Bob Murphy

Author Archive

Landsburg Calls Out Latest Krugman Smear

I was starting to get mildly annoyed at Steve Landsburg, because he’s been very infrequently posting on his blog lately, and when he does, it’s math riddles, rather than economic analysis. But all is forgiven because in his latest two posts (here and here) Steve defends Heritage Foundation scholar Salim Furth–whom Steve apparently knew at […]

Zombie Bob Murphy Sings “Pretty Woman”

At this point I defy categorization.

Religious Views Can’t Well Be Compartmentalized

There is an understandable strain in the classical liberal tradition stressing the importance of “religious tolerance.” I am most familiar with Ludwig von Mises’ position on this topic, who defended toleration out of the need for peace. According to Mises, religious wars were the most terrible, because there was no hope of settling the underlying […]

Come See Woods-Murphy Live, the Zombie Returns

Hey kids, just a reminder that this event is Saturday. Note that THE TIME CHANGED from the original poster. Now, the doors open at 2, so make sure you realize that. Here’s where you go to get tickets and see the details.

My History With the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC)

[The following article is adapted from the May 2013 issue of the Lara-Murphy Report.] My History With IBC Robert P. Murphy, PhD May 2013 In this article, I will summarize Nelson Nash’s Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) for the novice, but I will do so in the context of my own experience in learning about it. […]

Scott Sumner Tries Not to Laugh at Those Silly Inflation Hawks

Scott writes: Back in the Great Depression the inflation hawks said two things; monetary stimulus would do nothing (it was just pushing on a string) and it would do too much, producing hyperinflation. Keynes is now viewed as a genius, because he just made one of these two errors; assuming monetary stimulus would do nothing. […]

Michael Lind Admits Libertarianism Has Never Been Tried

Michael Lind blows up libertarians by pointing out that we’re apparently writing books, giving speeches, and basically devoting a majority of our waking lives to make the world different from how it currently is. (It would be pretty weird if Rothbard wrote books like, The Ethics of the Status Quo but I digress.) Tom Woods […]

My EconLib Article on Bitcoin

At EconLib I have an article on Bitcoin. The first half is based on the article I already posted here with Silas Barta, but the second half has new stuff, sure to enrage half of you: Economically, the chief attraction of Bitcoin is its mathematically guaranteed scarcity. Even a pure commodity like gold could eventually […]