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Paul Craig Roberts
Institute for Political Economy
Death By Globalism—Economists Haven't A Clue
Have economists made themselves irrelevant? If you have any doubts, have a look at the current issue of the magazine, International Economy, a slick endorsed by former Federal Reserve chairmen Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan, by Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, by former Secretary of State George Shultz, and by theNew York Times columnist Paul Krugman [Email…
Read more »The Nazification of the United States
death of the First Amendment Chuck Norris is no pinko-liberal-commie, and Human Events is a very conservative publication. The two have come together to produce one of the most important articles of our time, “Obama’s US Assassination Program.” It seems only yesterday that Americans, or those interested in their civil liberties, were shocked that the Bush regime so flagrantly violated…
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Washington And Wall Street Depending On Deceptive Economic Statistics
On August 17, Bloomberg reported a US government release that industrial production rose twice as much as forecast, climbing 1 percent. Bloomberg interpreted this to mean that “increased business investment is propelling the gains in manufacturing, which accounts for 11 percent of the world’s largest economy.” The stock market rose. Let’s look at this through the lens of statistician John…
Read more »The Big Things That Matter And The Little Things That Annoy
I write about major problems: the collapsing US economy, wars based on lies and deception, the police state based on ”their” government makes America all the more depressing. Often, however, it is small annoyances that waste Americans’ time and drive up blood pressures. One of the worst things that ever happened to Americans was the breakup of the AT&T telephone…
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