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How Strongly Do Believers Believe?

David Friedman had a post recently asking this question. I didn’t have a problem with David’s thoughts, but one commenter struck me who wrote: I find it utterly fascinating that most people who believe there is a heavenly paradise to reward the virtuous in the afterlife, nevertheless think the death of a virtuous person or […]

Common Sense vs. Scott Sumner

I am at Porcfest–lots of video forthcoming–so perhaps I’m missing nuances here, but my understanding is: (1) The Fed announced it would scale back its purchases of Treasuries and other assets (depending on the situation) in such a way, as to make the markets think that the Fed was going to tighten sooner than previously […]

Off to Porcfest…

Blogging will be sparse this week, as I’m headed to the Porcupine Freedom Festival or “Porcfest” in New Hampshire. Here’s an article I wrote about it before. This year, amongst other things, I will be having a friendly debate with David Friedman on sundry issues and then it’s time for the “Bob Murphy Variety Show.” […]

Glenn “Kane” Jacobs on Austrian Economics and Other Topics

This occurred a few miles from my house. I took my 8-year-old, we got the obligatory picture with Glenn (I at least waited for someone else to ask him, before I did), and then, a few moments before the talk began, my son accidentally dumped a full glass of lemonade all over himself (and my […]

That’s My King!

I have to be really brief (my home internet is out). Let me post my favorite short video, which you will probably see quarterly from me if you are a regular reader.

Metal Detectors vs. NSA Spying

Glenn Greenwald and Ari Fleischer have a good debate below, and I mean “good” in the sense that they both put up a case for their position and have serious clash (I’ll say): The person I saw discuss this on Facebook (and what happens on FB stays there, so I won’t say more) didn’t like […]