C.J. Maloney

Articles

04/07/2026 Mises Wire C.J. Maloney

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

Chatting with A Dead Economist: J.M. Keynes, The Patron Saint of the Central Planner

10/08/2025 Mises Wire C.J. Maloney

While J.M. Keynes likely is the most influential economist of our age, his economics were that of inflation, statism, and outright central planning.

Chatting with A Dead Economist: Charles Rist

03/19/2025 Mises Wire C.J. Maloney

Charles Rist was an economist of nearly a century ago who recognized the dangers behind President Franklin Roosevelt‘s attempts to demonetize gold. We are still paying the price for FDR‘s actions.

Publications

Back to the Land

01/11/2016 C.J. Maloney

This is the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a “pet project” of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) “a human experiment station”, she was to create a “New American” citizen who would embrace a

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The Irresistible Promise of John Law

04/07/2026 C.J. Maloney

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

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