Bob Murphy

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Everything About the Human Condition Explained in One Spot

Perhaps the most famous Bible verse is John 3:16, but I’ll quote 17 as well. (There are double quotation marks because it’s Jesus speaking.) “16“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17“For God did not send the […]

Try to Reverse Engineer Krugman’s Threshold for Political Labeling

Here’s an excerpt from the latest Paul Krugman column: Let me explain what I mean by saying that bad guys hacked the election. I’m not talking about some kind of wild conspiracy theory. I’m talking about the obvious effect of two factors on voting: the steady drumbeat of Russia-contrived leaks about Democrats, and only Democrats, […]

Tom Woods and I Deal With Russian Hackers

Well boys, I reckon this is it. Computer espionage toe-to-toe with the Russkies. I realize it spoils it if I give you a heads up, but don’t miss another bonus feature at the end of the latest episode of Contra Krugman.

One Last Post on the Trump Carrier Stuff

Following up on this post, let me reframe things in the following way. NOTE: I truly am not posting these thoughts as a, “Nana nana boo boo, what a bunch of hypocrites!” I really just think this is curious/interesting, and so I’m encouraging people to dig through their intuitions and see if they can refine […]

Can Energy Policy “Create Jobs”?

My recent article for IER. You may be surprised by the charts.

Murphy on Jason Stapleton Program

If you feel compelled to comment on my beard, keep in mind that my office is a safe space.

The Continued Importance of Austrian Capital Theory

I can’t remember if I pushed this before? Anyway this was the talk I gave last August in Rosario, Argentina. Keep in mind for my opening joke routine that people in the crowd needed to hear the translators, since many of them didn’t speak English. That’s why I had to sloooooow it down.

Potpourri

==> On the latest episode of Contra Krugman, Tom and I are a bunch of softies and mostly agree with Krugman about the tough spot Republicans are in, vis-a-vis ObamaCare. ==> A long interview I did with Scott Horton on all kinds of stuff. ==> Dan Mitchell of CATO discusses new research showing that “fiscal […]