Bob Murphy

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Ron Paul the Only Antiwar Candidate

I realize I make jokes a lot here, but this stuff is really serious. It is horrifying that every Republican candidate except Ron Paul is talking about “getting tough” with Iran. Can you imagine on September 10, 2001, if you’d told a group of 100 Americans: “Guess what? In a few years we will have […]

Bashing Dana

OK watch the beginning of this video clip: Now people on Facebook were going nuts when this first came out, because the correspondent seems to be openly admitting on national TV that she is worried about Ron Paul doing well. But something about it didn’t sit right with me. Don’t get me wrong, I full […]

“Don’t Count Out Jon Huntsman”

I heard him rallying the troops on an NPR clip. I kid you not, Huntsman actually said with passion, “The people of New Hampshire don’t like to be told for whom they should vote!” I don’t know whether to laugh or salute. People want a politician who says what he thinks is right, not what […]

My Name’s Bob, and I Have a Debt Addiction Problem

I see my Team Leader has retreated back to his monastery in the snowy mountains up north, to resume his meditations and emerge again only when disaster strikes and all hope seems lost. By the same token, I seriously have a bunch of work I have been neglecting because of all this, so I must […]

From the Comments: Callahan Joins the CPR Effort on Krugman’s Position

It is amazing to behold people denying that Krugman et al. thought it was literally impossible for us to impoverish future generations. Here is Gene Callahan from the comments: [I]n other words, does depicting a scenario in which government debt is used to impoverish future generations prove Krugman wrong? I say it does not, since […]

My FreedomWatch Appearance

Next week, Glenn Beck is going to have me on his show for a full segment to walk his viewers through my 9-period apple model. (Of course that’s a joke.) Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com I just watched this for the first time. I was worried that maybe I would have said something a […]

Debt Financing of Present Transfer Payments: May I Have Another, Sir?

[Note: I’m going to focus on Daniel Kuehn here, because this issue again sheds more light on all this stuff. I realize that we are all still not seeing what each person brings to the table in this debate.] Ahh, now (I think) I finally get why Daniel Kuehn didn’t accept my wager: It’s not […]

The Economist Zone

Don’t worry everyone, all that stuff about government debt and future generations is out of my system. After several colleagues have told me repeatedly that I am being obtuse on this, I realize that I’m not cut out for economics and commentary on public policy. Instead, I’ll turn to writing for TV. I have an […]