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When Children Change Your Mind
[Slight UPDATE in the text to clarify David R. Henderson's position.] Seeing Steve Landsburg doing everything in his power to get fired, I will take a shot at my own thought-provoking post that is sure to upset some readers for its apparent obtuseness: ==> A lot of people, including some libertarians but especially progressives, went [...]
Read moreWatch the Mises Conference Live
Details here. (I’m not going to be there; I’m too swamped with work unfortunately.)
Read moreSentences That Nowadays Would Disqualify You as Finance Minister of Austria
“How many an Indian tribe, in its foolish eagerness for pleasure, has sold to the palefaces the land of its fathers, the reservoir of its means of sustenance, in return for a few barrels of ‘firewater’!” — Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk, The Positive Theory of Capital, page 268
Read moreA Christian vs. Skeptic on Heaven and Hell
CHRISTIAN: Praise God! He sent His only Son to die for our sins, so that we could have eternal life. SKEPTIC: That is a repugnant doctrine. Putting aside all the scientific and logical flaws, look at what a tyrant your so-called God is. He is saying that if we don’t worship him, he burns us [...]
Read moreKrugman: High Deficits Are Due to Either a Depression or a Recovery, But Never to My Policies
I keep waiting for time to “do this justice,” but that’s not going to happen. So let me quickly make my point: I was flabbergasted a couple of weeks ago to read Krugman dismiss the CBO report on the budget outlook in this way: Yesterday the CBO came out with its updated budget outlook — [...]
Read more“The Banker” Needs to Call Me for a Lifeline
This video is ridiculous. They’re trying to simultaneously make it look like (a) the banks won’t be taxed a lot and (b) the banks will be taxed a lot.
Read moreDon’t Rush to Judgment
I can’t give any of the details, but there were several incidents this week in my personal life where a few different people, observing just snippets of my actions, might very understandably get upset with me. The thing was, in each of the cases, if the people could see the bigger context and why I [...]
Read moreLearning From Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman
[UPDATE below.] Rather than have a long series of posts discussing the fallout from my (price) inflation bet with David R. Henderson, I decided to do one comprehensive reply to Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman. I had toyed with not even responding, but two things ruled that out: (1) This isn’t a case of two [...]
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