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Krugman Debate Update

Well, I adopted a laissez-faire approach to see if this problem would magically cure itself, but alas, it looks like it’s here to stay. With no notice, the entire site ThePoint.com went defunct. This was the third-party host of the pledges for my debate challenge to Paul Krugman. In the grand scheme, this actually isn’t […]

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Update on Krugman Debate

Nothing new here, but some of you might prefer video to text: And here’s where you make your pledge…

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While We Were Sleeping…

…someone emailed me to say that the KrugmanDebate pledge total is over $104,000! It may have been due to the heroic efforts of Tom Woods when he was guest-hosting Peter Schiff’s show. (I always picture Tom watching me and thinking, “Bob reminds me a lot of myself, when I was less famous.”) So you make […]

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Potpourri

* Of course political pundits contradict themselves all the time, but Newt Gingrich’s positions on Libya are impressive. (HT2 Gene Callahan) * “Analysts surprised” by the latest inflation numbers… The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods, up 5.8% over the last 12 months; for intermediate goods, 8.9%; and for crude goods, 16.4%. But don’t […]

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Krugman Winning Hearts and Minds

When Krugman finally debates me, reporters and innocent bystanders will be rooting for me. Not because they have studied Hayekian triangles, but because of posts like this: Jonathan Chait bemoans the wonk gap: One of the unusual and frustrating aspects of the health care debate is the sheer imbalance of people who understand the issue […]

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Ron Paul Endorses Krugman Debate

Briggs Armstrong tipped me off to this; it comes up at the 4:40 mark: If you haven’t made your pledge yet, what the heck is the matter with you? BTW more generally, how amazing is it that CNBC is showing a picture of his book, and he’s openly talking about these matters? Krugman et al.* […]

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Off to Oregon, and Murphy-Krugman Debate Update

Posting has been and will continue to be sparse; to steal a line from Dennis Miller, I’ve been traveling a lot–I make Kerouac look like an agoraphobe. On Thursday Carlos Lara and I will be speaking at Tom McFie’s Life Benefit$ Freedom Retreat. In the meantime, a quick update on the Murphy-Krugman debate. Today we […]

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Check out the MURPHY-KRUGMAN DEBATE

Here is the main campaign site. Make your pledge! Here is the original, 6m44s animated video laying out the campaign and the logic behind its details. Here is the 2m05s video showing the start of my training for my shot at the Keynesian champ.

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