Ron Paul's Economic Knowledge

[SingaBoy]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post in this forum. I am from Singapore but I have been following Ron Paul's activities online for about a year. I am very impressed his ideas, his online campaign and economic knowledge.

Last night, I bumped into an American middle-aged guy who told me if he was 2 feet away from Bush and had a gun in his hand, he would blow his brains out. He also told me he would vote for Obama only because he was the lesser of two evils. I told him I really like Ron Paul and I hoped he would become president of the USA but he does not seem to have heard about Ron Paul and he got very negative when I said he is based in Texas. I told him Ron Paul wasn't originally from Texas - he simply moved there. I can't remember the exact derogatory words he used about the Texans but it wasn't very nice.

Any way, I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction to books, universities and other educational material that would help me understand the economy like Ron Paul?

[yongrel]

Mises.org is a great resource for an understanding of Austrian economics. Tons of literature for free, as well as an extremely comprehensive book store.

Also, check out books by Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Eugene Bohm-Bawerk, and Ron Paul himself.

Also... welcome to the forums!

[SingaBoy]

Could someone explain to me why Ron Paul favours the Austrian economic model?

[Unspun]

Any way, I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction to books, universities and other educational material that would help me understand the economy like Ron Paul?

Good morning SingaBoy.

I think the best site for learning about the Austrian school theories of Economics is at http://www.mises.org. They have daily articles, and many books in their store and for free in pdf format you can download or buy.

Also a lot of great information at;

http://www.lewrockwell.com
http://fff.org/
http://independent.org/
http://www.fee.org/
http://cei.org/

[Unspun]

Could someone explain to me why Ron Paul favours the Austrian economic model?

I think this article explains it quite well.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul481.html

[Truth Warrior]

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[TastyWheat]

You should consider yourself lucky. I wish our country had the same economic freedom yours does. Just stay away from central banks and your economy will do fine.

[evilfunnystuff]

You should consider yourself lucky. I wish our country had the same economic freedom yours does. Just stay away from central banks and your economy will do fine.

ya but they cant chew gum or spit or you get the cane lol

[SingaBoy]

You should consider yourself lucky. I wish our country had the same economic freedom yours does. Just stay away from central banks and your economy will do fine.

We have a different set of problems in our authoritarian government. What we have been putting up with for the last 40 + years is what you guys are trying to avoid in the USA. Singapore is essentially a police state run by a dictator but marketed as a democratic, rich and modern society.

Over 80% of our economy is dominated by the government and foreign businesses. Less than 20% of our economy is from local businesses. Singapore is at the mercy of foreigners at the moment. I am not sure how our economy is going to sustain itself when our government is always trying to exploit its people and sell them as cheap labour to foreign MNCs.

We have no minimum wage and an unrestricted inflow of foreign workers who are being paid miserable sums of money every month, which makes it harder for the poorer Singapore citizens to get decent wages.

That is why I feel the need to study Austrian economics. Hopefully, I can find some solutions for my country.