Dr. Paul Craig Roberts on World Stage with Bruce De Torres

DISCUSSION: On today’s show, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts discusses the history of today’s police/warfare state versus the constitutional republic intended by America’s Founders, the ideologies undermining the U.S. today, and defends Jeffersonian Democracy against Bruce’s praise of Hamilton’s “American System” of economics.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, a PhD in economics, was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, associate editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, the Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He is the author of many books, including EMPIRE OF LIES, THE NEOCONSERVATIVE THREAT TO WORLD ORDER, HOW AMERICA WAS LOST: From 9/11 to The Police/Warfare State, and THE FAILURE OF LAISSEZ FAIRE CAPITALISM. He has testified before Congress on 30 occasions. And he is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy at paulcraigroberts.org, which has millions of visitors every year.