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Nice Article on ShadowStats’ John Williams

Here. (HT2 Jeff Hummel) An excerpt: Is Williams a crank? Is he cynically selling flawed economic models to panicky investors? Some of the country’s most prominent economists certainly think so. But perhaps a better question is: after a catastrophe brought on by people who get paid to be the stewards of our economy, how can […]

Matt Simmons Proposes First Strike…

…on the oil leak. (HT2 von Pepe) I don’t know enough about nuclear weapons to say whether his idea makes sense.

My Two Cents on Rand Paul

As with the Arizona thing, I really was going to sit this one out. But the commentary has just been too goofy. Here goes: ==>There is a difference between something being immoral and being illegal. Just because someone thinks a certain behavior should be legal, doesn’t mean he thinks it’s “not a big deal.” For […]

Glenn Greenwald Taking Flak for Defending Ron Paul

Poor Glenn Greenwald. After noting that people dismiss Ron Paul as “crazy,” GG lists a bunch of Paul’s signature stances, all of which are self-evidently plausible. He concludes: If one wants to argue that Ron Paul and others like him hold specific views that are crazy, that’s certainly reasonable. But those who make that claim […]

It’s Getting Closer…

Remember the Night of Clarity event is on Friday, July 16, and the follow-up workshop on the connection between Austrian economics and the Infinite Banking Concept is on Saturday July 17. We know of 100 people who are coming for sure, but the room we rented can hold a lot more. On the fence? Check […]

A Challenge for the Free Bankers

I was reading Mises’ discussion of the trade cycle in Human Action (the Scholar’s Edition, if it matters). I am sorry but it seemed to 100% confirm Salerno’s position in the recent spat. (I’m not going to bother hyperlinking; if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I envy you.) Now don’t get me wrong, […]

Scott Sumner Misses One Obvious Explanation

Scott has a theory for why world economic growth suddenly slowed in the early 1970s: Here’s what I think happened. There were a few underlying technological developments in the late 19th century that dramatically affected living standards in the 1920-70 period, when they were widely adopted in advanced economies. I would certainly include electric power […]

Busy Busy Busy

Hey folks, I apologize for those of you who emailed me about buying my surplus PIG books. I have back-to-back trips, and in between I’m trying to get the manuscript for the IBC book done so it can be ready for the July extravaganza. Soooo, I am planning on getting all the books out in […]