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Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The crash was said to prove how destructive “unregulated capitalism” could be and how dangerous its supporters were.

David Stockman

The breakdown of sound money has now finally generated a cruel endgame.

Frank Chodorov

What sanction, in morals, does the State adduce for the taking of property?

George Reisman

In effect, the government’s not taking is alleged to be giving. Its not taxing is alleged to be spending.

Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

A subset of the end-the-Fed crowd opposes the Fed for peripheral or entirely wrongheaded reasons.

Joseph T. Salerno

A few more banking crises will likely cause confidence in the fractional-reserve banking system to evaporate.

John P. Cochran

Henniger writes, "No president has believed more in the miracle of the multiplier than Barack Obama."

Walter Block

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D, Organized Labor) has put paid to the possibility of our use of the reductio ad absurdum. With her $22 per  hour minimum wage (or is it $33?) she has seen us, raised us, doubled down, and in every other way possible demonstrated that she is impervious to logic and basic economics.

Mark Thornton

The people of Colorado and Washington have effectively nullified US drug laws in their states, with respect to marijuana. Moreover, the people of Colorado and Washington are also effectively nullifying an international treaty on drug prohibition.

John P. Cochran

Bernanke, like the famous engineer Casey Jones, is often held up as a popular hero. However, Jones was the engineer of a major train wreck, which was due to his errors in judgment and his own overconfidence. Bernanke's current monetary policy is a train wreck waiting to happen.