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Source link: http://archive.mises.org/18718/bagus-speaking-to-members-of-the-european-parliament/

Bagus speaking to members of the European Parliament

October 14, 2011 by

The paper that Philipp Bagus, author of The Tragedy of the Euro, is here.

{ 7 comments }

Rick Hull October 14, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Philipp Bagus is quite the Austrian superstar! Bravo!

Inquisitor October 14, 2011 at 8:55 pm

It’s good to see that UKIP is finally fraternising more with Austrian economists. I do know that Godfrey Bloom is very much on board with it.

Ball October 15, 2011 at 7:29 am

Get that man a lozenge (and take his metronome).

No offense, but this was really hard to follow. Maybe he should have spoken in german

Younger Cato October 17, 2011 at 11:56 pm

Nigel Farage is a true hero and defender of liberty accross the pond. He’s the Ron Paul of Europe. Wish more people knew about him.

http://youtu.be/MmG86lWhohU

http://youtu.be/PTtu_8yiwq4

boniek October 18, 2011 at 6:30 am

Except he is not. He is much more pro-government than Paul ever was. He is pro “democracy” I don’t see how this is the same as Paul. I honestly don’t understand this fascination and cult of central planners (and that among other things is what politicians are). I can see vakue of Paul as an educator of cause that is close to mine (ancap) but Farage is far from that.

Younger Cato October 20, 2011 at 1:42 am

Sorry I don’t share your cynicism boniek. Though Farage can never match up to RP (don’t think anyone can really) he’s the closest thing to a freedom fighter in Europe, and he’s definitely not a central planner as you insinuate he might be. Democracy is a word that has unfortunately been tossed around with much negligence, but I think that by democracy the English really mean something closer to there being a truer consent by the governed and the rule of law. Many there still take liberal to have its classical (to us) meaning, and not the “progressive” sham which has replaced it here. I really think that the confusion here lies in nothing more than semantics based on regional differences and that Farage’s ultimate goal is to achieve greater autonomy from the Eurocrats. I’ve followed him for a while, and while I don’t trust most politicians, everything I’ve seen from him leads me to believe he’s being sincere. You can call me gullible, but I’ll just call you a cynic. I’m no anarchist btw so I’m fine with a constitutional government based on the rule of law. We can disagree on that if you like..

Younger Cato October 20, 2011 at 1:41 am

Sorry I don’t share your cynicism boniek. Though Farage can never match up to RP (don’t think anyone can really) he’s the closest thing to a freedom fighter in Europe, and he’s definitely not a central planner as you insinuate he might be. Democracy is a word that has unfortunately been tossed around with much negligence, but I think that by democracy the English really mean something closer to there being a truer consent by the governed and the rule of law. Many there still take liberal to have its classical (to us) meaning, and not the “progressive” sham which has replaced it here. I really think that the confusion here is lies in nothing more than semantics based on regional differences and that Farage’s ultimate goal is to achieve greater autonomy from the Eurocrats. I’ve followed him for a while, and while I don’t trust most politicians, everything I’ve seen from him leads me to believe he’s being sincere. You can call me gullible, but I’ll just call you a cynic. I’m no anarchist btw so I’m fine with a constitutional government based on the rule of law. We can disagree on that if you like..

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