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* Mario Rizzo is clearly not one of us. He writes, “Over the past two years I have been reading more than I ever dreamed about rationality in economics, especially in the standard neoclassical theory of choice. I have done this because I want to get at the root of the controversies concerning whether people’s [...]
Read moreLessons from Solyndra
I have the EconLib featured article this month. If you haven’t really been following the Solyndra story, and want to get up to speed, this is your one-stop shopping. An excerpt: My goal here is twofold: first, to summarize the key events in the Solyndra case and explain why it is a scandal and not [...]
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* “Stuff” that libertarians say (HT2 Tyler Cowen). Some made me chuckle. * Glenn Greenwald on Leon Panetta’s confirmation (not in so many words) that yes, Barack Obama is Emperor Palpatine. * Speaking of which, did you actually read the details of what happened to those British tourists who were tweeting jokes about digging up [...]
Read moreReminder About Mises Academy Class
Remember kids, my class on Mises’ first major work starts tomorrow; infomercial is here. As I said on Facebook: If you don’t have the money for it, put it on credit. I don’t think we will have the time to talk too much about clearinghouses, but Mises does do a great job explaining that in [...]
Read moreKrugman and Kuehn Take Me to the Woodshed on the 1920-1921 Depression
I have all sorts of sarcastic wise-alecky things I could say, but let me just play the straight man on this one. On Sunday Krugman had a quick post titled “Harding” in which he alluded to unnamed gnats who kept repeating that the 1920-1921 experience showed the success of austerity policies. Krugman at that time [...]
Read moreHow the Private Bankers Are Using the Financial Crisis to Reshape World Government
How’s that for a neutral title? If you are willing to play this in the background, there are a few decent jokes sprinkled throughout.
Read moreLearn the Views of Mises on Money and Banking!
Admit it: You’ve had that copy of The Theory of Money & Credit on your shelf since October 2008. When TARP went through, you thought the end was near, and you needed to go back to the ancient texts to get guidance through the storm. But then Mises started talking about “credit money” and you [...]
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* Bob Wenzel has some concerns about gold confiscation, if the feds get serious. In short: It’s hard to hide a bunch of metal, since there are detectors built specifically for that purpose. * Russ Roberts interviews Nassim Taleb. I will always like Taleb, because he answered my emails back in the day and even [...]
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