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Bryan Caplan Values His Body Far Too Cheaply

I was very much enjoying the latest skirmish between Tyler Cowen and Bryan Caplan–no matter who loses, I win–when I was astounded by this argument from Bryan, to drive home his point about how awful immigration restrictions are: The obvious moral objection is that comparing slavery and immigration restrictions is absurd hyperbole. But it’s absurd […]

US Army Cracks Down on Murphy in Haiti

OK sorry for the sensationalist headline… In response to my Mises Daily on Haiti, I got the following message from an officer in the U.S. Army (reprinted with permission): Robert, I read your article in Christian Science Monitor titled “Economic Lessons from Haiti”. I have a few comments for you with regards to your observations […]

My Week in Haiti

At Mises.org today I have a long article describing some of my “economic” lessons from Haiti: In my brief time in Haiti, I saw the laws of economics at work. Entrepreneurs rushed to satisfy customers, as proven by the owners of motorcycles who suddenly became taxi drivers after the roads were filled with rubble. Government, […]

My Week in Haiti: Intro

During the last week of April 2010, I was in Haiti in the city of Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake. (Note that some bloggers, if I recall correctly, stated that Port au Prince was the epicenter of the quake, but it was actually much closer to Leogane, which is 18 miles west of PAP.) […]

Back in the USSR

I’m back kids. It was quite ironic, I was so relieved to be back in “civilization” once the flight from Port au Prince landed in Miami on Saturday night. Then I’m watching CNN at the lounge bar and see a house floating down a highway in Nashville that I sometimes use. There were also tornado […]

Busy Busy Busy

I am not going to be posting for a while. I am trying to get everything in order before I go to Haiti–with this organization, and here is a blog from a guy who already came back from the same work site–and then of course I won’t be blogging while in Haiti (Sunday through Saturday). […]