Bob Murphy

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Vienna vs. Venus

I can’t believe I didn’t think of that title originally… Anyway, years ago for Mises.org I wrote, “Venus Needs Some Austrians,” saying that the idea of “resource-based economy” (RBE)–as opposed to a money-based economy–and the “Venus project” needed the benefit of Mises’ arguments about calculation. Kevin Tilsner of Zeitgeist Philadelphia Radio has been trying for […]

Tom and Bob on Dave Smith’s “Part of the Problem”

Taped on location on the Contra Cruise 2017.

The Internal Consistency of the Story of Jonah

(I just got back from the Contra Cruise so I’ll do my “Sunday post” today…) Last night my son and I read the following (Matthew 16: 1-4): 16 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He replied, “When evening comes, you […]

Potpourri

==> Episode 108 of Contra Krugman, where Krugman worries about replacing the whiz kids who’ve been running the Fed. ==> Alex Tabarrok talks about a vindication (?) of some of the points Phil Magness made in our critique of Piketty. (NOTE: I know Alex and he wasn’t insulting us.) I haven’t had time to read […]

RC Sproul on Post-Christian Christianity

If you’re a believer, I think you will find the second half of Sproul’s lecture very compelling and authentic. If you’re agnostic, and you are familiar with Kantian philosophy, let me know if you think Sproul gets it right in his opening summary.

“Take on Me” Unplugged

Reactions to Thaler’s Nobel

Commentary from David R. Henderson, Alex Tabarrok, and Tyler Cowen. Von Pepe also sends this feisty reaction from Mario Rizzo. Check this out: Nevertheless, the emphasis on the limits of the standard rational paradigm, as pioneered by Thaler, has been a very refreshing and useful thing. And yet behavioral economics remains wedded to this narrow conception […]