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I Don’t Mean to Be a Debby Downer But…

…is anyone else’s Spidey sense tingling with all the acceptance of Ron Paul in mainstream circles now? I still can’t believe they let him get the position. I know, I know, people will say, “Oh but Bob, they couldn’t possibly have denied it to him. People would have been outraged.” Right, but people were outraged […]

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 […]

Slick Willie Reads Bob Higgs, But Not Rothbard

John C. alerted me to this… Check out the video of Clinton when Obama passed him the baton at the press conference. Start watching it at the question asked at 11:00. I let Clinton go until about 15:30. If you’re interested enough to do the same, you’ll see: (A) Clinton understands full well “regime uncertainty.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Blatant Falsehood at Financial Times

[UPDATE below.] Robin Harding of the Financial Times starts her article, “Fed Critics Run Risk Their Attacks Will Backfire,” like this: Bigamy, grave robbing and passing false checks are pretty much the only crimes that Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have not been accused of in the past few weeks. That is a flat-out […]