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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…]

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Gold’s flashing warning: The end is nigh for fiat

5th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Gold’s spectacular performance has drawn a lot of attention and invited endless analyses and commentaries. There are many theories out there as to why the yellow metal is surging like never before in modern memory, [more…]

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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…]

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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…]

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More Thoughts on the BRICS and Gold vs. the US and the Dollar

31st July 2025 Going Postal 0

In a previous article I suggested that the BRICS, lead by China and Russia, might offer an alternative international trade settlement system that would be independent of the US and the dollar. The BRICS have [more…]

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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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International Trade

7th July 2025 Emile Woolf 0

As regular readers know, I have been compiling the essays in my “Economic Perspectives” series with a view to publishing the collection as a single work, which should come to fruition in a month or [more…]

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No Need to Control Resources; Access Is Sufficient

2nd July 2025 Patrick Barron 0

For a long time political pundits have wished that the US government was run “more like a business”; thus, believing that a businessman would be preferable to a politician. A businessman’s goal is to make [more…]

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The Protectionists Have No Theory

5th June 2025 Patrick Barron 0

President Trump’s tariff blitz has shocked and alienated almost all students of economic science, but he seems to have a loyal following of support among the electorate. Students of economic science have a rich history [more…]

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