the Global Warming Hysteria without subjecting the issue itself to rationality and logic. I intend to provide a logical step-by-step approach that may [more…]

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