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The Policeman Is Not Your Genitals’ Friend

This isn’t pornographic or anything but it’s pretty graphic.

One Last Post on Russ Roberts and Me Commenting on Krugman vs. Barro

The only reason I am posting this is that several people seem genuinely unaware of what point Russ Roberts and I were making in the recent blog war. (Here’s a summary in case you’ve stumbled upon the present post.) Let me try one last time to explain. If I can save just one reader, my […]

I Was Less Than Clear on My Problem With Krugman’s Unemployment Insurance Post

[UPDATE below.] Productively using our time, Daniel Kuehn and I have been arguing at his blog about the recent unpleasantness which resulted in the war-crime of Krugman calling me (and Russ Roberts) “idiots.” (Krugman’s intentional strikethrough raises it from a petty insult into a cool elbow-throw.) So here’s the progression: (1) Russ Roberts complained that […]

My Presentation on Austrian Economics at “Save Long Island” Forum

This was truly a great event; I learned a lot from the other speakers. Here was what I told the crowd: P.S. I also debated “The Money Masters” man, Bill Still, the day before the above talk. I will post on that separately.

Two New Posts

At Mises Canada I have two posts up: ==> The first gives yet another illustration of my claim that Bernanke has been the FDR of central banking. This time, I discuss a HuffPo writer calling on Janet Yellen to “save the planet” (his term). ==> In this post, I endorse Russ Roberts’ complaint about Krugman’s […]

Potpourri

==> Reisenwitz vs. Borowski, settling things the way libertarians always do: through voting. ==> Why your iPhone footage from Europe has a weird strobe light effect. ==> John Carney looks at a Fed paper that (implicitly) challenges Austrian business cycle theory. ==> NYT on Edward Snowden (from a couple of weeks ago, I just haven’t […]

Three-Dimensional Representation of von Mises’ View on the Yield Curve

No joke, von Pepe sends me this right from Wikipedia: I suppose some of you purists will insist on seeing the context. But I am not kidding, that diagram is taken right from Wikipedia. It showcases the von Mises Yield Curve.