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While We Were Sleeping…

…someone emailed me to say that the KrugmanDebate pledge total is over $104,000! It may have been due to the heroic efforts of Tom Woods when he was guest-hosting Peter Schiff’s show. (I always picture Tom watching me and thinking, “Bob reminds me a lot of myself, when I was less famous.”) So you make […]

Mario Rizzo’s Ludwig Lachmann Impression

There’s some other stuff about Israel Kirzner in here you might find interesting, but in yet another contribution, the wry von Pepe points us to 45:00 in this video:

A Ticket I Would Have Supported

Saw this in my office parking lot:

Potpourri

==> I make a modest point about fracking and federalism. ==> Simon Lester thinks Krugman is up to no good on his post about protectionism, but I don’t really have a dog in that fight. BTW, my Krugman takedowns are still coming, I’m just digging myself out of a pile of stuff. ==> Consumers are […]

Daniel Kuehn, Like Krugman, Has Advice to Improve Jon Stewart’s Show

I know a lot of you ask, “Bob, why do you waste so much time on a Keynes-friendly grad student?” But it’s my blog. Go do something “important” on your blog, if you like. Anyway, Daniel rushed to Krugman’s defense vis-a-vis Jon Stewart. The odd thing is, Daniel actually agrees with Stewart that the platinum […]

Jon Stewart Strikes Back at Krugman

This proves better than anything that Krugman can’t think two moves ahead. You don’t get huffy with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Now do you guys agree I have been right to love Jon Stewart lo these many years?

The Dangers of Gambling, Spice Girls Edition

I lost a bet to a guy on Facebook, and he chose this song for me to perform. If you’re pressed for time, just start it at the 1:50 mark.

Making Pete Leeson the Scapegoat for My Humor

I used to think Steve Landsburg’s “More Sex Is Safer Sex” essay was the perfect example of how Swift would mock neoclassical economics…except that Steve was serious. But now Pete Leeson leaves Steve in the dust: Abstract This paper develops a theory of rational human sacrifice: the purchase and ritual slaughter of innocent persons to […]