William L. Anderson

Affiliation: Frostburg State University

William L. Anderson is an author and an associate professor of economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland. He is also an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy as well as for the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama.

Anderson was formerly a professor of economics at North Greenville College in Tigerville, South Carolina.

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William L. Anderson's Latest Articles | 44

Krugman Takes on the Austrians and Ron Paul

Dec 16, 2011| 14

Gee, hoodathunkitt? Paul Krugman hates Ron Paul. It is not enough for Dr. Paul to want to leave abortion to state legislatures (where the U.S. Constitution would... Read »

Can We “Save” the Euro Through Inflation and Outright Financial Fraud? Good Luck!

Dec 2, 2011| 

It has come to this: all we need is a bit more time to sort out the financial mess that now engulfs Europe (and, by proxy, the United States). In the meantime, the... Read »

Who Are the Real Plutocrats?

Oct 11, 2011| 1

In his most recent column, Paul Krugman praises the Wall Street protesters and claims that Republican politicians are in a panic over them. For example, he paraphrases... Read »

In Praise of Steve Jobs

Oct 6, 2011| 

One of the things I dislike most about both the Keynesian and mainstream economic paradigms is that they simply ignore the entrepreneur. Either the entrepreneur... Read »

Let’s-Continue-the-Depression Speech

Sep 9, 2011| 

We arrived in the USA at about 1 p.m. Thursday, got through customs, picked up our van, and navigated the traffic through New York and finally reached our hotel... Read »

Say What? Issue More Debt to Relieve a Debt Crisis? Only in Wonderland!

Aug 19, 2011| 

The name of this blog came from a commentary I wrote for Forbes nearly three years ago, but I would add that the writers and editors of the New York Times seem... Read »

Krugman and Austrians: the Depression Will Get Worse

Jul 22, 2011| 2

While Austrians and Keynesians don’t agree on a lot of things, there is one thing upon which they both seem to agree: the U.S. economy is sinking into the morass... Read »

Gold at $1600? Paul Krugman Says it is a Nefarious Plot by Glenn Beck!

Jul 20, 2011| 

One of Paul Krugman’s constant themes is that the U.S. economy is in a liquidity trap and the only way out is for the government to borrow and spend trillions... Read »

Krugman Endorses Insanity

Jun 17, 2011| 

When Paul Krugman spoke at the 2004 Southern Economic Association meetings, I attended his session and asked him specifically if he was endorsing going back to... Read »

Is It Austerity, or Reality?

May 24, 2011| 2

One of Paul Krugman’s constant themes has been that “austerity” is the wrong prescription to deal with a shrinking economy. If the economy is going... Read »

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