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Thoughts on Libertarians and Immigration

Thoughts on Libertarians and ImmigrationBy Robert P. Murphy Immigration is one of the most hotly contested areas in libertarian theory and politics. In a short article like this I couldn’t hope to address all of the different arguments. For a start in that direction, I point the reader to Anthony Gregory and Walter Block’s Journal […]

Wise as a Serpent

Jesus was the whole package, as they say, and this means that sometimes people latch on to only one or a few of his traits. For example, some people (especially well-meaning non-believers who are trying to be cordial) have this idea that Jesus was a really sweet guy, and it was too bad that those […]

The SEC Is On Me Now…

…because Scott Sumner blew my scheme wide open. In the comments to this post someone asked Scott: How do you square TIPS with Gold? Does gold have better marketing, or are the TIPS measure of CPI skewed, and large number of market players think Gold is a better predictor of inflation? Maybe gold is a […]

Jon Stewart on the Afghan Surge

Jon Stewart is awesome. He was good on Climategate, but I think this one is more important and funnier to boot (HT2LRC): The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c 30,000 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Make sure you watch the movie clips at the end.

Potpourri

* Bob Roddis takes us back to a more pleasant time, before Rothbard started dating Yoko Ono. * When Edward Gonzalez (occasional guest writer here at Free Advice) said that he didn’t consider himself an anarchist, he wasn’t kidding! * An intrepid critic tries to blow up my Climategate post with a medical analogy. Doesn’t […]

Can You Stand It? More Climategate

Joe Romm hosts a conference call featuring Michael Mann (of hockey stick fame), Gavin Schmidt (RealClimate), and Princeton’s Michael Oppenheimer. I am not allowing myself to listen to the audio, since I have backed-up work from my last-minute trip to DC to appear on a panel discussing renewables. (I will post the YouTube of that […]

Murphy Twin Spin

I think I’ve probably covered most of the points already on Free Advice, but maybe some of you have relatives or co-workers who will read an “official” argument and you want to forward either of the below. * I criticize the Administration’s “stimulus” record on job creation in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. * My thoughts on […]

Who Said It?

There is no doubt that the world monetary and banking system is unsound, and would be unbelievably better off if governments returned these vital institutions to the free market. For their part, my…critics have always agreed that tariffs and other government barriers to trade are immoral and inefficient. Thus we all agree on the theoretical […]