Dr. Ron Paul spoke with Lew Rockwell on the ever-advancing federal power.
“More people died from the innoculation than they did from the flu” is both a direct tragedy and also a sadly apt metaphor for all this corporatist government intrusion.
These clips span more than four years. I ask again: Was the Fed Chairman lying or just totally wrong?
In either case, should we make the financial system yet more fragile and inflexible by adding to the immense power held by this position?
Btw, if you have friends who would like to follow intelligent market analysis and economic insight, refer them to SpongeBob SquarePants before you direct them to CNBC. Ugh.
The value of CNBC derives from two sources:
Seeing what smokescreens and con games are currently in play; and
Catching the occasional appearance by Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, Dr. Ron Paul, James Grant, et al.
Please watch this outstanding rerun. Polite and logical, plain-speaking and brilliant, convivial and unrelenting, inquisitive and steady — Milton Friedman was a wonderful champion of capitalism.
Let’s strive to follow his example. The world swims in noise and would benefit from more calm and confident voices like his to defend liberty and free trade.
This video presents the Obama Budget Shell Game in an effective way. Our current predicament is even worse because this clip does not address either the total debt or the ongoing debasement of the dollar.
What builds trust? What destroys it? What store of value is safe?
Courtesy of a choppy Christian Bale mashup, here’s a NSFW clip that illustrates a more appropriate tenor for Congressional hearings with bankers and other Bailoutalooza scallywags. Of course, Congress is a bigger part of the problem than even the bankers, so expecting leadership from them is pointless.