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was e.e. cummings just in a hurry?
has anyone else’s emailing degenerated to the point where you debate using punctuation, whereas it’s just a given that you don’t need no stinkin’ SHIFT key? i used to write lovely, flowing emails in iambic pentameter. no more. i gots billz to pay.
Read moreI’m Ready to Give Karl Marx a Shot
OK, so all of a sudden the ink cartridge on my new HP 640 Fax machine died. What the heck?! I had used it for like 5 faxes?! So I pulled out the cartridge and it is called “Introductory HP Black Printer Cartridge.” On the side it says, “Intended for single use only.” So do […]
Read moreI’m Ready to Give Pelosi a Shot
Oh…my…gosh. I like to consider myself above average intelligence, and I even fancy that I know a bit about dollars and cents. I just spent a good fifteen minutes on the phone with a representative from my health insurance company, trying to reconcile the EOBs they had sent with the bills I was getting from […]
Read moreMore Smoke and Mirrors From Krugman
In this post Krugman is rolling his eyes over the press making up the fact that people are worried about the US government’s fiscal situation. (The very idea!) He says: And right now, deficit-phobia has quickly congealed into the latest [Conventional Wisdom]. You can see it in editorials (not from the Times, I’m happy to […]
Read moreKrugman Gives a Very Qualified Defense of Fiscal Stimulus
Krugman is mad about Phelps’ caricature of Keynesians. Phelps wrote: Keynesian economics, which had been nearly forgotten inside the macro field, has found new voices from outside. They take the position that fiscal “stimulus” of all kinds is effective against slumps of all causes. Krugman then explained: Nobody, and I mean nobody, holds that alleged […]
Read moreDeLong vs. Mises
Not sure who I’m rooting for. I’m listening to the live feed of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works committee’s hearings on climate change right now, so I can’t concentrate. But I thought I’d bring your attention to this Brad DeLong post accusing Mises of cozying up to fascists. UPDATE: Jim in the comments alerts […]
Read moreModern Money Mechanics
I just got back from lunch with Carlos Lara, the guy with whom I’m writing a book on Austrian economics and Nelson Nash’s “Infinite Banking Concept.” Carlos said he gave a talk in Oregon and a guy came up afterward and asked him where he learned all that stuff about fractional reserve banking. “Murray Rothbard,” […]
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