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For Those Who Are Bored

…and want to vie for a link from the Big Three clueless econ PhDs (Landsburg, Tabarrok, and Murphy). Apropos this controversy, take Krugman and DeLong‘s arguments and apply them to Krugman’s discussion in his textbook about tax incidence. (E.g. if the government puts a sales tax on selling gasoline, do the retailers or motorists actually […]

Street in Milan Named After von Hayek

Too many jokes… The Road to Rome. Turn signals as a discovery procedure. The use of bumpers in society. Why I am not a conservative driver. Pileups and Paparazzi.

Parsing Krugman’s Joke

Usually I get Krugman’s jokes, but this one is unclear to me. I’ll just give the whole blog post: Mike Konczal has a post about Ron Paul’s first hearing on monetary policy, in which he points out that the lead witness is a big Lincoln-hater and defender of the Southern secession. And it’s true! I […]

Pop Quiz on Economists!

Pop quiz everyone! I hope you studied! But I’m a softie, so in case you have had the flu or something, I’ll give you, let’s say, 3 minutes to skim this post and get up to speed with where we’ve taken the class this past week. [Stage manager: Play Jeopardy theme music.] OK now for […]

Krugman Refutes Krugman Refuting the Austrians

I’m mostly posting this to make a note to myself… I am not certain he has me in mind, since I haven’t been following the comments on his earlier posts, but it is entirely possible I am the anonymous target today in Krugman’s post on “Barbarous Economics.” For your convenience, let me reproduce the steps […]

The Wait Is Over–The Zombie Blooper Reel

Chad Parish did a good job editing this. I seem to recall that Tom and I had a funny conversation when we were pretending to talk for the opening of the real thing (and I was drinking coffee), but it probably wouldn’t have flowed. BTW, in this video I am referring to the fact that […]

Would You Want Mises Grading Your Term Paper?

I am trying to figure out how to work this into the study guide on Mises’ Theory of Money and Credit, but I don’t think I can. So, I share it with you. On page 125 of the LvMI’s latest edition, Mises says that only by acknowledging that money’s value derives not just from its […]

Daily Show Rips Happy Meal Ban

This is almost as delicious as a McDouble–and even cheaper. Make sure you watch the exchange starting at 3:00. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook