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Wednesday Is Fight Night

Murray Sabrin wanted me to pass this along to any readers who might be near Ramapo College:

Another Myth Created Before Our Very Eyes?

David Friedman had some cool posts a while ago, hunting down various myths about social conservatives. (I can’t go look them up right now.) The pattern was: anti-religious people would absolutely flip out over some “nutjob Christian” stance somebody took, it would become common knowledge, and the only problem was…it was either totally backwards or […]

When Children Change Your Mind

[Slight UPDATE in the text to clarify David R. Henderson’s position.] Seeing Steve Landsburg doing everything in his power to get fired, I will take a shot at my own thought-provoking post that is sure to upset some readers for its apparent obtuseness: ==> A lot of people, including some libertarians but especially progressives, went […]

Watch the Mises Conference Live

Details here. (I’m not going to be there; I’m too swamped with work unfortunately.)

Sentences That Nowadays Would Disqualify You as Finance Minister of Austria

“How many an Indian tribe, in its foolish eagerness for pleasure, has sold to the palefaces the land of its fathers, the reservoir of its means of sustenance, in return for a few barrels of ‘firewater’!” — Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk, The Positive Theory of Capital, page 268

A Christian vs. Skeptic on Heaven and Hell

CHRISTIAN: Praise God! He sent His only Son to die for our sins, so that we could have eternal life. SKEPTIC: That is a repugnant doctrine. Putting aside all the scientific and logical flaws, look at what a tyrant your so-called God is. He is saying that if we don’t worship him, he burns us […]

Krugman: High Deficits Are Due to Either a Depression or a Recovery, But Never to My Policies

I keep waiting for time to “do this justice,” but that’s not going to happen. So let me quickly make my point: I was flabbergasted a couple of weeks ago to read Krugman dismiss the CBO report on the budget outlook in this way: Yesterday the CBO came out with its updated budget outlook — […]

“The Banker” Needs to Call Me for a Lifeline

This video is ridiculous. They’re trying to simultaneously make it look like (a) the banks won’t be taxed a lot and (b) the banks will be taxed a lot.