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==> I tell people on The Hill how much they’ve painted us into a corner. ==> Krugman thinks you’re stupid (except not you, LK). ==> Carlos scares the )#(%)#(*$ out of people in this episode of the Lara-Murphy Show. ==> You can have a field day with this quotation from Hillary Clinton. ==> Imagine that, […]

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==> I’m not going to post it here every time, but check out Lara-Murphy.com because now I’m doing a daily financial post. ==> This cartoon by David Beckworth is pretty funny if you’re an econ geek. ==> An interesting post from Bryan Caplan on adultery.

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==> I can’t believe this was necessary, but Phil Magness actually had to write a piece explaining why libertarians shouldn’t support a self-described socialist running for president on the Democratic ticket. ==> Richard Ebeling wishes Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk happy birthday. ==> David R. Henderson takes on David Brooks’ (and implicitly, Tyler Cowen’s) view that Obama […]

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==> Rob Bradley wants Resources for the Future to pay attention to Judith Curry and me. (Here’s an old RFF paper which shows how powerful the “tax interaction effect” can be.) ==> David Stockman is not bullish at the moment. ==> Jeffrey Rogers Hummel explains some technicalities of the budget deal, that affect Fed accounting. […]

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==> For those in the Houston area, I’m going to be at the Mises Circle on January 30. Other speakers include Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, and Jeff Deist. Details here. ==> Speaking of the Mises Institute, they’re trying to get updates from any alumni who have been through Mises U. ==> A lot of people […]

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==> I realize I am trained at this point to perceive tension between our popular Keynesian writers, but isn’t there a problem reconciling this DeLong piece with this Krugman op ed? ==> This Vox piece is happy to report that (apparently) employers aren’t penalizing full-time work in response to ObamaCare mandates as many analysts (including me) […]

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==> Tribute to the recently deceased Florence King. ==> Arnold Kling on Scott Sumner’s book. ==> I write about Ryan Gosling’s shorts. ==> An interview I did yesterday about Austrian economics and the financial markets. ==> Scott Adams, the Dilbert creator, has had some very interesting posts on Trump. I haven’t seen anyone else analyze […]

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==> Tyler Cowen lobs a softball, and his clever critics in the comments throw their backs out they swing so hard. Very entertaining all around. ==> Gene Callahan at his blog has been posting some provocative things on the conventional view of how (natural) science progresses. ==> Surely anthropogenic climate change can be used to […]