My letter to the NY Times re: Government money and banking policies con...
Re: The Great Wall Street Housing Grab, by Francesca Mari Dear Sirs: Ms. Mari’s long and very detailed report of the role played by Wall Street property firms following the great 2008 real estate...
View ArticleTwo Distinctly Different Approaches to Crisis Resolution
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...
View ArticleLincoln Predicted How Americans Would Lose Their Freedoms
In 1839 Abraham Lincoln, a young twenty-eight year old lawyer, was asked by the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois to address the group on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions”. The...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdowns: Unconstitutional, Ineffective, and Immensely Destructive
The Shutdowns Are Unconstitutional Our Constitution guarantees us certain rights that may not be abridged. The many government shutdown orders violate these rights. For this reason alone, the...
View ArticleMy letter to “The Ethicist” at the NY Times re: Popular Delusions
From: Patrick Barron Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 9:32 AM To: ethicist@nytimes.com <ethicist@nytimes.com> Subject: Popular Delusions Dear Judge Hodgman, In reference to your response to a college...
View ArticleMy letter to the NY Times re: Exaggerated Monetary Consensus
From: Patrick Barron Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 10:29 AM To: NY Times <letters@nytimes.com> Subject: Exaggerated Monetary Consensus Re: How Washington Learned to Embrace the Budget Deficit by Jim...
View ArticleMy letter to “The Ethicist” at the NY Times re: There is no such thing as a...
Dear Sir: Kim of Washington Township, NJ asked some guidance in curtailing spending and philanthropy when her own income was greatly reduced during the coronavirus inspired lockdowns. She was concerned...
View ArticleThe Great Lie of All Tyrants: Your Liberties Are a Threat to Others and Even...
The forces of totalitarianism have been chiseling away feverishly at our liberties for many years now. Their efforts have taken the guise of radical equalitarianism (income redistribution), radical...
View ArticleMy letter to the Wall Street Journal re: Gold Mining Is Not the Same as...
Re: Gold Is Flying High, but Getting Harder to Mine Dear Sirs: This caption below the picture associated with Mr. Macdonald’s article about the difficulty of mining gold illustrates the mistaken belief...
View ArticlePoor Understanding of Monetary Theory Leads to Disastrous Government Policies
Austrian School economists know that unsound money has been at the heart of disastrous government policies since time immemorial. The greater the ignorance of money the greater the monetary debasement...
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