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Rory Sutherland’s Ted Talk

If I told most Free Advice readers, “Hey, here’s a video of a British guy talking about psychology,” they’d be bored. But if I say, “Hey, here’s a guy who has an interesting accent and builds up to praising Ludwig von Mises,” then all of sudden they have to watch the whole thing. (Thanks to […]

Clarification on the Krugman Kampaign

Wow just when I’m sulking because Bob Wenzel is getting all the attention for his NY Fed talk, along comes a resurgence in interest in the Krugman Debate Challenge. Daniel Kuehn really impressed me with this post. I think he must have felt bad that Krugman fans were zinging me at the Reddit blog. Here’s […]

Murphy with Mises Institute Canada’s Founder

Here’s Redmond Weissenberger, founder of the Mises Institute of Canada, interviewing me on his show: We talk mostly about energy issues.

Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman

Geez, the guy beats me to getting on Leno and the Daily Show, and now this (it starts at 1:05): Thanks to a bunch of people emailing me / posting on my FB wall about this…

Wenzel vs. Murphy: You Decide

[UPDATE below.] Well, Bob Wenzel has already been knighted due to his remarks at the NY Fed, so in the interests of keeping Sir Bob humble, I want to recall something back from November. Some of you may remember that Tom Landstreet and I had a piece run on Nov. 7 on Forbes, in which […]

Brad DeLong: We Have Always Been at War With Sluggish NGDP Growth

Brad DeLong in his latest blog post is aghast at Ben Bernanke’s recent remarks on why the Fed isn’t doing more. Don’t worry about what Bernanke said; the interesting part is when DeLong, in exasperation after quoting Bernanke’s can’t-do attitude, says this: Target the path of nominal GDP, people! You know, I thought that this […]

Assessing the Production Tax Credit

Just what you always wanted to know about… The intro: The Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of this year. In March the Senate failed to pass Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) measure that would have extended the PTC (and other renewables tax credits), while Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) bill […]

Here’s a Sentence I Never Thought I’d Blog

This is a link to Robert Wenzel’s prepared remarks for the speech he just gave to the NY Federal Reserve Bank. Let’s watch Wenzel’s blogging over the next few weeks and make sure he hasn’t been replaced.