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“Liberty Classroom” Master Subscription BONUS for U.S. Residents
Hey boys and girls, if you’ve always wanted to subscribe to Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom but have been hesitating to pull the trigger, now’s your chance. If you subscribe to the MASTER membership anytime during November 2018, then in addition to all the great benefits you get from Tom, I’ll send you any two (2) […]
Read moreThe Nobel Laureates
For those of you who are pure econ geeks, here are some links: ==> As usual, check out Tyler Cowen, on Paul Romer (make sure you read the thing about Romer saying World Bank reports couldn’t use “and” more than 2.6% of the words) and William Nordhaus. ==> Also as usual, the person whose take is […]
Read moreMurphy vs. Tucker Carlson
For real, I think I identified at least two big mistakes in the recent Tucker Carlson clip where he went after Jeff Bezos for off-loading his labor costs onto taxpayers (through food stamps). Even if you’re an economist who agrees with me, I encourage you to read my article. It took me a bit to […]
Read moreMarket Monetarists: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Actually my title doesn’t really make sense; I couldn’t think of anything clever. I really liked this David Beckworth post, talking about the breakdown of the Fed’s “floor system.” In fact, I liked it so much that I based my article in the forthcoming issue of The Lara-Murphy Report on it. So score +1 for […]
Read morePaul Krugman versus Bob Murphy and George Soros
Keith Knight sent me a copy of Krugman’s book, Conscience of a Liberal, and we went through it on his show (below). Before we went live, he mentioned that Krugman had once debated George Soros. I never knew that (or I forgot), so I’m including that video as well.
Read moreThe Myth of Fed Independence
My latest article is feisty. It sounds like I’m defending Trump and then…BAM! I go full Rothbard. Trump committed a faux pas with his public complaints about the Fed. But his actual “mistake” was in letting the American people in on a dirty secret: The central bank is by its very nature a political institution […]
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