Posted by
Andrews on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:51:07 AM
I am thrilled to be finally able to write this headline. I was just as delighted when
Thomas Sowell wrote columns which mirrored my comments, but I am thrilled to have a man I respect as much as Dr. Williams writing something similar to what I have.
His most recent column, on the Federal Reserve system and the roots of inflation, is remarkably close to my old essay "
The Limits of Technocracy", which expanded upon a theme briefly addressed my previous essay "
How to Blame the Free Market". And, as I seem unable to leave that theme alone, I addressed it again, recently, in my posts "
History Repeating Itself","
Et Tu, Town Hall?", "
Hair of the Dog?", and "
John Stossel Imitates Me". I also discussed the topic in much more general terms in
part I and
part II of my ongoing series on monetary issues, "Monetary issues Made Simple".
As Hazlitt, von Hayek, von Mises, Benjamin Anderson, Ricardo, Bastiat, and von Boehm-Bawerk are no longer with us, the only remaining economist I respect is Reisman. His blog does give me hope that I may one day be able to write "Geroge Reisman Imitates Me".
POSTSCRIPT
For the conspiratorially minded, I am sure they will note that David Ricardo is mentioned prominently. In fact, I should probably tell everyone that Baruch Spinoza (who went "undercover" as Benedict Spinoza) and David Ricardo are two of my favorite thinkers. You see, we do all stick together. (Must be something to do with the Zionist Conspiracy to Dominate the World.)
POSTSCRIPT II
I am sure postscript I will confuse new readers, irritate at least one critic, and amuse
Redhead. For those not in the know, I tend to mock those who believe there is a massive Jewish conspiracy to take over the world, now in my blog, but even before the blog in comments I posted on various articles here on Town Hall.
So I often add little comments about what took place at the most recent conspiracy meeting, or mention what has been said in our newsletter. Perhaps it isn't the funniest running gag, but at least it makes sense. (More sense than the idea that we volunteered to kill off six million of our brethren just to get some sympathy and throw everyone off the scent.)
Or maybe this is all just misdirection, thrown out there to ensure everyone laughs at those who really know the truth. Can you ever be sure?