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Ominous Signs for USD From Geithner’s Bankers

Robert Wenzel has reported two disturbing events that portend for a falling dollar. The first is the Chinese central bank’s decision to buy about $50 billion worth of bonds issued by the IMF that are denominated in “special drawing rights” (SDRs), which is basically a basket of world currencies. (This is the first time the […]

Robert Wenzel Reviews the San Fran Mises Circle

Say what you will about him, but Robert Wenzel has a good eye: A Bob Murphy economic speech is like none other you will ever hear. It’s a stand up routine which I’m sure will eventually get him at the Improv on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. You really laugh so much that you almost forget […]

New World Record: The Worst Economics Article Ever

In an irritable mood, I once penned an essay for Mises.org titled, “The Worst Economics Article Ever?” It was a critique of a plea to “buy local” that I read in New York’s L Magazine. Well the young lady who wrote that particular piece–which made very infrequent references to Bastiat–can rest easy, because she has […]

Glenn Greenwald On the Permanent US Warfare State

This is a great post; here are some excerpts. Note that the links about US military operations need to be scrolled to be believed, and the bolding is mine: There was a time…when the U.S. pretended that it viewed war only as a “last resort,” something to be used only when absolutely necessary to defend […]

How Politicians and Citizens Should Deal With Depression

My talk at the recent San Francisco Mises Circle. (Thanks to Chad Parish for putting it on YouTube.)

A Question for Progressives

Dick Clark the Younger was IM’ing me about his crashing of a Moveon.org health care rally in Boston. Dick had an anti-government sign that is not appropriate for a family blog and somebody confronted him. Dick asked, “Why do you want the biggest murderer in the world running health care?” I guess the answer is […]

Murphy and Callahan, Military Experts

In the Chicago Tribune Steve Chapman writes (HT2LRC): On Oct. 7, 2001, the United States launched one of the most stunningly successful military operations in its history. Just four weeks after terrorists directed from Afghanistan killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil, we struck Al Qaeda and Taliban government targets with aircraft missiles and Special […]

TokyoTom Moving the Goalposts?

As longtime readers of Free Advice know, my two biggest critics (in terms of accusations, not necessarily weight) are Silas Barta and TokyoTom. They are members of the very tiny set formed by the intersection of “Extreme Libertarians” and “Global Warming Alarmists.” (And I believe they are the only two elements of the intersection of […]