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==> Although it wasn’t his main point, Noah Smith mentions that Krugman is unfair with anybody who disagreed with his Keynesian model back in 2008-09: If those people didn’t change their views, Krugman mocks them. Yet even if they do change their views–so long as they don’t say “Wow Paul was right”–Krugman still mocks them. […]

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==> An oldie (1936!) but goodie: Albert Jay Nock on ignoring the masses and catering to the Remnant. ==> Some of you may be interested in this podcast put out by one of the pastors at my church. ==> Before the 2008 election, I asked Obama supporters to list things that would make them regret […]

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==> Richard Tol on the “97% consensus” climate change survey. ==> Tom Woods has a great great podcast on Aquinas’ argument for God. Note: Neither Aquinas, nor any serious theologian, argued that, “Everything has a cause, therefore God.” That sounds boring? OK fine, Tom also specifically addresses the Flying Spaghetti Monster. ==> Richard Ebeling has […]

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==> Bill Kauffman has no love for the U.S. empire. ==> Martin Wolf writes in the FT that we’re trapped in a cycle of credit booms. ==> If you’re into Bitcoin, catch me in the second hour of this show or here again. ==> If you’re into the Mandelbrot Set (the cover image of my […]

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==> This is a video I broadcast from a bunker to celebrate Mises’ birthday. ==> Ian Cioffi gives tips on how to make money hosting liberty events. So read up, and then hire me to speak! ==> Looks like I picked the right place to settle down. Apparently Nashville cops told the Secret Service to […]

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==> I know, I know, I have a grudge when it comes to Krugman. When he says things that will mislead 98% of his readers on what the published literature says, I feel the need to blog about it. Call me crazy. In this case, I contrast Krugman’s remarks about the irrelevance of tax cuts […]

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==> My column at FEE talking about outsourcing in the context of the “Million Jobs Project.” ==> No joke, I submitted this to the blog of unnecessary quotation marks. ==> Glenn Greenwald explains why endless war is now literally US doctrine. ==> A Kontradiction or a contradiction? Krugman vs. Krugman on carbon taxes. ==> Don […]

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==> I realized I haven’t been mentioning it here, but I’ll be speaking in Brooklyn on October 11 with a bunch of other people, including Naomi Wolf and Tom Woods. Here’s the info, and I think if you type in “MURPHY” you get a discount. ==> Bryan Caplan has an interesting post on the internal […]