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Danny Sanchez Interviews Me, Part 4/5 (Robinson Crusoe)

Here’s the fourth installment of my marathon interview with Danny Sanchez of Mises Academy. Remember, my online class starts this Thursday. I was looking through the textbook to arrange the courses, and man there’s some good stuff in this class! I’m pumped to teach it.

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==> In Noah Smith’s absence, he has a claque of lesser men (and women) blogging at his site. This guy, Peter Dorman, not only failed to acknowledge The Great Debt Debate of 2012 in his initial post, but he dismissed Nick Rowe’s futile attempts to educate him in the comments. (Oh, notice Gene Callahan et […]

Thoughts on the “Nobel” Prize in Economics

This is that special time of year when MarginalRevolution destroys Free Advice in not only objective but also subjective value. Alex and Tyler have so many posts on the new economics laureates that I would just direct you to MR on October 14, 2013. The most obvious reaction is to ask: Did the committee just […]

Danny Sanchez Interviews Me: Part 3 of 5 (Water/Diamond etc.)

This is part 3 of 5 of Danny’s interview with me. Remember to sign up for my class, starting this Thursday!

A U.S. Carbon Tax: The Rest of the Story (Part 1 of 4)

Over the summer, I organized a conference for the Institute for Energy Research (IER). My purpose was to present truly “consensus” facts from the economics literature on carbon taxes. If you will go with me on this journey, I am pretty sure you will realize that the case for a carbon tax is much weaker […]

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==> I think President Obama should read from this website in celebration of Columbus Day, in order to win over Sean Hannity. ==> My favoriet go-to guy for climate science is Chip Knappenberger. Here’s his archive at Cato. In particular, y’all should be aware of the skullduggery in the latest IPCC report (AR5), in which […]

Danny Sanchez Interviews Me, Part 2 of 5

This is the second of five parts of a detailed interview Danny Sanchez had with me, over the summer when I was at the Mises Institute. It is partly to promote my upcoming Mises Academy online class, but we discuss a lot about Austrian economics in general.

Danny Sanchez Interviews Me About Basics of Economics Etc. Part 1 of 5

This is the first of five parts of a detailed interview Danny Sanchez had with me, over the summer when I was at the Mises Institute. It is partly to promote my upcoming Mises Academy online class, but we discuss a lot about Austrian economics in general.