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==> Reminder, I’m in DC to give a talk at American University at 8pm on Tuesday. Details here. ==> Tom and I tackle Krugman’s latest. Krugman argues that climate change is more urgent than the federal debt, but we use the CBO and IPCC against him. I love quoting from “the consensus.” ==> This was […]

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==> The latest Contra Krugman details just how awesome the Contra Cruise was. And we talk about Krugman for a bit, too. ==> I have not explored this, but the SAFE network’s proponents claim it is better than blockchain technology. ==> The widely read von Pepe sends along two pieces from Larry White (here and […]

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I am back from the Contra Cruise but have to catch up on my day job stuff. In the meantime: ==> On November 1st I’ll be at American University. ==> The episode of Contra Krugman taped in front of a live audience on the Contra Cruise turned out awesome, if I do say so myself. […]

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The Contra Cruise departs this Sunday, and I probably won’t be able to blog for a good 10 days. (Some of you will have to troll Scott Sumner in my absence. Don’t let him get away with winning via definitional fiat.) Here are some links: ==> Rob Bradley explains the corner into which James Hansen […]

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==> For those who somehow missed my earlier blast, remember to register for the live video presentation Carlos and I are putting on, September 26. ==> A friend sent me this fascinating piece saying that Rothbard was very friendly to Catholic thought. I had known that independently–if nothing else, many of the people he was […]

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I’ve got to really buckle down in the office, so you won’t be seeing much from me in the next few weeks. Here are some links to keep you from losing it. ==> My flights got screwed up so I missed this live, but Lew Rockwell gave a great antiwar talk on Saturday for the […]

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==> This was a good Tom Woods show, where Michael Malice gives a great analysis of how the PC warriors think. What may have seemed incomprehensible to you before, will at least seem more understandable. As an added bonus, your sensitivity training comes from a man you may have thought was very rude. ==> A […]

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==> In the latest Lara-Murphy Show, Carlos and I respond to a research note from a brokerage firm that had wondered whether passive investing were worse than Marxism. (We said no.) ==> Brittany Hunter explains that “private prisons” in today’s America are not the same thing as Rothbardian privatization of judicial and police services. ==> […]