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The Andy Kaufman / Jerry Lawler Feud

This is pretty interesting if you have the time. First, watch the infamous Kaufman / Lawler showdown on the David Letterman Show: Now, just listen to Lawler explain the background. I don’t want to spoil anything, but it turns out to be pretty nuanced when you ask, “Wait, was that real or scripted?” Also, at […]

Murphy Twin Spin

==> I debate Walter Block on the Tom Woods show. ==> I talk socialist problems at the Freeman.

John 3:16

I’m sure many of you recognize this as being held up at sports events etc., but don’t know what it is. Here you go (in context): Jesus Teaches Nicodemus 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night […]

Potpourri

==> How do you guys feel about this geologist who predicted the EPA spill? ==> Richard Ebeling on John Stuart Mill. ==> I thought I would write on this, but I just don’t have time. For a while, Paul Romer & Friends were criticizing the modern Chicago School for being lawyers rather than scientists when […]

Responding to David Beckworth on the Canadian “Expansionary Austerity” of the 1990s

David Beckworth wrote up a nice response to my previous Mises CA post on the Canadian fiscal turnaround of the 1990s. At this point, I just have two main replies: (#1) ==> The whole point of my previous Mises CA post was to show that what David had earlier referred to as an expansion in […]

Potpourri

==> Mark Spitznagel touts Rand Paul’s “Economic Freedom Zones.” ==> A great Tom Woods interview with FEE President Larry Reed on Upton Sinclair and other topics. ==> Another good Tom Woods episode featuring his response to those claiming Ron Paul was a leftist because he opposed aggressive U.S. foreign policy. ==> David Beckworth Strikes Back.

Beckworth + Murphy = Total Consciousness

David Beckworth wrote a response to me (and David R. Henderson) on the Canadian budget turnaround in the 1990s. In this Mises CA post I summarize the debate and then reconcile Beckworth’s position and mine. The apparent contradiction was that (a) I had shown stagnant growth in the Bank of Canada’s assets in the period […]

QE and the USD

Today at his blog Krugman writes: China has experienced a very large real appreciation since 2011, partly due to higher inflation than in its trading partners, partly because its dollar peg means that it has tagged along with the rising dollar (which was supposed to plunge due to QE, but never mind)… In other words, […]