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==> The Mises Institute is now offering a flat-fee option for access to all of the archived Mises Academy lectures. ==> Ron Paul talks to Mark Spitznagel about sundry topics, including foreign policy. ==> Alex Tabarrok has an interesting post about Ferguson and the modern-day “debtor’s prison.”

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==> Phil Magness caught this: Compare Slate’s current outrage over pro-sweatshop views and this oldie from an economist presumably not being funded by billionaire brothers. ==> If you’ve never considered the issue of intellectual property, this Tom Woods interview with Stephan Kinsella is good. ==> I didn’t write this, but thought it was appropriate. Judging […]

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==> Rob Bradley in Forbes explains the long evolution of free-trade thought from Adam Smith to…me. ==> I explain that banks can fulfill their two functions even with 100% reserves. ==> I helped with some of the research, but Dan Simmons has a post at IER pushing back against the Administration’s claims about forest fires […]

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==> Various reactions to Robin Williams; I am not endorsing anything in here (except Norm MacDonald’s): An Objectivist, someone who wants to “normalize” suicide, and Matt Walsh in his controversial post that I actually don’t think was as bad as people claimed. This guy talks about why funny people often suffer from depression. If I […]

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==> Tom Woods had some great guests on for his “World War I” week. (Tom was against.) You can browse the full archives of his show, but don’t miss the interview with David R. Henderson. Also check out Anthony Gregory talking with Tom about how awful George W. Bush was. ==> I don’t know what else to say […]

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==> Someone decides to take this “private law” stuff into his own (costumed) hands. A lawyer explains the government’s interest in maintaining its monopoly. Comedy ensues. (HT2 Sam T.) ==> Noam Chomsky on what’s wrong with libertarians. That could be a book! But probably not for the reasons he cites. ==> In light of the […]

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==> Are there Mulligans in climate policy? I say yes. ==> An interesting interview on investors and Austrian economics. ==> David Stockman agrees that the stock market is poised to fall. By the way, come hear him in Nashville! => I write about gold as an inflation hedge. (And by “inflation” I mean “banana.”) ==> […]

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==> My latest Mises CA post catches Krugman being misleading, at best, regarding the latest CBO long-term budget outlook. ==> Tom Woods has a great, ecumenical interview with Ralph Nader. ==> If there is something creepier than Scott Sumner endorsing Cass Sunstein trying to get people to second-guess their intuition against killing innocent fat guys, […]