U.S. Monetary Policy in 2012 (Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX))

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul has been a critic of American monetary policy. He argues that the days of the "dollar reserve" are over and the United States should quickly move to sound money and dramatically smaller federal budgets. Rep. Paul spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference held November 16, 2011.

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• catoinstitutevideo
• ron paul
• monetary policy
• hayek
• mises
• sound money
• hard money
• inflation
• hazlitt
• federal reserve

[rubbersole79]

20 seamless, coherent minutes. And nary a teleprompter in sight!

[johnnycmajor]

@rubbersole79 It will be funny to watch Obama try and debate Dr.Paul, how will he do it without his teleprompter. I look forward to that.

[needtoalwayslearn]

@johnnycmajor Obama'll keep it on Foreign Policy: "You wouldn't have invaded Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden". The Pavlovian crowd will jeer RP while he describes the concept of "International Law".

I am a pessimist.

[dachickenman]

@SirTenenbaum Couldn't agree more. The flaws of neoclassical economics seem to water down some of Cato's papers.

[dachickenman]

@pablocoon I have been trying to understand the ambivalence the Cato/Reason crowd has towards Ron Paul, even the Tea Party for that matter. It seems like he embodies the professed values of these groups more than any politician possibly in the history of the Union. What is the problem here?

[TheArtfryne]

I dunno... he just makes too much goddam sense.

[pablocoon]

Nice to Cato giving Dr. Paul his due time. Cato should be for him 100% I suspect Cato's pro abortion leanings are behind much of the luke warmness regarding Ron Paul.

[pablocoon]

My President!

[TheAtheistPaladin]

@Texcentric

Yes, it is really pompous to look at things objectively. Next time I be sure to criticize one president for something that doesn't even matter, and then ignore everything that shows that just about every president does it anyways.

[claradusk]

Everybody needs to start collecting together a survival kit for your homes, and bug out bags for your cars. This shit is going to hit the fan, and when it does, it's going to hit hard! People has estimated 8 and 9 dollar a gallon for gas if we go to war with Iran! When fuel goes up, EVERYTHING goes up! If we go to war with Iran, China might come to their AID, and when we're on the "bad guys" side of a WW3!!!

[johnnycmajor]

@SirTenenbaum He will try, the fact that obama signed the NDAA. and SOPA movement and Libya war without asking congress will not work in obmama favour , and I'm not sure how many really believe the tall tail that Obama had Ole bin killed without any body, all this is going to work terribly in against obama. If Ron Paul gets that far I think you will see obama stumbling around without his teleprompter. Not to mention the spending and job loss. The 200,000 macdonald type jobs??