Bob Murphy

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Clemens & Murphy: Government, not Market, to Blame for Financial Crisis

Another PG article for ya. The thing that’s pretty neat in this one, is that I worked in a “cite” to YouTube. I haven’t seen too many op ed writers use this particular technique, but I think it will grow more popular over time.

The Other Economist Robert Murphy

…is calling for more looting of taxpayers: “We need another stimulus package, and we need to do it in a way that is decisive, with a huge amount of resources,” said Robert Murphy, a Boston College economics professor. “Sooner is definitely better than later.” I have probably already used this joke before, but I wonder […]

Bloomberg (the company) Sues the Fed

This is rather interesting: Bloomberg News asked a U.S. court today to force the Federal Reserve to disclose securities the central bank is accepting on behalf of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans to banks. The lawsuit is based on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, which requires federal agencies to make […]

What Is the Probability That Caplan Knows What He’s Talking About?

Ah, Monday morning, the start of another week. That means: time to mock a GMU economics professor! This installment of (what I’ve come to realize is) my mission in life concerns Bryan Caplan’s post on the Paulson bailout, made the day after the House voted it down: We’re still likely to see a bail-out in […]

Pat Buchanan Blames Cheap Goods and Workers for Republican Defeat

Usually I agree with Pat Buchanan, and plus I love his laugh. But I was flabbergasted to read in this column that he attributes the Republicans’ loss not to a foreign empire, not to a mountain of spending that would impress LBJ, not to a bank bailout, but to…(get ready)…low tariffs and open borders. Ta […]

Another Post Containing Possibly Useful Advice

In an article that is surely tongue-in-cheek, Jeff Tucker reveals his deepest anxiety: The fear is that while walking [in the park] and enjoying the day, a ball from one of these groups will inadvertently roll your way. Everyone on the team has his eye on that ball, which is now at your feet. You […]

Another Post on Why Kids Are the Key to the Kingdom of God

My son (almost four) has developed this obnoxious habit where he repeats the same #)($# sentence indefinitely, until something changes the situation. For example, if we’re going to school (where his favorite friend is Ainsley) he’ll say, “You wanna go school find Ainsley!” in the car, over and over and over and over…, from the […]

Great Depression II?

In this TownHall piece I repeat arguments that I have been making here and in interviews for a while now, but if nothing else I thought the TownHall readers should get a link to the scary FRED graph on monetary base: