Why The Austrian Economists Won

"........ I’m optimistic that the Austrian influence has reached its peak within the party (Republican) —the Austrian school’s disdain for American foreign policy and willingness to call Lincoln a tyrant don’t sit well with the base. But Republicans want their leaders to articulately defend conservative principles. If the party’s public intellectuals don’t deliver, this marriage of convenience between conservative populism and Austrian economics may continue indefinitely."

Via The Bonnie Blue Blog

Taleb Says Fed Doesn't Understand Risks Of Quantitative Easing

"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
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See him HERE.