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==> Tom Woods has an ensemble on to explain why Murray Rothbard was important. And if you protest, “Why are you guys so sectarian?!” all I can say is, “They started it!!” ==> Oh, now that I’ve posted my sample Liberty Classroom lecture, I don’t mind posting this Contra Krugman episode where we mention the […]

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==> I really don’t have time to jump into this, but FWIW, the WSJ ran a story criticizing Piketty. (You will not be surprised to hear that Daniel Kuehn on Facebook thought this was a ridiculous critique because of course Piketty never said what all of Piketty’s fans thought he said…) ==> I haven’t read […]

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==> Yikes, I think I might be two Contra Krugman episodes behind. Here’s the live broadcast from Mises U, and here’s the latest episode where we discuss Krugman’s slogan for Hillary: “She probably won’t be a disaster.” ==> Lucas Engelhardt gives a nice review for my book *Choice*. ==> Steve Patterson argues that modern set […]

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==> Carlos and I discuss the mechanics of whole life insurance policy loans, and in particular some of the intricacies in how Nelson Nash describes being an “honest banker” with your IBC system. ==> In 1958 Mises gave lectures in Argentina. This one concerns migration barriers and the flow of capital. Very relevant. ==> I […]

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==> On the latest Lara-Murphy Show, I interview Carlos about his decades of experience in keeping business owners out of bankruptcy. ==> Tom Woods brought to my attention this great article by Jeff Deist. I saw Jeff give the lunch keynote at the recent Texas LP convention and it blew me away. ==> BTW, if […]

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==> Daniel J. Mitchell tries to stay friends with everybody in this post (by linking to Ed Stringham’s work at the end). I really liked the way he flipped the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote about taxes and civilization; check it out. ==> Speaking of Dan, he joined Tom and me on the latest Contra Krugman […]

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==> Doug French has a somber article that incidentally mentions his battle with cancer. ==> Wow! Listen to Roger Stone talk with Lew Rockwell about the Bush family. ==> This Autor et al. paper has been getting a lot of attention. It apparently shows that US trade with China was bad for the US. I […]

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==> Are people criticizing Trump for the same reason that Bible-believing Christians speak out against the corruption of the world? I.e. just to say they officially tried even though the know it won’t change the (near-term) course of history? I’m being serious, I saw this HuffPo piece on Facebook and it has 110k views. It […]