youtube.com— Congressman Ron Paul gives us his thoughts on the passage of the bailout bill just minutes after leaving the floor.
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Lots.Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" is a classic.For something more accessible, Gene Callahan's "Economics for Real People" is a pretty good primer.I recommend Rothbard's "For a New Liberty" which is a good intro reader on libertarianism as a political philosophy in general.If you want to stick to economics and really dive deep, there is a wealth of stuff over at www.mises.org.Human Action by Mises and Man, Economy and State by Rothbard are the two heaviest-hitting tomes, but they take real work to get through, let alone gain from. Still, there are study guides and a wealth of other info to help you through. I'd just head to the site and poke around - perhaps you'll find something on banking that you find fascinating, or you can start reading up on time preferences/theories of interest, etc. It's all good, and it will all take you to the same end - liberty.Usually I don't comment on Digg, but my name is Blake too and, having studied up on the Austrian school myself, I just couldn't let a question posed by a fellow Blake re Austrianism go unanswered :)
Actually the bailout passing helped my family personally..... all our income is based off stocks, so if the stock market does bad, we do bad. Bailout helps the stock market, so it helps us.
I think that the founding fathers should have put an amendment in the constitution that removes the ability of the government to interact with monies of any kind; other than to prosecute fraud committed against gold and silver bullion coins. The government's job is NOT to federate money; that is what banks are for. Private banks should be doing all fo the minting and distribution. There is a way to get us back; just figure out the value of a U.S. dollar before Breton-Woods, melt the gold reserves; and as the last act of the Federal Reserve, have them mint gold as poundage to bank to be traded for dollars.Then the banks can print their own fiat currencies to be backed and risked through no regulation by government agencies. Then, gold is gold, and people choose to risk it at banks.
Closed AccountOct 5, 2008
Doesnt mean he believes it
kinggpsOct 7, 2008
Lots.Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" is a classic.For something more accessible, Gene Callahan's "Economics for Real People" is a pretty good primer.I recommend Rothbard's "For a New Liberty" which is a good intro reader on libertarianism as a political philosophy in general.If you want to stick to economics and really dive deep, there is a wealth of stuff over at www.mises.org.Human Action by Mises and Man, Economy and State by Rothbard are the two heaviest-hitting tomes, but they take real work to get through, let alone gain from. Still, there are study guides and a wealth of other info to help you through. I'd just head to the site and poke around - perhaps you'll find something on banking that you find fascinating, or you can start reading up on time preferences/theories of interest, etc. It's all good, and it will all take you to the same end - liberty.Usually I don't comment on Digg, but my name is Blake too and, having studied up on the Austrian school myself, I just couldn't let a question posed by a fellow Blake re Austrianism go unanswered :)
h4cklerOct 9, 2008
I don't doubt the economy will crash with Obama, but you've got him confused with McCain in that statement.
biohazard87Oct 11, 2008
Actually the bailout passing helped my family personally..... all our income is based off stocks, so if the stock market does bad, we do bad. Bailout helps the stock market, so it helps us.
afruff23Oct 31, 2008
I'm pretty sure you can take back donations for political candidates. Look into that.
jasonsieckmannNov 20, 2008
I think that the founding fathers should have put an amendment in the constitution that removes the ability of the government to interact with monies of any kind; other than to prosecute fraud committed against gold and silver bullion coins. The government's job is NOT to federate money; that is what banks are for. Private banks should be doing all fo the minting and distribution. There is a way to get us back; just figure out the value of a U.S. dollar before Breton-Woods, melt the gold reserves; and as the last act of the Federal Reserve, have them mint gold as poundage to bank to be traded for dollars.Then the banks can print their own fiat currencies to be backed and risked through no regulation by government agencies. Then, gold is gold, and people choose to risk it at banks.