Archive for ECON MOMENT

More on the Minimum Wage

Some people thought I was reacting to comments on this blog, but actually, I am reacting to the peanut gallery on Facebook. I.e. I’m not here trying to convince a mainstream economist, rather I’m trying to convince someone who is sympathetic to Rothbardianism but thinks college professors don’t know what it’s like on the streetz.

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Thoughts on President Obama’s SOTU Call for a $9 Minimum Wage

Nothing earth-shattering here. As I explained on Facebook, I mostly made this because my last 5 video uploads were karaoke.

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Hurricane Sandy and Gas Lines

It’s a multimedia blitz today at ConsultingByRPM: (BTW my sound is fine, the hair salon next door was having a party.)

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ECON MOMENT QE3

Still got a lot of tweakin’ to do, but the foundation is now here (new camera and lapel mic). Thanks to Josh from Blimey Cow for helping me get going again, and of course to Tom Woods for bugging me periodically.

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Minimum Wage

This will be the last ECON MOMENT until I experiment with the mic situation. I realize this sounds like I’m being huffy, but I don’t feel like reading a bunch of comments from people offering to buy me a mic every time I post one of these. Hopefully by the weekend I will see how […]

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Why Conservatives and Progressives Are Both Right and Wrong

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ECON MOMENT: Unintended Consequences

This one is actually somewhat interesting. Like, even a 7th grader might be able to bear it. It starts out with armed robbery.

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ECON MOMENT: Oil Speculators and Iran

Instead of procrastinating by reading other people’s banal blog posts, I have found a new way to keep from earning income directly…

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