What is your brand of Economics?

[Breezy]

What sort of domestic Economic policies are you in favor of? What category do you fit into? A few examples ( I realize these may not perfectly describe you. but feel free to elaborate)

Little State involvement, Large Free Market

Small Free Market, Heavy State services

Total State operation of the Economy

Anarcho-Capitalism.

Bonus Question: Who best represents your views?

Marx/Engels
Adam Smith
Friedrich Hayek
John Maynard Keynes
Milton Friedman
Paul Krugman
Murray Rothbard
John Kenneth Galbraith






Before we start I fully expect this to degrade into a name calling insult-a-thon in which words like 'Hitler' and 'Slavery' get thrown around liberally, but try to wait just a little bit before you panties are firmly in a twist.

[DonD13]

free market and a strong state

you need a strong state to prevent companies from feeding people with poison for profit

[StephHamann]

Pol Pot

kill all intellectuals so that the bran stans can rule

[GimmeThat]

as for Domestic economic policy, I favor that of the Wall/Ocean policy. which is to ignore what happens in the globe.

but as for economic policy, I favor one that is a global economic policy.

[Cactus-Sack]

Anarcho-capitalism, or Austrian economics.

Rothbard and Hayek.

[AirMike]

Austrian right here

Ludwig von Mises is my favourite, I'm currently halfway through the Human Action and gotta say, this along with Rothbard's Man, Economy and State is the best piece of work in terms of economics I've read so far, it requires a lot of focus while reading but its definitely worth it

[longhornfan1234]

Austrian econs

[Cactus-Sack]

Austrian econs

Every opinion that you have ever expressed on this website has been thoroughly Keynesian you jackass, fake conservative.

[longhornfan1234]

Every opinion that you have ever expressed on this website has been thoroughly Keynesian you jackass, fake conservative.

[Cactus-Sack]

That was a statement of truth. You've been full of praise for the last two presidents, who have both followed a Keynesian economic model.

Calling yourself an Austrian is downright confusing.

[longhornfan1234]

That was a statement of truth. You've been full of praise for the last two presidents, who have both followed a Keynesian economic model.

Calling yourself an Austrian is downright confusing.

Please find a quote of me supporting Bush and Obama on their economic policies.

[Jailblazers7]

I don't know, I think I find a little but of everything convincing. I don't have strong enough opinions to say that I back one philosophy over all others. I think Keynes and Friedman were probably the best economists on that list but I like some of Hayek's political writings.

[TheGreatDeraj]

free market and a strong state

you need a strong state to prevent companies from feeding people with poison for profit

Disagree wholeheartedly,

we need an informed consumer capable of making an educated decision, not a strong state

[Jailblazers7]

Disagree wholeheartedly,

we need an informed consumer capable of making an educated decision, not a strong state

Difficult to place all of that burden on the consumer. It is impossible to be informed about all the different types of products in a complex market economy.

[Gr]

Bonus Question: Who best represents your views?

Marx/Engels
Adam Smith
Friedrich Hayek
John Maynard Keynes
Milton Friedman
Paul Krugman
Murray Rothbard
John Kenneth Galbraith

People like to point out that Adam Smith supported free markets. What they forget is that he supported land value taxation. You cannot have a free market when the landowner is allowed to be an economic freeloader.