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O’Driscoll Blames Greenspan

The awestruck von Pepe sends this podcast with Gerald O’Driscoll. His point about interest rates in the 19th century in Great Britain is very interesting, but I imagine a Scott Sumner would say that’s as irrelevant as looking at the rental rate of labor back then to assess whether today’s rates are too high or […]

Ron Paul Endorses Krugman Debate

Briggs Armstrong tipped me off to this; it comes up at the 4:40 mark: If you haven’t made your pledge yet, what the heck is the matter with you? BTW more generally, how amazing is it that CNBC is showing a picture of his book, and he’s openly talking about these matters? Krugman et al.* […]

Murphy Triple Play

* I wrote this a while ago, but it slipped through the cracks. The people at Campaign for Liberty wanted me to rough up Greg Ip and his “myths” about QE, which I was only too happy to do. (Incidentally, I know some readers thought I had been unfair to Ip when I blogged about […]

Dissect the Fed With Bob Murphy!

The full infomercial is here. We’ve slashed prices yet again; the 8-week class is yours for the low-low price of $145. (Don’t tell Doug French we’re giving the class away; he’d fire us.) Also, make sure you catch this part: The pool of students who have enrolled in a Mises Academy class has been steadily […]

Lara-Murphy Report: November’s Interview With Doug French

Some of you may be interested in last issue’s interview with Doug French. You can see that the LMR doesn’t ask the same old questions… If you want to see more, we put up more samples in the middle of this page.

John Carney: “We’re All Austrians Now”

I have been so busy I haven’t had time to lavish praise on John Carney, who has been doing his part to bring Austrian business cycle theory to the table at CNBC. For example, a few weeks ago he ran this interesting piece. Here’s the intriguing intro: It’s no accident that Austrian economics is newly […]

The Bernank Steps In It

Jeremy Osell (as well as others on FB and email) kept telling me to watch this. Oh my gosh I can’t believe how badly the Daily Show busted Big Ben. You have to see this. It couldn’t have been better. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show […]

Stiglitz Is a Murphyite

Pratik Talole brings this clip to our attention… Start it at 10:35 and you’ll see Stiglitz say that there is no danger of the government defaulting, because it can print money. Then the interviewer clarifies and asks if those dollars will be worth something, and Stiglitz starts laughing, saying that’s a different question. Now you […]