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Ron Paul
Finance & Economics
Ron Paul is an author, physician, and former U.S. Representative known for advocating constitutionalism, limited government, and Austrian School economic ideas.
Biography
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an author, activist, medical doctor, and former politician who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd district (1976–1977, 1979–1985) and 14th district (1997–2013). He served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1968 and worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s into the 1980s. In 1976 he founded the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education and in 1985 became the first chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy. He is a senior fellow and distinguished counselor of the Mises Institute.
A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a frequent critic of the Federal Reserve, tax policy, the military–industrial complex, the wars on drugs and terror, and mass surveillance such as the Patriot Act and NSA programs. He ran for president as the Libertarian nominee in 1988 and as a Republican candidate in 2008 and 2012, has been described as an intellectual godfather of the Tea Party movement, and remained active after leaving Congress by giving speeches and co-hosting The Ron Paul Liberty Report; in 2016 he received one Electoral College vote from a Texas faithless elector.
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Books by Ron Paul
The revolution
In The Revolution Ron Paul argues that a growing federal government, rising taxes, senseless wars, inflation, and declining civil liberties threaten the nation, and that returning to the Constitution is necessary for peace, freedom, and prosperity. The book addresses the collapse of the dollar, a looming financial crisis, terrorism, and the loss of civil liberties, and describes the grassroots enthusiasm that surrounded his presidential campaign.