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A Tribute to Ben Bernanke

This contains a technically true but very misleading narrative, making me now doubt the Rudolph Record. (HT2 Greg Mankiw)

Paul Krugman Wants to Make Sense of Humor the Criterion

As Seinfeld would say, “I’m offended as a comedian.” Krugman now writes: Matt O’Brien makes a funny about BitCoin — and the faithful are furious. But then, they do seem to be a humor-impaired bunch. I’ve been getting rage-filled missives about the title of my last post on the subject. Folks, there’s this concept you […]

Jennifer Lawrence Is a Doll on The Daily Show

How can you not like her? I really hope this is her real personality. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook

Fellow Rothbardians: The Jig Is Up

I told you guys not to push it, or else our whole plan would blow up in our faces. Now seriously, who went and typed in two sentences on the Wikipedia entry for “liquidity preference,” explaining that Murray Rothbard disagrees that it is the proper way to explain interest? Who was it? It’s better if […]

Paul Krugman: The Geezers Have Had an Awful 3rd Quarter

This isn’t really substantive, but inasmuch as I am the world’s clearinghouse for Krugman Kontradictions–real or merely perceived–I couldn’t resist drawing your attention to two of his pieces: ==> “The Geezers Are All Right,” NYT op ed, June 2, 2013 ==> “The Geezers Are Not Alright,” NYT blog post, November 19, 2013 Incidentally, not only […]