mises.org — Some say capitalism is failing, but it's not really capitalism when it's plagued with fiat money manipulated by a central bank, incomprehensible rules on mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, not to mention wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, managed trade, punishing taxes, and privileged government contracts.
Apr 16, 2008 View in Crawl 4
georgeme89Apr 16, 2008
Ron Paul is brilliant. An economic prophet.
oracleofmistApr 16, 2008
Free Market Capitalism.....oh how I yearn for thee
cheesejaguarApr 17, 2008
Agreed, dugg for Ron Paul
juankovoApr 17, 2008Submitter
I've been old enough to vote for more than 10 years, but only within the last six months have I actually come to think that the Union might actually be dissolved in my lifetime. I'd bet $100 (in Federal Reserve notes, anyway) that that will happen, and it will be due largely to the central bankers and the rampant disregard for our Constitution across all levels of government.Empires rarely collapse from without; they collapse from within.
stingingnettleApr 17, 2008
Thank you for this article! I get so tired of these capitalism is failing articles, when we don't have a free market at all. Corporate welfare, central banking, subsidies, and a government that provides over half of Americas jobs is nothing close to a free market. Who wants to bet we'll see price ceilings again on certain items? Which can be proven to lead to shortages with basic economics, no we'll probably have to learn that lesson again.
Closed AccountApr 22, 2008
I look forward to reading the new Ron Paul book due out April 30, The Revolution: A Manifesto. I've already pre-ordered mine. When you pre-order yours, do so through the LewRockwell.com link to Amazon, as it will help to support that website.