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==> Martin Weitzman is one of the leading economic theorists in the case FOR aggressive government action against greenhouse gas emissions. Here he is on EconTalk. ==> An interesting graphic from John Christy’s testimony showing 102 climate models’ predictions vs. observations on global temperatures. ==> Daniel Kuehn bringing power to the people. ==> Ryan Murphy (basically) […]

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==> Richard Ebeling is not a fan of stimulus spending. ==> A funny comic on physics envy. ==> Remember everyone, I only troll Steve Landsburg because I care. ==> I am the prosecutor putting the Fed on (mock) trial at FreedomFest this year. ==> Rob Bradley on Ken Green’s road to conversion on the carbon […]

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==> This Niall Ferguson hit piece on Krugman has some good zingers, but word for word I have something better coming out soon, I daresay. ==> My latest Mises CA piece on the silly outrage over Walmart selling water bottles for 88 cents. You’re thinking little water bottles, right? Nope, I mean gallons. ==> It’s […]

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==> The bearish von Pepe sends this Zero Hedge article on the new “cash.” ==> Josie Wales reports on the flaws and foibles of the FBI crime lab. ==> I liked this Noah Smith post talking about whether everything is created by human labor. But I have to think Noah is trolling when he says […]

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==> Benjamin Zycher has an interesting reaction to a (pro-)carbon tax event that some of his colleagues at AEI recently hosted. ==> My colleagues at IER put together this interesting post on oil and gas production on federal versus other lands. ==> Phil Magness on the alleged misrepresentation of the “Austrian” School. ==> At Mises […]

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==> An article I just saw on Facebook (from last month) talking about a new theory of how life formed on Earth. Naturally everyone in the comments is very civil when discussing the religious implications. ==> I have my first click-baity title for an article at FEE: “The Economics of Karaoke (and Other Necessities).” ==> […]

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==> Blimey Cow on “there should be a law.” ==> A new Fraser Institute collection (edited by Don Boudreaux) on (the decline of) economic freedom and entrepreneurship in the US. ==> I liked this post by Bryan Caplan, on how “econ melts your brain” (and not in a good way–he doesn’t mean, “It’ll blow your […]

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==> This John Oliver interview with Snowden is pretty good (though naughty words of course). But if you’re pressed for time, just watch starting at 12:15 to see how the U.S. media ranks priorities. Sounds like a parody. ==> All it took was a simple ballistics test to get this guy off death row. So […]