Showing posts with label Patrick Barron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Barron. Show all posts
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Quote of the Day: Two Kinds of Refugees, People and Money

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Money will flee areas where it is repressed just as people will flee areas where they are repressed. Capital controls can be seen as the m...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Quote of the Day: Why the Welfare State Grows

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The welfare state grows because there is no clear line (and there can be no clear line) between those who are supposedly “entitled” to ben...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Quote of the Day: Get ready for negative interest rates in the US

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I predict that the Fed will start charging negative interest rates on bank reserve accounts, which will ripple through the markets and res...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Voluntary Exchange vs. Government Mandates: Why State ownership is not real ownership

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At the Mises Institute , Austrian economist Patrick Barron eloquently explains the difference between individual (voluntary) transactions a...
Saturday, January 03, 2015

ECB Mario Draghi’s Keynesian Fallacies

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At the Mises Canada blog , Austrian economist Patrick Barron censures ECB’s Mario Draghi’s justification for launching QE (italics mine) ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Quote of the Day: Negative Deposit Rates Represents Savings Confiscation

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“Negative deposit rates” means that the banks will charge the customer for saving money and placing it in the bank.  According to Keynesia...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Quote of the Day: Economic output as weapons of national policy

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All nations seem to assume that a public energy policy will bring their citizens and industries cheaper and more stable energy.  The oppos...