Bob Murphy

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Does Scott Sumner Need a Paradigm Shift?

The days continue to expire, without my having written a rebuttal to Scott Sumner’s provocative blog post that is bouncing around the geeconosphere. The longer I let it fester, the more brilliant my riposte, but the less anyone cares. I break the logjam now and fire off my quick thoughts, realizing that another 24 hours […]

Andrew CarNEGie?!

Has anyone else noticed that the awesome industrialist Andrew CARnegie has been transformed into the wussy CarNEGie whose foundation is touted every 3 minutes on NPR? It’s the same guy, right? So what the heck happened to the pronunciation of his name? I started noticing this about a year ago but was given the courage […]

Reagan’s Finest Moment

This was so much cooler than cutting income tax rates. I am not talking about military spending etc. etc. I am talking about the simple fact that the US president said the below with such confidence and eloquence: Listen to how the people went nuts. Can you imagine how refreshing and great it would be […]

Market Timin’ Murphy

I finally am practicing what I preach: I just got off the phone with Vanguard and told them to sell all my shares of my IRA “Global Equity Fund.” I had been planning on doing this for a few weeks, when I realized I was being an idiot for having money sit in stocks when […]

"The Money That Is Sold Abroad Is You!"

Stefan Molyneux doesn’t sugercoat it, as usual. At first I thought it was a bit corny but when the video showed the cattle owners I raised an eyebrow. Then I swatted away a fly with my tail and took a nap in the shade of the barn. (HT2 CrossOfCrimson)

"Do You Acknowledge That Jesus Is Your Savior, and That You Couldn’t Live Without Him?"

So asked my pastor before dunking someone’s head under the water–today was Baptism day at my church. That line got me thinking: What does it mean to say, “I couldn’t live without Jesus”? For me, it would go like this: At this point in my life, if I didn’t believe there was a God who […]

Jon Stewart Does Pretty Good Glenn Beck Impression

If you watch / listen to Glenn Beck, you’ll see that Jon Stewart has at least 4 mannerisms down. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The 11/3 Project www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

A "Nutty Alarmist" After 70 Years

In the end agreement that planning is necessary, together with the inability of the democratic assembly to agree on a particular plan, must strengthen the demand that the government, or some single individual, should be given powers to act on their own responsibility. It becomes more and more the accepted belief that, if one wants […]