Hey guys, back for more wisdom. I was debating in a comments section of an article with a keynesian who professed to hold a ph.d in political economics and regaled Paul’s ideas as idiotic, naive and with a cartoonish understanding. Many things were said but this was the statement I wish I had bette…

Welcome back! I would almost say this sort of projection gets old, if only it weren’t so comical. First of all, this is about the quality of argument you’ll usually get — from people denouncing Ron Paul (on any subject), as well as Austrian economics — random vague statements about how wrong they …

Thanks James, When I laughed inside thinking about debating on this forum, I thought of you. LOL Mud Slinging is a great analogy and is actually something that I called him out on earlier. Specifically I said he was simply regurgitating rhetoric and that he isn’t supplying argument. My response t…

Not sure I understand how the first sentence fits in, but other than that, it sounds pretty good to me…other than “seized” should be “ceased”

oops, I depend on google spellcheck a bit too frequently. Thanks james. Btw, I’m currently listening to Jeff Riggenbachs reading of Human Action. So deep.

Yep. Google: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z71VE3D0nIg/TrS5Znf-LpI/AAAAAAAABKE/NHSMVjt0iZQ/s1600/google-advantage.jpg] Whoa!..I hope you’ve gotten through a few other intermediary works since we last spoke?

So far I’ve just read a lot of Rothbard and Henry Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson. Believe me I’m not fooling myself I understand that I am not ready for Human Action but I figured I can give it a listen since good ol’ Jeff is reading it for me. I can always revisit it again once I have a more well …

What is a good text to read after Hazlitt’s E-in-1 and before Human Action?

Do Keynesians really argue tha market caused the GD? I thought they just blamed the Fed for not doing enough.

I guess I should clarify. I have heard obvious beginner Keynesians claim that free markets caused the great depression. I’m sure its rooted from the idea that the Fed didn’t do enough.

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