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Pete Boettke Fulfills My Prophecy

UPDATE: Be sure to read the Sumner/Murphy exchange in the comments. Folks, I may have to put the Google ads back up. This is easily a $19.95 value, yours free if you act now. –RPM Sometimes I feel like the Barack Obama of econoblogging. I understand all sides in a dispute; I am the aloof […]

WSJ Hearts Mises!

I am stunned. John Cochran (note a different guy from the defender of the EMH!) alerts us to this WSJ op ed championing Ludwig von Mises’ warnings in the 1920s, and saying we face a similar credit bubble today. I don’t know what role left I have to play. Ron Paul has already said the […]

Krugman Gains the Upper Hand…And Then Sumner Flips Him

Whoa this was a good exchange. I read Krugman’s blog post on people abusing MV=PY and totally understood where he was coming from. But then I read Scott Sumner and he destroyed Krugman. The only parts I objected to in Scott’s response were: (1) Scott says that he doesn’t even understand what Krugman is talking […]

When Propagandists Believed in Capitalism

I don’t remember who wrote it, but someone conjectured that the Soviet Union ultimately collapsed when the ruling members stopped believing in communism. I think future historians will say the same of the United States and its version of capitalism. Rob Bradley sends this absolutely charming video from 1948. I kept thinking I was going […]

What An Annoying Ruling

A reader from the comments of another post alerts us to this story: In a significant decision today , a judge found Nicholson’s views on the environment were so deeply held that they were entitled to the same protection as religious convictions, and ruled that an employment tribunal should hear his claim that he was […]

Freaking Out Over Global Warming

I elaborate on my views of the Superfreakonomics spat. This is mostly the same stuff, but I take the time to explain exactly what Levitt and Dubner discussed in case you’re new to “geoengineering”: [Levitt and Dubner] argue that if global warming really is a threat, then it does not follow that governments need to […]

Blog Comment of the Week

Over at MarginalRevolution Mr. Cowen goes to the Treasury. In his post-game show Tyler said, “Tim Geithner is very smart and he was conceptually stronger than one might have expected.” In the comments Joseph Lawler said, “I assume that by “conceptually stronger than one might have expected” you mean “didn’t literally hand bags of cash […]

Say No to the Music City Center!

Daniel Lewis, chairman of the Davidson County Libertarian Party (which includes Nashville), is one hot tamale when it comes to the City’s plan to spend (they say) some $635 million on a major new convention center called “Music City Center.” (Nashville’s nickname is “Music City.”) Since I already am surely on a federal list, I […]