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Rick Shapiro says:
A remarkable interview that in three minutes describes very well the mess that the world is in. The decentralized action of markets can bring prosperity, or it can be a curse. The later is not a topic often addressed by the Chicago “fresh water” economists.
December 31, 2011, 3:53 pmsteve says:
This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, from one of the fathers of libertarian thought.
“The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is The People vs. The Banks.” – Lord Acton, Historian, 1834 – 1902
Steve
January 1, 2012, 1:04 pminnocent bystander says:
Was our last great hope for reform dashed by charismatic propaganda over 600 years ago? After the inception of banking in Europe between England and France and Italian- and German City States and the rebellion of the Peasants Revolt of the Fourteenth century, when the unifying cry of a young teen, King Richard II pranced on a white horse in the midst of a starving, endentured, over-taxed mob to shout, “You shall have no captain but me!”
January 1, 2012, 7:01 pm