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Video (and Fun Intro) to Live Audience Contra Krugman

Dedicated fans have already heard the audio of the actual episode of Contra Krugman that we recorded in front of a live crowd in Seattle, but this video from the Mises Institute captures the intro from Betsy Hansen and my remarks about Walter Block in his high school glory days.

“Get to Higher Ground”: Behind the Message

In this new video, Dan Hagen and I explain why we wrote our song, and our hopes for music to spread the message of liberty.

How Much Would You Pay to Vote?

I think I’ve come up with a thought experiment that will get us through the logjam. I’m not saying this will make everyone agree with me, but I hope it finally gets people to realize that you can’t simply ignore marginal analysis when it comes to voting.

I Stand Athwart the Blogosphere, Yelling Stop

I waited several days to write about this, because it may sound like I’m calling for someone to be fired when that’s not my intention. All I want to do is point out that it’s weird that on one of the leading classical liberal / free-market economics blogs, the resident monetary excerpt applauds the Russian central […]

Contra Krugman as You’ve Never Heard It Before

In front of a live audience! This was from last Saturday’s Mises Circle in Seattle. Good stuff.

How Governments Use Inflation to (Partially) Cover Deficits, Part 2

The scintillating conclusion to our 2-part series at the Lara-Murphy Show. Also, since I’m such a fair guy, let me point you guys to a critical comment that came in regarding an old blog post about the minimum wage. I thought this was a pretty good critique (though I still think making unskilled labor […]

It’s Apparently Opposite Day at Krugman’s Blog

For our first ever live audience taping of a Contra Krugman episode on Saturday, Tom and I tackled this op ed from Krugman on inequality. Naturally we were skeptical of Krugman’s claims, particularly his glowing references to Denmark. But I had no idea just how duplicitous Krugman’s argument was. But Glen Raphael, a commenter on […]

Two Good Verses

James 4:7: “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Proverbs 9:10: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”