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Karl Rove
The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015

The presidential election of 1896 has a deep influence on American culture. The classic book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1900, may have been an allegory of the election.[1] Read more …

Published: September 15, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, North American New Right, originals, populism | 3 Responses

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The Stark Truth
Robert Stark Interviews Monetary Reformer Ellen Brown

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49:44 / 388 words

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Anthony Migchels Returns to Discuss Monetary Reform

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Monetary reformer Antony Migchels

54:13 / 256 words

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Dutch-based financial reformer Anthony Migchels returns to The Stark Truth. His blog is http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/. Read more …

Published: January 2, 2014 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, Anthony Migchels, banking, Counter-Currents Radio, economics, Gottfried Feder, interviews, National Socialism, podcasts, populism, Robert Stark, The Stark Truth, Third Way economics, usury | 6 Responses

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Gold & Work

Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound by Wyndham Lewis

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In memory of AURELIO BAISI

Translated by John Drummond

Editor’s Note:

The following text is surely the most compelling and clear of Ezra Pound’s economic writings. I want to thank Kerry Bolton for making a copy available for scanning. “Gombeen man” is Irish slang for a money-lender but it also refers to unethical businessmen in general. Read more …

Published: November 4, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged alternative currencies, articles, banking, C. H. Douglas, economics, Ezra Pound, fascism, money, North American New Right, reprints, Social Credit, Third Way economics | 2 Responses

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ABC of Economics, Part 5 & Conclusion

Ezra Pound

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Part 5 of 5

Chapter I

Minor Addenda and Varia

I have never met a gambler with an ounce of intelligence, but the prejudice against lotteries is in the category of superstitions, totemism and taboo. Lotteries can harm only the imbeciles who buy tickets, but these imbeciles appear to be wholly in their own right. Read more …

Published: December 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ABC of Economics, banking, Benito Mussolini, book excerpts, C. H. Douglas, David Hume, deflation, dictatorship, economics, Ezra Pound, inflation, money, North American New Right, populism, reprints, Social Credit, taxation, Third Way economics | 1 Response

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ABC of Economics, Part 4

Ezra Pound

4,781 words

Part 4 of 5

Chapter I

Politics, A Necessary Digression

Science or no science an economic system or lack-of-system is bound to be affected by the political system in which or beside which it exists, and more especially by the preconceptions or prejudices or predispositions and attitudes implied in the political system. Read more …

Published: December 11, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ABC of Economics, aristocracy, banking, book excerpts, deflation, economics, Ezra Pound, inflation, leisure, money, North American New Right, populism, reprints, Social Credit, Third Way economics | Leave a comment

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The Stark Truth
Robert Stark Interviews Anthony Migchels on Monetary Reform

Counter-Currents Radio

Monetary reformer Antony Migchels

50:24 / 213 words

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Published: August 29, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Alex Jones, Anthony Migchels, banking, Ezra Pound, Golden Dawn, Gottfried Feder, Greece, interviews, Joseph McCarthy, libertarianism, Occupy Wall Street, populism, Robert Stark, Social Credit, the Eurozone crisis, the Jewish question, the Tea Party, Third Way economics, usury | 26 Responses

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The Ugly Liberal

James J. O'Meara

Iceland by torchlight: Icelanders riot for debt relief -- and win!

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If anyone still doubts the existence of a Liberal Mindset, or that it is not just a harmless tic but so, well, wrong as to position its bearer 180 degrees off from reality Read more …

Published: February 20, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, debt, economics, Iceland, James J. O'Meara, North American New Right, reprints, the Jewish question | 14 Responses

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Against the Gold Standard

Brooks Adams

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What follows is chapter 11, “Modern Centralization,” from Brooks Adams, The Law of Civilization and Decay, Read more …

Published: January 25, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged banking, book exceprts, Brooks Adams, deflation, money, reprints, Social Credit, the Rothschilds, Third Way economics | 8 Responses

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Brooks Adams on the Romans

Greg Johnson

Peter Chardon Brooks Adams, 1848–1927

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Brooks Adams was an American historian and critic of capitalism from a classical republican/agrarian/populist point of view.

Brooks Adams was from an immensely accomplished family. He was a great-grandson of President John Adams, a grandson of President John Quincy Adams, a son of diplomat Charles Francis Adams, and the brother of Henry Adams, Read more …