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The Wenzel Wager: A Call for Disinterested Analysis

In light of our recent wrestling match, I decided to look up the terms of the wager I had made with Robert Wenzel (see here and here). Back in January we agreed that the winner (someone who gets 2/3 or 3/3 out of the following) would get a dinner of up to $350 from the […]

Another Analogy for My Solution to the Mind-Body Problem

Last week, I dazzled you all with my computer analogy that I thought neatly solved the philosophical mind-body problem as well as the theological problem of God’s sovereignty and free will. In the comments, KSralla argued that my approach wasn’t consistent with the Christian conception of God: Unless God violates his own rules (becoming a […]

Potpourri

* Jason Clemens and I have a piece in Human Events on California’s predicament. (The comments are more entertaining than our dry analysis.) * Marlo Lewis challenges the claim that the “science is settled” regarding global warming. Does anyone know if RealClimate has addressed Watts’ claims about thermometers being put next to exhaust fans, etc.? […]

Murphy Interviewed by Karen Kwiatkowski

Here is the audio [.mp3]. (Note that that’s not me singing in the beginning.)

Looking for Silly Celebrity Quotes

I am working on a project where I need to collect a bunch of economically ignorant quotes from famous people. So for example, I know Bono has pontificated about Third World debt, Leonardo DeCaprio has jumped on the global warming bandwagon, etc. In the comments I’d like any links you could provide to examples.

"I sell insurance, what do you do, Benoit?" "Oh I discovered fractals."

Von Pepe sent me this fascinating video that I just had to stop. (I can’t spend an hour at the office watching it right now, and if I go for 10 minutes I won’t have the willpower to turn it off.) In fact, it looks like this MIT video series has a bunch of really […]

Wenzel: Market Prices Reflect Information Except About Money Supply

Every now and again it’s fun to disrupt the blogospherical equilibrium by picking a fight with your allies. Hence today I will point out my serious reservations with Robert Wenzel’s analysis of stock prices and his preferred monetary aggregate, non-seasonally adjusted M2. Back on June 12 Wenzel announced (CAPS in original): MAJOR ALERT: Another Major […]

Does the New Health Bill Make It Illegal for Private Insurers to Add New Clients?

One of the most shocking talking points floating around right-wing talk radio goes something like this: “Obama keeps saying that if you like your insurance, you can keep it, and that his plan won’t interfere with existing plans. But that’s a lie! Just look at page 16 of the health care bill online. You can […]