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Richard J. Maybury Born 1946
Ohio, United StatesPen name Uncle Eric Occupation Writer; author, journalist Genres nonfiction Richard J. Maybury is the publisher of U.S. & World Early Warning Report for Investors. He has written several entry level, common sense, books on United States economics, law, and history from a libertarian perspective. He has written these things in epistolatory form, usually as an uncle writing to his nephew, answering questions. Maybury was a high school economics teacher. After failing to find a book which would give a clear explanation on his view of economics he wrote one himself. Some of his books include Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career & Financial Security; a book that is basically the foundation for his other books about the model perspective and Higher Law, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?; a book that explains the history of the [United States] economic model and how it was based on free-market Austrian economics, Whatever Happened to Justice?; a book about his juris naturalist philosophical viewpoints regarding the foundations of America's legal system, British Common Law, the law of the Franks, and early Christian Ireland.
Contents
Theories
Juris Naturalism
Maybury's viewpoint is "juris naturalism". Maybury created the term juris naturalism, and called himself a juris naturalist, because he believed no other label was able to fully describe the concept, which he believed is modeled on the viewpoints of many of America's Founders.
Thousand Year War
Maybury has disagreed with those who say that violent Muslims are terrorists. In his book, The Thousand Year War, he says that Muslims have been persecuted as much as the Jews, and that they are not terrorists, but rather are retaliating after being wronged by the Europeans, and the United States government. He praises the "magnificent" ancient Muslim civilizations for their advances in many fields. He also claims that Muslims are responsible for preserving the philosophies of Aristotle.
Maybury's Two Laws
Mr. Maybury bases his work on common law, namely
- Do all you have agreed to do
- Do not encroach on other persons or their property.
The first law is related to contract law. A contract is an agreement between two or more parties, in which they promise to perform certain actions for and recognize certain rights of the other parties. The second law is related to some criminal law and tort law. Violators of these types of laws have committed acts like theft or violence against other people. (When referencing these two laws, Maybury has at times requested they be known as "Maybury's Laws," and stated exactly as above.) He has also mentioned that there may be an other (or others) undiscovered law related to the subjects of law that the two he shows don't cover.
Chaostan
Mr. Maybury has declared that nearly a third of the Earth's surface is Chaostan, the land of great chaos. Chaostan is in his view prone to war, financial ill, and tyranny because they never received the Two Laws. The area extends from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and Poland to the Pacific, plus North Africa.
The New Axis
Mr. Maybury thinks it is possible that some or all of the areas in Chaostan are secretly co-operating, either through political alliance or along ancient ethnic lines. This term was first used in May 1996
Military Experience
Mr. Maybury was a sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971. He served with the 605th Air Commando Squadron in Central America, and with the 75th Military Airlift Squadron in Vietnam. He was also a General Military Training instructor at Travis Air Force Base; and participated in covert operations in South and Central America.
Books
Themes
Mr. Maybury's books are marked with emphasis on paradigms, or "models" as he calls them. One of his books, Are You Liberal, Conservative, or Confused is dedicated entirely to this topic. He commonly addresses his letters to an imaginary student named Chris.
Style
All of his books are written in the epistolatory style, as letters from the fictitious Uncle Eric to his nephew. The personal tone of the "letters" convey a certain sense of urgency, yet are remarkably understated compared to other revisionist and contrarian viewpoints.
The books have many illustrations, maps and pull-quotations of historical persons. Though, oddly to some, he rarely if ever quotes recent (20th century) writers. Perhaps it is because he distills the essence of free-market economic thought (what we often call "Libertarian") into fundamental terms that stand on their own. In other words, rather than quoting for instance Henry Hazlitt to support a thesis, he describes an idea in foundational terms that arrive at a conclusion that readers of Hazlitt may find familiar.
Titles
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, 5th Edition 
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy coverAuthor(s) Richard J. Maybury Country United States Language English Series Uncle Eric Books Subject(s) Economics Genre(s) Young Adult Publisher Bluestocking Press Publication date May 15, 2004 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 192 pp ISBN 0-942617-52-5 OCLC Number 54865477 Dewey Decimal 330.15/7 22 LC Classification HB171 .M46 2004 Mr. Maybury's in-print books to date are:
- Ancient Rome: How It Affects You Today
- Are You Liberal? Conservative? or Confused?
- Evaluating Books: What Would Thomas Jefferson Think About This?
- The Clipper Ship Strategy: For Success in Your Career, Business, and Investments
- The Money Mystery: The Hidden Force Affecting Your Career, Business, and Investments
- The Thousand Year War in the Mideast
- Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security
- Whatever Happened to Justice?
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? 5th Edition
- World War I: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today
- World War II: The Rest of the Story & How It Affects You Today
All of his books are published by Bluestocking Press
Journals & Newspapers
EWR
The US & World Investors Early Warning Report (EWR) is Mr. Maybury's monthly financial newsletter. EWR seeks to apply the Uncle Eric model to the real world and provide forecasts and warnings of financial changes before they happen. It is very cautious in outlook, and has low toleration of risk.
Freelance Work
Following his military experience, but prior to EWR, Mr. Maybury was a freelance writer whose works were featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, USA Today and other notable publications.
Moneyworld
Mr. Maybury was previously global affairs editor for Moneyworld
External links
- Early Warning Report Maybury's main site
- Exhaustive list of books and appearances in publications, includes out-of print books
- Uncle Eric's Model Section of publisher's site dedicated to his books.
- outlines the New Axis hypothesis
- outlines Chaostan
- Maybury's Two Laws
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- American non-fiction writers
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