Bob Murphy

Author Archive

Sumner, Like All of Us, Wants a KISS

I refer to types of Fed policy, of course. In a recent post criticizing the mental gymnastics Bernanke engages in regarding helicopter money, Scott writes: Or we could just raise the inflation target to 3%. Or even keep it at 2% and do level targeting. Or NGDPLT. All these epicycles to make helicopter drops work […]

Murphy Twin Spin

==> Carlos was traveling so I republished the audio of my recent talk at the International Students for Liberty Conference on Mises’ contributions. So if you wanted to listen to that but at the gym or something, this is for you… ==> In the most recent Contra Krugman, Tom and I take on the MetLife […]

Step Aside, Affleck

…there’s only one Batman. I looked up this scene for an email joke the other day, and just had to share. Everything about this is hilarious–make sure you see what the writers told kids Batman drinks at the bar. No martinis for Adam West.

Explanations for Behavior

Consider the following three statements: (1) “I’m arranging the magnets on my fridge to say ‘Cruz’ because he can beat Hillary in the general election.” (2) “Instead of picking a listed candidate, I’m writing in the phrase ‘the choice of the majority’ for the primary, because it would be hilarious if 51% of the other […]

Rod Dreher Smells a Rat at Disney

Gene Callahan sent me this interesting article on Disney and the NFL threatening to boycott Georgia if its legislature passes a religious liberty bill that opponents say discriminates against gay people. The key takeaway: When you’ve lost Disney and the NFL — that is, when even Disney and the NFL consider “religious liberty” to be […]

A Reader Note About Pacifist Strategy

He gave me permission to post here: I recently viewed a discussion you had about pacifism, and the topic came up: how do we make progress? I’m an Air Force officer who is currently undergoing a conscientious objector’s application. I’ve thought A LOT about non-violence lately, and have A LOT of opinions about it. One […]

Potpourri

==> Daniel J. Mitchell tries to stay friends with everybody in this post (by linking to Ed Stringham’s work at the end). I really liked the way he flipped the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote about taxes and civilization; check it out. ==> Speaking of Dan, he joined Tom and me on the latest Contra Krugman […]

I Don’t Play Favorites When It Comes to Market Monetarism

I finally met Scott Sumner at the APEE conference this week. We shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and basically were civil human beings. But that will not stop me from making this post. The fate of the US economy hangs in the balance. We must not let personal associations cloud our duty. In a recent EconLog […]