Monday, January 12, 2009

The collapsing US economy - by Paul Craig Roberts

A Superb Read!

The collapsing US economy - Will the Government Turn to the Printing Press?

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan’s first term. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. He has held numerous academic appointments, including the William E. Simon Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, and Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by French President Francois Mitterrand. He is the author of Supply-Side Revolution : An Insider's Account of Policymaking in Washington; Alienation and the Soviet Economy and Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy, and is the co-author with Lawrence M. Stratton of The Tyranny of Good Intentions : How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I read the Paul Craig Robert's article. It was a good read.

Here is another: http://counterpunch.org/whitney01142009.html

If the stimulus is coming what and how much and when is critical.