Bob Murphy

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==> Ed Dolan replied to my recent IER post on Hayek. BTW, if you are knowledgeable and want to respond to Dolan, let me know and I can put you in touch with someone who might run it. I personally am moving on. ==> Somebody recently sent me this link, reminding me that some people […]

Choosing the Ceteris Depending on the Desired Paribus

Let me repeat for newcomers: I am friends with Don Boudreaux and have made sure (over email) that he knows my intentions are pure when I do posts like this. I’m not “blowing him up,” it’s just that I only read a few blogs and so if I talk about something here, it will often […]

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==> I push back against Ed Dolan’s claim that Hayek would probably have supported a carbon tax. ==> I had seen some people linking to this CNN story about the “Trump leaked sensitive information to the Russians” stuff. It is really unusual. I encourage you to click the link and read the story. It sounds […]

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==> Bryan Caplan explains how it can be that the “anti-denier” crowd thinks uncertainty about climate change is reason for government action, whereas the “skeptic” crowd thinks uncertainty about climate change obviously weakens the case for government action. ==> Daniel McCarthy talking about Trump’s leakers. ==> Speaking of Trump and anonymous sources for major media […]

Listen to My Voice

Alma Cook had me on her unique podcast VOICES. We spent a lot of time in the beginning talking about Contra Krugman (it’s how we “met” when she confronted me initially over our snarkiness) but then transition into general observations on using your voice (singing, speaking in public, giving radio interviews, etc.). 3:50 I explain […]

“So There I Was, Helping to Spread Fake News…”

Now to be clear, I’m not saying every single moment of footage on cable TV at this point is dictated by 4 bankers in a dark room smoking cigars. I’m just pointing out that what “everybody knows” about Trump/Russia/obstruction etc. rests on a weaker foundation than what everybody knows. For example, check out Brian Williams […]

Scott Adams’ Post Is Like Rain on Your Wedding Day

Scott Adams has a neat post explaining “How to Know You Won a Political Debate on the Internet.” For example, if your opponent “recasts your opinion to include an ‘absolute’ word, such as every, always, never, all, completely, universally, and the like, you are seeing cognitive dissonance.” So I liked Adams’ post at this point. I […]

With Loyalists Like These…

Scott Sumner surveys a lot of anti-Trump stuff, and he says this recent piece by Erick Erickson “might be the single most negative report on Trump that I’ve ever read.” Similarly, Ross Douthat has been pushed to call for Trump’s removal (using the 25th Amendment) in part because: It is not squishy New York Times […]