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Blinder vs. Mises on Winners & Losers

Such is the topic of my latest Mises Canada blog post.

That Herod Was Not a Nice Man

This part of the Christmas story has always astounded me (Mt 2: 1-18) 2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have […]

Matt Yglesias and Josh Barro Admit They Have No Honor

I promise you guys, I was going to let this go. I said my piece about Yglesias’ “go ahead and lie about having a fake kid, it gives you money” post. But then Josh Barro and he had to double down on it, with Yglesias actually referring to the reaction to his original post as […]

A Reader Comment on Lessons for the Young Economist

I got this from Peter S., who gave me permission to repost: Message: Hey i am Peter [S.] I am 17 and a senior in high school in Philadelphia and I just read your textbook “Lessons for the Young Economist” and I found it wonderful. I recently became interestied in Hayek, Mises and other Austrians […]

If You Must Have More Murphy

Here I am on Twitter. Been there for a while, but I realized some of you might be missing out on all the hijinx.

Would a Keynesian Lie to Advance His Political Agenda?

I don’t know, but Matt Yglesias would lie to save money on soap. Danny Sanchez complained about this in strong terms on Facebook, and I assumed he was exaggerating. But nope, it doesn’t even sound very ironic; Yglesias is literally telling people to they should lie to Amazon so they can get stuff cheaper. I […]

Austrian Economists Photobomb Krugman

[UPDATE below.] Eduardo Bellani in the comments of my previous post tells us to look at the poster hanging over Krugman’s shoulder at his recent interview with Joe Weisenthal: In case people don’t recognize it, it’s clearly this poster: Looks like the folks at Mises.org are sneaking up on Krugman. Hey, I warned him not […]

Krugman on the Bubble Economy

I really like these chats Paul Krugman has with Joe Weisenthal, because you can get his news-you-can-use take on something without all the hemming and hawing, and lack of body language, from multiple blog posts. Also, Weisenthal adds to the clarification because he will make sure Krugman gets a chance to clear up any possible […]