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The Exclusivity of Salvation Through Christ
At church today my pastor was discussing the following from Luke 13: 22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I […]
Read moreOld-School Mises
Vaughn Kraft, one of my frequent Mises Academy students, sent me this email (and gave permission to reprint): A gentleman friend of mine had recently told me a story about his interview with Von Mises to enter the Austrian master’s program. This took place around 1959 or 1960, when Von Mises interviewed him for the […]
Read moreWhat’s Worse (Better) Than Sunday Blog Posts?
A whole conference dedicated to bringing free-market ideas to evangelical Christians! (The link is to the main website of The Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, which is hosting me and a dozen or so other theologians and/or economists at a conference outside of DC.) They showed us this snazzy video after the opening dinner: […]
Read moreMurphy vs. Graeber on Money, Round 2
Some 5,000 years ago, anthropologist David Graeber and I battled over his scathing critique of the standard economist (and Mengerian) account of the origin of money. He insisted that I read his book before sputtering more nonsense, and so I got The American Conservative to get me a copy. My review is now online. The […]
Read moreEveryone On the Internet Thinks I’m Hilarious
Or at least, of the people who are my Facebook friends, that is the overwhelming consensus. In related news, here are “4 Politically Controversial Issues Where All Economists Agree” (actual title), which I got from an enthusiastic link from Daniel Kuehn. Here are the four issues, as the blogger (Adam Ozimek) titles the sections–and I’m […]
Read moreLandsburg v 2.0: This Time, It’s Personal
Steve Landsburg is putting out a revised edition of his classic, The Armchair Economist. Full details here. Although Murray Rothbard is the economist who most influenced me, Landsburg’s book might be the single most influential volume in terms of how I try to relay economics to the layperson. What may interest you is that I […]
Read moreJon Stewart Has Great Marketing Ideas
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Read moreI Don’t Think He Liked Tyler Cowen’s New Book
Holy cow, Robert Wenzel links to this NYT review (“A Contrarian Chowhound Weighs In”) of Cowen’s new book. I haven’t read the book, but this guy (Dwight Garner) really puts on a show that is worth quoting: Tyler Cowen’s “An Economist Gets Lunch” arrives on the table like a big, unidentifiable, whey-colored casserole. After 75 […]
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