Bob Murphy

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Maybe God Is Trolling Us

I am quite certain that most people will dislike this post, but for the few who see what I’m saying, I hope you appreciate the new angle I may open for you. First, a digression. I am an unabashed troll on Twitter and Facebook (and sometimes on Scott Sumner’s blog). However, I would argue that […]

An Interesting Combination of Positions in the Carrier Debate

I don’t want to make too much of this, and I’m not even saying there is an outright contradiction here. I’ll succinctly state the interesting combination in the form of a script, loosely based on actual events that I observed firsthand on social media. TRUMP SUPPORTERS: You idiot libertarians need to drop your faith in […]

Clarifying My Comments on the Twitter Exchange Between Rep. Amash and Scott Adams

[UPDATE: Amash clarified what happened; see the bottom of the post. Now I can sleep peacefully.] In Episode 799 of the Tom Woods Show, I was the guest and we were talking about the Carrier deal. Tom brought up the fact that I had mentioned on Twitter that I thought Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) had […]

Tom Woods and I Talk About the Carrier Deal

This isn’t Contra Krugman; instead it’s episode 799 of the Tom Woods Show.

Questioning Scott Sumner’s Numeracy

Don’t worry, this isn’t (directly) about Trump. In a blog post titled, “Innumeracy drives me nuts,” Scott Sumner lists several examples of people (allegedly) being innumerate. I definitely agree with some of his examples, but others are stretching it. However, one of Scott’s arguments in particular seemed flat out wrong to me. Here’s what Scott […]

Why Some Christians Oppose “Globalism”

I realized recently that secular people with little familiarity of Christianity (particularly fundamentalist Protestantism) might not understand the suspicion that so many have of “globalism” or “the globalists.” With Brexit, Trump, etc., this issue has more political relevance now than at any time I can remember. For my Bible study tonight we were covering chapter […]

Latest Contra Krugman Is a Good One

I’m being dead serious, we really caught Krugman in a whopper on this one (unless someone wants to defend his honor in the comments and explain why I’m wrong). Also, keep listening after the ending music kicks in–there’s a fun bonus. And if you want to check out my limited-time book offer, here’s the direct […]

On My Anti-Anti-Trumpism: I Regret Nothing!

Some people in the comments of previous posts have been psychoanalyzing me, wondering why I spend so much of my precious time pointing out hypocrisy in Trump’s critics (as opposed to ridiculing Trump’s ridiculous statements). I actually thought maybe they had a point, and then this happened on Twitter. .@LHSummers Didn't you recommend to new […]