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This Will Not End Well

Bryan Caplan (a fellow pacifist) lays down the gauntlet: If Mark [Krikorian] brought me to lunch with an unemployed low-skilled native, I really would tell him, “Sorry you lost your job, but foreigners have as much a right to work as you do.” It needs to be said.

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==> Lew Rockwell has a forthcoming manifesto on anarcho-capitalism. ==> Hmm, this is one case where fiat money may have been preferable. ==> Responding (on Twitter) to my Mises Canada post about TARP, John Taylor reminds us of some of the details of Paulson’s offer that banksters couldn’t refuse. ==> Arnold Kling on Solow on […]

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==> Following Bryan Caplan’s lead, I talk about the long-term results of TARP. ==> Be careful, kids: My son was telling me matter-of-factly that this scientist Hooke was a bastard (not his actual term) etc. etc., and I interrupted to ask, “Did you get this from a Cosmos episode?” He said yes. Then–relying on this […]

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Two Married Men Narrowly Avoid Almost Certain Destruction

These guys need to be applauded for their wisdom and prudence. The military man eventually gets cocky and engages; the civilian man knows that this is a war in which no one wins.

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==> Dan Sanchez has a great review of the new Captain America movie. However, MAJOR SPOILERS. If you are borderline, I would strongly nudge you to go watch it; it was a lot better than I had hoped. Then after you watch it, read Dan’s review. ==> I was on the Power Trading Radio show […]

Economics at the Movies

Tyler Cowen: “When I am watching a movie I often think ‘why isn’t the Coase theorem holding here?’” Kyle Reese: “Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you […]