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Bob Murphy Is Yours, Valentines Day 2015

If you ask me, “Why?” I’m not going to answer.

Jon Stewart Admits His Error

I know you guys think I’m too soft on him, but I really like how Jon Stewart handled this. In particular, he could’ve, in a jokey way, blamed it on his staff without coming off like a total jerk. (E.g. “In retrospect, perhaps I shouldn’t have given my researchers shots of Jagermeister that day…” as […]

Am I Really This Unclear?

Imagine Andy Kaufman on Twitter. It would be a disaster.

Stephen Williamson Needs an Occam’s Razor for Christmas

Williamson discusses the recent paper talking about the hierarchy in the economics profession (HT2 MR): Ultimately, Fourcade et al. think that our biggest problem is our self-regard. Of course, people with high self-regard are very visible, by definition, so outsiders are bound to get a distorted picture. We’re not all Larry Summers clones. But if […]

Uncivil War

Matt Bruenig: I am not really sure what Scott Sumner is all about these days. Many years ago, he was like “monetary policy should utilize an NGDP target” and people were like “that’s an interesting thought.” But now, he’s kind of gone into mission creep mode where he comments on things that he’s not so […]

I’m So Mischievous

3 days after Bryan Caplan asks on EconLog why gov't water works so well, the Featured EconLib article explains how gov't caused CA drought. — Robert P. Murphy (@BobMurphyEcon) September 3, 2014 The links are here and here.

Robin Williams on Golf

Lots of naughty words, proceed with caution.

Is Financial Risk Aversion Rational?

As the markets whipsaw about, displacing portfolios, government and industry officials say some fund managers have made a macabre calculation: to split up their investments among various teams, with each group seeking refuge in different asset classes. If one part of the fund loses money, others will earn profits and keep the portfolio alive. But […]