Bob Murphy

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I’m cleaning out the pages from my iPhone’s browser, so some of the later links below are old (but good). ==> I know a lot of you travel through Argentina in late August, so make sure you stop by for my keynote address. ==> A good episode of the Tom Woods Show featuring Walter Block […]

“Feels So Good”

I wanted to put an instrumental on in the background while I worked, and I came across a version of Chuck Mangione’s classic that featured singing. If you had asked me beforehand, “Would it be possible to add lyrics to this song and make it even better?” I would have thought no. Also, right when […]

The Tension Between Economics and Religion

My Bible study partner sent me a quote from C.S. Lewis, who worried that the ancient Greeks, the Jews in the Old Testament, and the Christians in the Middle Ages all condemned interest (or usury), and yet this practice of charging interest–of trying to earn a rate of return on an investment–was the foundation of […]

Truth, Hope, and Love

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” (Mt 10:16, ESV) ==> The cynical skeptic holds his fellows in contempt, seeing through their hypocrisy and understanding just how awful they can be. It is a miserable existence, making you end up […]

Contra Krugman Episode 12: Krugman Buckles and Admits Regulation Bad

Here we had no choice but to agree with Krugman’s op ed and simply elaborate. Tom and I ended up taking swipes at each other, to fill the snark vacuum.

Doug McGuff on Tom Woods Show

With the holiday I somehow missed this. Anyway check out my co-author, ER Doctor Doug McGuff, on Tom’s show. The subject is our new book, The Primal Prescription.

Paris Power Ploys

My latest at IER, talking about the negotiations over climate policies. An excerpt: And so we see a familiar pattern: Political officials and their sycophants in the press telling Americans just how urgent a particular piece of legislation—or, in this case, an international “agreement”—is to fight a huge problem, and then the actual wonks in […]

The Murphy Bros. Don’t Play When It Comes to Impressions

My brother and I have caught Jay Mohr contradicting himself. When he’s on a TV show with a decent audience, here’s the humble Mohr, paying homage to his betters: Ah, but when he’s popping in for a nothing radio hit, the truth comes out (start it at 1:55): Watch yourself, comedians. There’s a new sheriff […]