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The Futility of a Violent Revolution

I want to give a quick summary of my views on violent resistance to a tyrannical government, in light of the Austin plane attack and the (possible) attack on a Utah IRS facility. * There is a big difference between arming yourself and saying, “If they come onto my property, it’s show time” versus, “I […]

Bloomberg Writer Blasts British Keynesianism

This is a pretty uppity article by Matthew Lynn on Bloomberg (HT2 Jeff Tucker): The U.K. has been in Keynes overdrive for the past 18 months. The budget deficit is already more than 12 percent of gross domestic product, on a par with Greece. And while the Greeks are cutting spending, the British deficit is […]

JFK, Blown Away, What Else Do I Have to Say?

Viresh Amin sends this very interesting snippet. Does anyone know what the official response to this is? Incidentally, I did a decent amount of research over the summer and concluded that there was more than one shooter. I’m not saying I have a theory as to who shot JFK, just that I am confident the […]

Hazmat Team Called to IRS Building in Utah

Details are still sketchy, but apparently two people were carried out on stretchers from an IRS facility and a Hazmat team was called in. If this turns out to be another attack, let me reiterate my position: This is foolish. Ask yourself this: Why does it even make sense for the government to engage in […]

Inventories Don’t Kill Growth–People Kill Growth

[UPDATE below.] This is an esoteric piece, but is actually one of my personal favorites. I was struggling with this notion of an “inventory bump” in GDP growth for a while, and I resolved the issues (at least to my own satisfaction) in this article. So if you have always been vaguely uncomfortable with people […]

A Snapshot of My Conversion

I caught a really bad cold on Jekyll Island so I am going to make this a brief post. After the festivities last night, some of the young LvMI aficionados offered to buy me drinks if I didn’t go back to my room. I considered the offer and texted my wife, “I believe the children […]

Scott Sumner’s Money Illusions

I believe it was the acerbic von Pepe who said to me over email that Scott Sumner was right–the focus on money was an illusion. (This was a backhanded compliment, to say the least.) I tweaked it a bit for my title… Lately Scott has been giving us sneak peeks at his book on the […]

Recreating the Crime Scene at Jekyll Island

If the international bankers are smart, they will have added a secret ingredient to the catered lunch on Saturday. A bunch of us rebels are at Jekyll Island, where the blueprints for the Federal Reserve were designed–and they definitely fell into the wrong hands, namely, the hands of the guys who wrote them. The classic […]