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Tom Woods Defends Slaver Nullification on NPR

I am not a legal expert, but I do believe in this appearance on NPR’s “OnPoint,” Tom Woods was debating a law professor who didn’t understand what the ostensible function of a constitution is. That doesn’t mean the guy was wrong, it just means the whole discussion was pointless from the get-go. At one point […]

David R. Henderson vs. David Frum

I know some of us associated with the Mises Institute like to think we have a monopoly on awesomeness when it comes to principled discussions, but David R. Henderson has been lighting it up over at EconLog. Take a look at this post where he first criticizes David Frum’s “Republicans should have played nice with […]

Michael Kinsley Gets Bullied By Krugman, Yglesias Fans

Back in the day, when I actually daydreamed about being on CNN’s Crossfire–this was about the time that I had a crush on Paula Abdul, to give you some perspective here–I always liked Michael Kinsley. I couldn’t stand his political views, but he seemed like he actually believed in what he was saying, and that […]

Austrian vs. Fed Debate

Yesterday at Campbell Law School in Raleigh, NC I had a friendly debate with Matthew Martin, a senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The topic was, “Did the Fed Avert a Second Great Depression?” The format was a 15-minute intro by Matt, a 15-minute intro by me, then 5-minute rebuttals by […]

Psssst… Come to Nashville in July.

OK kids, let’s keep this to ourselves, but on Friday July 16 Carlos Lara and I are hosting “A Night of Clarity.” It’s going to be in downtown Nashville and will feature talks by Paul Cleveland, Nelson Nash, and Tom Woods. (And of course I will steal the mic at some point.) Oh yes, we […]

Links for Federalist Society Debate on the Federal Reserve

[UPDATE below.] This post supplements the opening remarks by Robert Murphy in today’s Federalist Society debate, “Did the Federal Reserve avert a second Great Depression?” held at Campbell Law School. * This video documents my claim that Ben Bernanke has consistently misdiagnosed the state of the economy, both during the housing bubble and then in […]

Econogeeks, Rally to Raleigh!

I should have announced this earlier, but Tuesday at noon I will be debating a (current?) Federal Reserve economist on the issue, “Did the Federal Reserve prevent a second Great Depression?” We are doing a coin toss to see who gets which side; I really hope I get the negative. The event is hosted by […]

What the American People Don’t Know

…is that Paul Krugman has secretly replaced their gourmet coffee with socialized medicine. In a blog post that featured a stunning rainbow (I’m not kidding) to signify the impending passage of the health insurance bill, Krugman said something that I don’t recall him stressing in the run-up to the vote: OK, nothing is sure in this […]