Bob Murphy

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A Falsifiable (Back) Test of the Krugman-Callahan Hypothesis

As if to help crystallize my attempts to get Daniel Kuehn to see why Krugman has been aggravating me on the issue of free-trade advocacy, Gene has a great post in which he suggests that it’s all due to the pay of Big Imports. Can we all agree that a good test would be my […]

Two Incidental Observations on Krugman’s 1990s Trade Essays

I am going to have a bunch of trade stuff coming out shortly, but here on the personal blog let me note two things from my recent (re?)-reading of some of Krugman’s 1990s stuff. (1) In this essay on trade negotiations I’m pretty sure in these throw-away remarks he’s talking about the tax interaction effect, […]

Richard Tol Trolls Sir Nicholas Stern

The author of the controversial and famous “Stern Review” on climate change (in 2006) has recently come out with a piece in Nature arguing that economists need to change their models of climate change because “the consequences being assessed should include the damages to human well-being and loss of life beyond simply reduced economic output.” […]

Sumner vs. Murphy, Round XIV

BTW Scott and I fight on the internet in the same way that young lion cubs spar. Anyway, in this post Scott pushes back, and I clarify in the comments. Note that I am standing up for a hypothetical Krugman, which my standard critics would be incapable of explaining. None of you understands my heart. […]