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FAR OUT! How Paul Krugman Finally Got His “Alien Invasion” Stimulus Package

Government waste and abuse was on full display this week when Politico discovered the existence of a secret Pentagon slush fund dedicated to investigating UFOs. As it turns out, the…

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Paul Krugman: “The Trump Economic Team Is Shaping up as a Gathering of Gold Bugs”

Paul Krugman tweets: Are people noticing that the Trump economic team is shaping up as a gathering of gold bugs? 1/ — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 20, 2016 That tweet is…

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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…

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Ted Cruz Has the Best Idea in the Presidential Debate: A Return to the Gold Standard

The LA Times’s Michael Hiltzik recently wrote a column slamming the GOP field in general and one of the two front-runners, Ted Cruz, in particular: The worst idea in the…

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The Anti-Science of William Jennings Bryan and Paul Krugman

From Forbes.com: July 9th was the anniversary of the most famous speech of any presidential campaign. William Jennings Bryan, in a speech to the 1896 Democratic convention, declaimed “You shall not crucify…

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Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire Over Audit the Fed, Part Two

Sen. Rand Paul is drawing liberal fire from many left wing commentators, now including Prof. Paul Krugman. Many of the criticisms are badly off base. As noted in yesterday’s column there is…

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