Author Archives: radiofreemarket

Let me disclose right up front that I have not yet completely read David A. Stockman’s seven hundred page bombshell of a book The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.  It arrived a few days ago and I … Continue reading →

From today’s Open Europe news summary: Separately, the leader of Silvio Berlusconi’s MPs Renato Brunetta told Italian daily Il Messaggero, “The German Chancellor [Angela Merkel] is destroying the euro and Europe. After provoking two World Wars, Germany has triggered an … Continue reading →

A wonderful interview with Godfrey Bloom, member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Godfrey makes so many good points, but I really liked his observation that the Middle Englishman may not know monetary policy but he knows … Continue reading →

How vulnerable is the US to financial ruin?  I say it is very vulnerable, and here’s the reason.  At the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 the US had promised to redeem gold at $35 per ounce, which meant that it … Continue reading →

Re: Father of the Euro calls for new world currency The man who convince the European Union to adopt the disastrous euro project now wants to up the ante and impose a new world currency.  This tactic was predicted by … Continue reading →

From today’s Open Europe news summary: Influential Conservative MPs call for tougher rules on EU migrants’ access to benefits The Times reports that the Fresh Start Group of Conservative MPs has today published a new report calling on the UK … Continue reading →

All throughout his new book, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America, David A. Stockman is critical of the Chicago School, especially its intellectual leader during the last half of the twentieth century, Milton Friedman. He captures the … Continue reading →

Re: Europe’s Green-Fuel Search Turns to America’s Forest Just a few miles from the Yorkshire home of member of the European Parliament Godfrey Bloom sits a giant power plant that was converted at enormous cost from burning plentiful local coal … Continue reading →

Re: A Keynesian Victory, But Austerity Stands Firm, by Eduardo Porter Dear Sirs: Mr. Porter bases his Keynesian bias in favor of stimulus upon the fallacious concept that saving may be good for the individual but bad for the overall … Continue reading →