How the Stimulus Racket Works
Starting with President Bush, and continuing into President Obama’s term, the US government has paid out more than $11 trillion in stimulus money.
Other Schools of Thought
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(Un)happy Birthday, Fiat Money
Forty years ago today, on the morning of Sunday, August 15, 1971, the US president, Richard Nixon, declared the inconvertibility of the dollar into gold. It was to be the great liberation that Keynesians and governments had dreamed of for decades. The results, however, have been catastrophic.
The Nature of the State
Government rests on violence and force; it is sustained by soldiers, policemen, and courts.
End This Agony
The entire Keynesian/government approach to stimulus has been a catastrophic failure.
Rothbard’s The Mystery of Banking
Every student in a money-and-banking course should read this book at least twice.
Education in Seven Questions
The tendency for politicians and technocrats in search of solutions is to devise grandiose plans that involve more testing, regulation, and spending. However, these schemes do nothing to alleviate the root cause of the problem.
