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BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.

He works from Charlottesville, Virginia as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute and managing editor of Mises.org.

He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante and a layabout, at least in spirit.

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February 19, 2010

some bailout haiku

October 9th, 2008 by

bkmarcus

Great Greater Greatest
Depression strikes because of
Corporate welfare.

Greater Depression
Economic fascism
Socialism wins

Corporate welfare.
Citizens know who to blame:
Capitalism!

It’s simple, really:
marginal utility
also works with cash.

Federal Reserve.
How many coups are hidden?
1913 was.

Spend your money now
Dollars piled in wheelbarrows
Fractional reserve

Cantillon effects:
mo’ money mo’ money mo’ …
But who gets it first?

Richard Nixon said,
“We are all Keynsians now.”
Look where it got us.

The Austrian school
of economic theory
has taught them nothing.

Back-room deal, Plan B:
If at first you don’t succeed
threaten martial law

(Update: please note John Kyle’s additional bailout haikus in the comments below.)

And a visual via Anthony Gregory:

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