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Two Former Atheists Talk About Experiencing God

We certainly do not claim to be theologians, but I think this discussion with Steve Patterson turned out well. I definitely got into things I haven’t talked about publicly (though I’ve written on them, a bit, here at Free Advice).

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The Climate Change Policy Bait and Switch

My latest at IER. The reason I like this one is that I merely quote from climate change experts who support a carbon tax, in order to show just how dubious the case for it is. An excerpt: Now I hope the reader starts to see how the bait-and-switch works. Advocates of intervention throw out […]

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Nobody Actually Wants “Equality” Between the Sexes

Tyler Cowen links to a paper in which the authors write: The Nordic countries are the most gender equal nations in the world, but at the same time, they also have a disproportionately high rate of intimate partner violence against women. This is perplexing because logically violence against women would be expected to drop as […]

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My Son: 2,047

So I was at a Waffle House with my son (age 11) and he was telling me about his idea for a new game, based on the Nintendo Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! First, you’d go through and fight each of the 11 opponents (from the original game) one at a time, ending with Tyson. But […]

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Contra Krugman Episode 38

We actually halfway agree with Krugman on this one; success in business doesn’t mean success in economic analysis.

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Bob Murphy: The Worst Economist in the World

I repeated the YouTube title because (as someone on Facebook pointed out) it looks like a video hatchet job on me. Nope, just bonus comedy. And that Yoram Bauman has the audacity to still refer to himself as the world’s only standup comedian.

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Contra Krugman: Guest Calls Out Murphy For Being Too Nice

On Episode 37, where we talk about Krugman talking about the Clinton boom.

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How-To Guide for Newcomers to the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC)

In this first of a two-part series on the Lara-Murphy Show, Carlos and I start from scratch and tell newbies what they need to do to prepare for implementing IBC for their households or businesses.

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