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Hummel Not So Keen on Bernanke

Readers of this blog know that I disagree with Jeff Hummel’s praise for Alan Greenspan. However, the two of us agree that Bernanke doesn’t know what he’s doing. In this blog post, Hummel discusses the Fed’s decision to start paying interest on reserves. He says: I predict that future economic historians will look back on […]

A Man Like Murphy Comes Along Once Every 60 Years

So says Jeff Tucker (sort of) in this post, where he introduces the all-new Study Guide [pdf] to Human Action. In all seriousness, I think this guide accomplishes its function. As I explain in the preface, I discovered a very orderly organization of the book’s chapters and Parts that I had never noticed before. That […]

The Spinning Girl: You Won’t Believe Your Eyes

This is pretty incredible. In the comments to the FedEx post, Silas linked to this silhouette of a spinning girl. When I first looked at it, I would have bet $100 that it was “clearly” spinning in one direction. I sat and stared for a several seconds, and thought, “There is no way I could […]

DeLong’s Hilarious Admission

Longtime reader Von Pepe urges me to referee the dispute on Cato Unbound between Larry White and Brad DeLong. I just spent several hours this morning writing up an analysis for Mises.org, which presumably will run in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, let me say that I think Larry White is spot-on, […]

Casey Mulligan: Don’t Impose New Tax on Homeowners!

I am going to quibble with him in a forthcoming mises.org piece (concerning the Cato Unbound series on the financial crisis), but Chicago economist Casey Mulligan is on fire with his analysis of the horrible incentives in mortgage forgiveness plans that are tied to income. Here is his piece in the Chicago Tribune, but scroll […]

FedEx Graphics Team Deserves a Raise

This is pretty sweet. Did you know that there is an arrow buried in the FedEx logo? Once you spot it, it is incredibly obvious, but I had never noticed it before. And why do movie previews give me a sudden urge to buy Coca Cola products? (Incidentally, the factoid comes from this presentation on […]

Glenn Beck Makes a Good Point

Glenn Beck was arguing with a caller today about whether the Big Three should get a bailout. He asked the caller if he believed in capitalism, and the guy said, “Yes but…” and Glenn said something like, “No, there is no but. Character only matters when your back is against the wall. It’s easy for […]

Tutte le balle sul capitalismo ready for Christmas!

Regnery mailed me two copies of the Best Economics Book ever, in Italian. It even has a Presentazione all’edizione italiana di Robert P. Murphy. (The “Are you a capitalist pig?” quiz is referred to as Test in the Table of Contents.) I had totally forgotten about this, but once I saw it I remembered writing […]