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Obama’s Budget Attempts to Create “The Great Society”

The politicians and bankers of this nation have historically been quite content to enjoy the inflationary good times brought on by easy money; particularly if the deflationary crunch will happen on someone else’s watch. These days it doesn’t raise an … Continue reading

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The Free Market’s Unlikely Champion

In the dark hours of a collapse is when the free market tends to undergo its most radical depredations. Politicians never seem to grasp the complexities of what’s going on, but understand that SOMETHING needs to be done. Like FDR, … Continue reading

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