The Empirical Case against Government Stimulus
Because they are based upon a falsehood, Keynesian policies fail empirically, quite obviously to anyone with an open mind.
Because they are based upon a falsehood, Keynesian policies fail empirically, quite obviously to anyone with an open mind.
Our analysis indicates that not only can fiscal stimulus not revive the economy but, on the contrary, it can also make things much worse.
The only chance to prevent the exchange value of fiat money from collapsing altogether is a return to sound money — a way that would start by reanchoring fiat monies to gold, as outlined most prominently by Mises, Rothbard, and Sennholz.
It takes a lot of PhDs to convince the public that their systematic looting at the hands of politicians is actually for their own good.
The best remedy would be for the government to stop interfering and let the market process work.
"As a response to the actions of the Bank of England, the Currency School proposed a simple, yet powerful limitation on the bank: a 100-percent reserve requirement on the issue of new bank notes."
However, it is perhaps not too optimistic to assume that those governments and parties whose policies have led to this crisis will some day disappear from the stage and make way for men whose economic program leads, not to destruction and chaos, but to economic development and progress.
Bernanke and the other macro wizards will just so happen to find that their models point them toward bailing out the major bankers and other politically connected titans of finance.
"Through Fed monetary policy, the dollar is cheapened to produce an economy on steroids that eventually breaks down."
The only really good trends exist in two worlds right now. In the digital world, we see growth and expansion and progress. This sector is not as heavily hooked up to manipulations of the Keynesian elite, and its development has proceeded at a clip even in a depression.