Economics and the Meltdown

by Rep Ron Paul The financial meltdown the economists of the Austrian School predicted has arrived. We are in this crisis because of an excess of artificially created credit at the hands of the Federal Reserve System. The solution being proposed? More artificial...

A $21 Trillion Tax Cut

by James Ostrowski, Mises.org – 3/20/2001 President Bush has proposed a $1.6 trillion tax cut. I would like to suggest that the president modify his tax proposal. He should increase the size of his tax cut to $21 trillion. Well, it’s not really a $21 trillion...

Financial Advice from the Founding Fathers

by Chuck Norris, WorldNetDaily America is broke. Wall Street is going out of business. The government is borrowing and bailing like there is no tomorrow. Americans anxiously await the full impact of a second Great Depression. And we all are longing and looking for...

A problem of regulation?

by Mark Thornton, Mises Economics Blog The financial panic that has engulfed the planet is considered by politicians, bureaucrats, journalists and mainstream economists to be a problem of regulation. I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to agree with...

Predictions vs. Reality in Iraq

by Rep Ron Paul On September 10, 2002  I asked 35 questions regarding war with Iraq. The war resolution passed on October 16, 2002.  Now today, as some of my colleagues try to reestablish credentials regarding spending restraint, I want to call attention to my 18th...