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The Dismal Economics of Marx’s Das Kapital

Mark Thoma runs a popular economics blog. He recently relayed Michael Perelman’s request for comments on a paper he (Perelman) will be presenting in China. The paper is “The Economics of Kapital and the Capital of Economics.” Reader “John V.” sent me the link, and suggested I would have a “field day” with the paper. […]

"It Doesn’t Matter Who[m] You Vote For, Just Go Vote!"

So I heard two radio DJs urging the other day. This never made sense to me, even putting aside my objections to the modern system of government. Shouldn’t the true fan of Civics 101 say something like, “Go educate yourself and then vote!” ? I mean really, what good does it do to urge people […]

Faith and Reason

In a previous post, I asserted (with little proof) that, “Faith in Climate Models Is Non-Falsifiable.” One of the two frequent thorns in my side, Tokyo Tom, made it clear that he has read better blog posts in his day. In particular, Tom didn’t like my attribution of “faith” to “very very smart” scientists. What’s […]

Early Christians Relied on Reason to Spread the Faith

For those who missed it two weeks ago: I explained that I will limit my Jesus-talk to Sundays. But my faith really does influence my overall world view, and so I do think these posts are just as pertinent as the agnostic economic ones. However, in the interest of not scaring away potential readers (who […]

IER Ad on Oil Embargo

I would be interested in people’s reactions to this. (I had nothing to do with it.) There was something in it that puzzled me but I’ll wait to see if others think the same thing.

Thoughts on the T. Boone Pickens’ Plan

If you spend 15 minutes analyzing this thing, you will realize that the online details are laughably few, for something that T. Boone obviously cares so much about. I mean, really, I’ve spent longer doing a Mises.org article that it looks like went into the content of his website. And yet everyone is talking about […]

Decision Concerning Posting Strategy

Dear readers, I have struggled up to now to keep my posts “on topic.” But it occurs to me that many of you aren’t coming in just to receive free advice on personal financial matters, advice that is heavily colored with my overall worldview, especially as it pertains to my economic theories. (Wow that sentence […]

MMS Sex Scandal

Gee whiz, I’m traveling a few days and when I check my backed-up pile of newspapers, I discover a huge scandal at the Mineral Management Service over allegations of accepting bribes and even sexual favors from representatives of energy companies. And people attack my credibility because of donations to IER… P.S. Some of you are […]