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Tom Pyle vs. Carbon Tax

Tom Pyle, president of IER (and note: my boss there), has a good op ed on NRO today. I liked it because he acknowledged the pros of a carbon tax (versus cap-and-trade), but still says: Economists rarely agree on the past, and never on the future. But in the present debate over carbon taxes, a […]

Ron Paul vs. Borat

Well not really, but it sounds the same (HT2LRC). What’s funny is that if this had come out during the primaries, I think a lot more Republicans would’ve voted for Paul. I’m not saying that with pride, but I think a lot of older Republicans would say, “Heh this guy is old school” to hear […]

Chuck Grassley Apparently Doesn’t Take Columbine Seriously

I don’t know all that much about him, so maybe usually he’s a really cool guy. But I find it very disturbing that Senator Chuck Grassley would hop on the anti-Wall Street bandwagon by recommending that AIG execs either resign or commit suicide. Yeah yeah, I know, he’s “just kidding.” But he doesn’t say he’s […]

I’m Huge

Incidentally, the grunting is mostly for show. My manager told me I would get more sponsors that way.

Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?, Part 17

I think I’ve hit another aspect of it. (Note that I’m not sure if any of the mysteries of God can ever be fully explained while you still have a human body. Rather, I think what happens is that they gradually make more and more sense to you if you continue meditating on them. But […]

Two Murphy Audio Clips

* Here (mp3) is my 14-minute commercial for the Human Action study guide at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference (pdf). For what it’s worth, I had several people tell me this was the best presentation I have ever given. (Note that that is not necessarily a compliment.) What happpens so often (at least in my […]

Follow-Up On Krugman the Anti-Economist

In the previous post I was rendered without speech by Krugman’s analysis. However, I tried to deal with several problems that I perceived, and thus may have given readers the wrong impression. His last confusion of the post had nothing to do with politics. In this post, I want to isolate that particular absurdity to […]

Krugman’s Naivete

I am a walking violation of rational expectations theory, because I do not learn. I continue to be shocked by Krugman’s blog. Check out this one: So I read this: Boehner said Americans want government to practice the same financial restraint they have been forced to exercise: “It’s time for government to tighten their belts […]