Bob Murphy

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My Response to Krugman on Mises on the Great Depression

My latest post at Mises Canada. The intro: Paul Krugman recently piggybacked upon a critique of Mises’ views on the Great Depression. There’s really nothing new in Krugman’s post, but as an ardent Misesian with a book on the Great Depression and a public vendetta against Krugman…I am pretty much contractually obligated to write a response. Incidentally, I’ll […]

The Flotation Movement

[This story was inspired by my recent trip to the “Save Long Island” forum.–RPM] The Flotation Movement A Short Story by Bob Murphy Joseph looked out on the vast ocean, the cool night breeze whipping his hair as he drank the last of his six-pack on the top deck of the ocean liner. Joseph became […]

Potpourri

Yikes I’ve been traveling lately and am way behind with some of these… ==> Niels van der Linden replies to my comment on his critique of Rothbard. ==> Richard Ebeling (my teacher in undergrad) reflects on the Great Society. ==> Megan McArdle on health insurance bailout. Joe Salerno provides more details on this interesting story […]

“Why Libertarians Need God”

Dr. Jay Richards argues that the core “libertarian” principles make the most sense within a theistic worldview. Watch to find out why this is and why it matters. This presentation was given at the first IFWE [Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics] Coffee House Lecture on Nov. 7, 2013. For my case that fighting for […]

Kristen Meghan on “Geo-Engineering”

I’ll be honest, when I looked at the list of speakers for the Save Long Island event (where I debated Bill Still), the talk by Kristen Meghan jumped out at me as something that was too “out there” for a respectable, mild-mannered guy like myself. I was imagining General Ripper from Dr. Strangelove. Well I […]

Arnold Doesn’t Need No Stinking NDGP Level Growth Targeting

An Austrian for the Chicago School?

The Austrian School (and Rothbardians in Particular): The Only Consistent Anti-Interventionists

In the blogosphere’s discussion to the Krugman-Barro flap–which soon enough engulfed Russ Roberts and me–Scott Sumner has (partially) defended Krugman. Sumner too is frustrated with modern conservatives who reject Obama’s fiscal “stimulus” packages, yet do so with rhetoric that would also throw out the need for Fed monetary stimulus. I agree entirely with Scott when […]

Bob Murphy vs. Bill Still

It’s the master of disaster versus the Money Master. It was supposed to be about money, but then we took off the gloves and started talking anarchy. Oh boy. When I saw the crowd was with him early on, I had to break out my Jimmy Stewart impression. I wasn’t screwing around. Incidentally, I have […]