Bob Murphy

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==> The alert von Pepe sends me this Peter Boettke post relaying Samuelson, who claimed that Mises would’ve won a Nobel had it been offered early enough. Very interesting. ==> Now that Trump is doing genuinely alarming things, I will be able to join in the opposition on some of his policies. But I have […]

Free to Exchange: Salter and Luther on Financial Regulation and Bitcoin

Ben Powell hosts a local public access TV show, but he was out of town so let the inmates run the asylum.

Tom and I Assess the Obama Legacy

Tom and I break all the rules by deviating from Krugman’s column, and talk about the 8 Obama years. Not pretty. Special announcement: Defying all the bookmakers’ odds, we are hosting a 2017 Contra Cruise!

Jesus Is Many Things to Many People

I’m sorry for the slim pickings lately for Sunday posts. I keep thinking I’ll do some great stuff on Sunday afternoons and then I get sidetracked by other things. I went to church today to an Episcopalian service (long story) and everybody was in mourning about Trump. Several of the people had gone to Austin […]

Potpourri

==> The IER team (including me) respond to Obama’s article in Science. ==> A proposed Bill of Children’s Rights in California. ==> Steve Landsburg writes a touching reflection on McCloskey as a teacher at Chicago. I nitpick in the comments. ==> Bryan Caplan makes a great point about the California grocery bag rule: It’s not […]

It’s Almost Like PolitiFact Is Biased

Check out these two PolitiFact items and tell me what you guys think about the scoring. ==> This one on Trump on Obama. ==> This one on Rand Paul on ObamaCare.

My Talk at the Heartland Institute

The sound was messed up (for the streaming, not the audience) in the beginning, so you miss my jokes. This is why you should always come hear me live. Anyway, I summarize some of Mises’ contributions, and then there’s a lengthy Q&A.

How NeverTrumpers Should Respond to Manning Commutation

“This is a horrendous violation of the rule of law, that threatens the very foundation of our institutions! There are plenty of whistleblowers who are still suffering injustice. Rather than doling out piecemeal pardons or commutations to those prisoners who (for various reasons) are chic among the smart set, Obama should’ve worked on across-the-board criminal […]