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Ironic Argument From Jonah Goldberg

I guess Jonah is at least consistent when it comes to impeachment. He is deploying the standard right-winger defense of the judicial system: “If the cops arrest you, you must have done something.” In any event, I agree that it’s in poor taste for Republicans to bring up the trial of Jesus when talking about […]

Mises vs. God

I love Mises, but it doesn’t look good.

Should We Trust the Climate Models? Part 1 of 3

The title is pretty self-explanatory. In this first post, I spend most of the article making sure the reader understands what a “95% confidence envelope” is, to then properly interpret the graphs that pro-“consensus” scientists share, to ostensibly demonstrate how reliable the latest batch of models is.

BMS ep 87: Sabine Hossenfelder on “Dark Matter” in Physics, and the Limitations of Current Climate Models

Here’s the podcast episode with links, and below is the video.

Bob Talks More on Hoppe

By popular demand, I elaborate on my conversation with Stephan Kinsella about Hoppe’s argumentation ethics. But then I also talk about Hoppe’s essays on praxeology, which I think have been underrated.

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Measuring Wealth Inequality

If the labor theory of value were correct, this would be the best episode yet of the Bob Murphy Show. My guest is Columbia prof. Wojciech Kopczuk, who is one of the world experts on the inequality literature. But I take a good 25 minutes before the interview, in order to prep the listener on […]

Murphy Twin Spin

==> In ep. 84 of the Bob Murphy Show, I give a short (30-min) intro to Nelson Nash’s Infinite Banking Concept (IBC). ==> At IER I respond to Katharine Heyhoe’s NYT article on Christianity and climate science.

A College Student Interviews Bob About Libertarianism

This is a short but fun interview. I get into some things that I don’t usually talk about. The context is that a college student was doing her honors’ thesis on the libertarian worldview, and was interviewing a bunch of us. I asked if we could use our conversation for the podcast.