Dallas News Article: Neo-Confederate economist at Ron Paul's Fed hearing

[ihsv]

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/02/neo-confederate-economist-at-r.html

Just in case anyone wants to use the comments section to say a few words. Be nice :)

[eduardo89]

I watched the hearing...Congressman Clay was a complete douche to DiLorenzo: "I have no questions for you."

[CableNewsJunkie]

Time to introduce the Dallas population to Tom Woods's "Interview with a Zombie" video...

http://blog.mises.org/13135/interview-with-a-zombie/

[rolle]

Time to introduce the Dallas population to Tom Woods's "Interview with a Zombie" video...

http://blog.mises.org/13135/interview-with-a-zombie/


That would be a good thing to send to CLay.

[Fox McCloud]

I'm not surprised something like this happened--they were merely looking for something to avoid asking obvious/tough questions on--typical ad hominem; attack the person or his associations and forget about the actual data/argument/logic he's putting forth.

That said, if there's a similar hearing, in the future, and Paul uses someone else (let's say, Robert Murphy), they'll probably do one of two things: attack the Mises institute and attempt to associate with "fringe views", "neo-confederate ideas and defense", and "a strong anti-government and anarchic bent", or they'll they'll attempt to link that person, through the Mises Institute, to someone who is sympathetic to "neo-confederate" beliefs.

[demolama]

Of course Clay did say... Austrians don't use stats and thus can't prove their theory... Clay is just another economic ignorant politician