Bob Murphy

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Music City Friends of Liberty Pay Tribute to the Liberty Movement

Here you go kids, this should get you fired up for the New Year at work:

God’s Sovereignty and Free Will

One of the most difficult things about the God of the Bible is that He’s sovereign (meaning everything happens according to His will and indeed His design) yet we humans have free will and deserve any punishments meted out to us. During my Bible study session today we covered Genesis 15, and there was a […]

My Inflation Bet: The Gift That Keeps on Taking

Don’t worry kids, I didn’t make another bet. Rather, this was the original wager that David R. Henderson then tweaked (including making the time horizon shorter). I am mailing the check to Bryan this month. If you want to hear my thoughts on what went wrong, here is my indignant reaction to Krugman and DeLong, […]

The Fed’s (Belated) Birthday

This ran on the actual anniversary, but I think I forgot to post it here. Anyway, my take in the Daily Caller on the Fed.

Tom Woods and I Short-Sell Krugman’s Analysis of the Housing Bubble

Tom and I give an Austrian take on the bubble.

Step #3 In My Dispute With Beckworth: Moving From Davie on Interest Rates to David on Interest Rates

First, a recap: ==> In Step #1 I made the obvious point that if an employer in late October says that the paycheck will be $1000 higher in November than previously expected, and the paycheck in December will be $700 higher than previously expected, that clearly this is a more generous policy, relative to the […]

Contradicting the Ghost of Sumner Past

Poor Scott has been worried that I’m forgetting him with my running series on David Beckworth. But I couldn’t do that to the most prolific Market Monetarist blogger! So two quick observations on his recent posts. (And barring a marathon Euchre tournament, I’ll do Step #3 in my Beckworth series tonight.) ==> In his most […]

Long Lay the World, In Sin and Error Pining

That is my favorite line of any song. For many people, their revulsion at Christianity has little to do with the miracles, but instead that they’re offended to hear that they need a Savior.