Patrick Barron

Tags The FedMoney and BanksBusiness CyclesMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking

Patrick Barron is a private consultant to the banking industry. He has taught an introductory course in Austrian economics for several years at the University of Iowa. He has also taught at the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin for over twenty-five years, and has delivered many presentations at the European Parliament.

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The Freedom of Individuals Still Matters—Even If COVID Warriors Say It Doesn't

Philosophy and MethodologyPraxeology

Blog05/02/2020Patrick Barron

Human beings do not exist to be pawns in a game of lockdowns and collective action.

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A Parable for Our Time

Politics

04/09/2020Power & MarketPatrick Barron

One of my fondest books as a child was Doctor at Timberline, by Charles Fox Gardiner. Gardiner was a doctor early in the settlement of western Colorado in the nineteenth century. Each chapter of the book is a self-contained story of his experiences tending to the ailments of mostly men in...

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Two Distinctly Different Approaches to Crisis Resolution

Politics

03/31/2020Power & MarketPatrick Barron

There are two very distinct approaches to crisis resolution. One is the socialist approach, adopted by most governments of the world in the latest coronavirus crisis. The other is the individualistic approach, used by few if any of the world's major nations.

The Socialist Approach

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