Comments on: The More Things Change … http://archive.mises.org/18352/the-more-things-change-2/ Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Thu, 23 May 2013 22:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Capn Mike http://archive.mises.org/18352/the-more-things-change-2/comment-page-1/#comment-800099 Capn Mike Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:05:13 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=18352#comment-800099 One Hundred and sixty-six years from now, history will record:
Andrew Jackson’s last words – “I killed the bank”.
Ron Paul’s last words – “Me Too!!”

P.S. Actually, an immortality drug which no one saw coming was administered to Dr. Paul. Long live the Doctor!

]]> By: David White http://archive.mises.org/18352/the-more-things-change-2/comment-page-1/#comment-800092 David White Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:07:38 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=18352#comment-800092 Close to twenty years ago, I got into a knock-down war of words in a paper defense meeting when I defended Jackson’s Bank policy (and the subsequent Specie Circular). My chair (a fairly notable historian) argued that Jackson was an idiot, and I countered that he was following established economic orthodoxy of the time (paper money bad, don’t be John Law, etc). And I actually cited Remini’s work as part of my defense. ( I think she was just mad that I wasn’t condemning Jackson as a racist, but that’s as may be.) I really wish I’d been exposed in grad school to more Austrian thought, instead of having to piece it together later and realize the woman was even more wrong that I thought.

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