Patrick Barron

Patrick Barron is a private consultant to the banking industry. He has taught an introductory course in Austrian economics for several years at the University of Iowa. He has also taught at the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin for over twenty-five years, and has delivered many presentations at the European Parliament.

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Patrick Barron

Contrary to popular belief, regulatory agencies do not improve the quality of our lives, nor do they provide safety or security. They need to be abolished, as free markets provide their own effective forms of regulation.

Patrick Barron

Far from being an “automatic stabilizer” that mitigates recessions by engaging in “countercyclical” spending, the welfare state actually makes recessions longer and deeper. Time to acknowledge that fact and do away with it altogether.