‘What Taylor Swift, Uber, and Robots Tell Us…’
So, as the headline has it, begins the subtitle of John Tamny’s latest book, Who Needs the Fed? It might have been even more aptly titled The Emperor Has No…
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Ralph Benko
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Ralph Benko is a monetary policy advocate and an internationally syndicated columnist.
Ending Monopoly Money
John Tamny’s new book Who Needs the Fed? is richly praised by such towering figures as George Will, who observes that “John Tamny [is] a one -man antidote to economic…
President Obama and the Great Bathroom War of 2016
Why did President Obama use executive authority to insist that the transgendered be allowed to use school bathrooms and shower room facilities of the gender with whom they identify? The…
Donald Trump as Peter Pan: Explaining the Poll Numbers
On May 20, 2016, Politico’s Steven Shepard explored Why Donald Trump’s poll numbers are surging: “The main reason for Trump’s surge over the past few weeks? He is earning increasingly…
Bloomberg News, Calling Gold “Everyone’s Favorite Standard,” Gives A Pulitzer-Worthy Scoop
A report by Michelle Jamrisko in Bloomberg News on May 17th, headlined “Make America Gold Again: Calls for Everyone’s Favorite Standard Are Back,” suggests that the headline may have outrun its pass…
Can the GOP Unite to Restore Economic Prosperity?
Last week Donald Trump met with Jack Kemp protégé House Speaker Paul Ryan. As the Washington Post aptly put it, “Ryan has the House. Trump has the party.” To quote…
Trump’s Wake Up Call to the Republican Party
Republican Party leaders have lost touch with their base, with Independents, and with the general electorate’s craving for equitable prosperity. That’s odd. The economy consistently polls at the top of…
Daria Novak Campaigns for the Gold Standard in Congressional Race
Daria Novak is crusading for the gold standard in her race for Congress in eastern Connecticut. Now, Novak recently has received the endorsement of George Gilder, the living author most…
Here’s How Donald Trump Beat Ted Cruz
What happened in Indiana is not likely to stay in Indiana. Presidential campaigns are a genre of nonfiction. Here is how Donald Trump beat Ted Cruz in Indiana and became…
For Americans, Peace Trumps War
Presidential politics, big picture, is mainly about two things: prosperity and peace, a/k/a national security. On the prosperity side Donald Trump is beginning to attract unexpected mainstream praise for the…
George Phillips, New York Congressional Candidate, Campaigns on the Gold Standard
George Phillips, campaigning for the Republican nomination for Congress in mid-state New York, recently featured the gold standard as part of his economic platform. As reported by Binghamtonhomepage.com, Phillips stated…
Ted Cruz Just Hit a Grand Slam on Economic Growth on CNBC
On April 15th, Joe Kernen tee’d up his latest CNBC “Squawk Box” guest, Sen. Ted Cruz, perfectly. Kernen: Growth, around the world, economic growth almost cures all ills. It cures…
Nomination of Ted Cruz Likely Would Reassure Investors
Barron’s compiled daily client memos from Greg Valliere, a Washington-based strategist with Horizon Investments, under the headline “Will Trump and Cruz’s Fed Feud Rattle Markets?” Subhed: “The two leading GOP…
James Rickards Makes “The New Case For Gold”
Auric Goldfinger was a Bond villain obsessed with gold. James Rickards is the James Bond of gold. Rickards has amassed, one infers, a massive following with his previous books, The…
George Gilder’s Savagely Brilliant Book
Tired of struggling economically? Me too. George Gilder offers an explanation and a solution: restoring monetary integrity. It’s radical and goes far beyond primitive “supply side economics.” The axis of…
Paul Krugman Attacks Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan on Gold
Paul Krugman, from his New York Times perch on March 25 writing “Crazy About Money,” lets himself go nuts recycling his standard arguments against the gold standard. He throws some…
Ted Cruz’s Last Chance to Win
A number of extremely bright commentators have been busily pointing out how Ted Cruz could find his way to 1237 delegates and the nomination. Or earn more, or nearly as…
The Washington Post Defames Cruz’s Strong Prosperity Formula
The Washington Post Wonkblog‘s Neo-Keynesian Matt O’Brien — who, aptly enough, tweets as @ObsoleteDogma — pauses to attack Neo-(Classical)-Liberal Ted Cruz in “Does Ted Cruz think his tax plan would cause…
Ted Cruz Gets the Prosperity Formula Right Again
Jeet Heer, of the New (and For Sale) Republic, recently presented an oddly off kilter piece entitled “Ted Cruz mangled the history of the Great Depression.” Therein he writes: Fielding a question…
Donald Trump in the Twilight Zone
You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight…
