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Krugman on the Oregon Medicaid Experiment

Since health insurance “reform” is back in the news, I’ve been boning up on stuff, including the famous Oregon Medicaid experiment. (The Wikipedia article on it is surprisingly good, in case you never really figured out what everybody was talking about a few years ago.) To make sure I wasn’t getting duped by right wingers, […]

Crusading on Twitter

Here’s my Pinned Tweet: God loves you more than you can possibly imagine. — Robert P. Murphy (@BobMurphyEcon) May 16, 2016 Maybe once a week or so, I’ll get some wiseguy (sometimes with and sometimes without malice) who will respond with a Bible verse listing an Old Testament death penalty for something that sounds innocuous […]

Bad Boys

Tom Woods, Kevin Gutzman, and I are all too hot for AP Government. I think this clip is apropos:

Potpourri

==> On Contra Krugman ep. 91 we have a lot of fun. I don’t have time to give a timestamp guide, but during the summary, Tom tells us how to pronounce “Qatar.” Then I point out Krugman’s unbelievable flip-flopping regarding health insurance premiums. Then Tom talks about foreign policy, and finally I talk about dollar […]

Diplomacy > Aggression

This guy emailed me and things quickly turned ugly. But then it turned around and we are agreeing to disagree. He gave me permission to post our exchange (with his name removed). After the dust settled, I realized that he honestly had no idea what my actual position was; if I had been the guy […]

Potpourri and Wonder Woman

==> Catholic readers in particular might want to take a look at this video for a school that is up your alley. ==> Von Pepe passes along this Gerry O’Driscoll post on the jobs conundrum. ==> Dan Sanchez’s review of Wonder Woman is a very thoughtful take, but I am going to disagree with him. […]

Potpourri

==> Jeff Tucker has had some good takes lately. I liked his piece on why the center-left hates Trump, and his article on the arrogance of the Paris Agreement. ==> Oren Cass on Paris Agreement. ==> I talk about the case for privatizing the SPR.

Murphy Podcast Triple Play

==> I haven’t had time to do the timestamp summary on these, but here and here are the latest Contra Krugman episodes. If you’ve never heard the distinction between “positive” and “negative” conceptions of liberty, make sure to check out the former one. ==> Here is the latest Lara-Murphy Show, in which we discuss the […]