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==> The rise of Queen Tatiana… (Come hear her perform in Nashville before she declares herself Empress.) ==> People like to show videos of bullies/thieves “getting theirs” from somebody with a gun, but I prefer this “Les Mis”-esque story of mercy infinitely more. ==> This lady can defeat Ninjas. If you get bored skip a […]

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==> Try to imagine the most absurd possible strategy for the police to protect kids from exploitation. Then read this. ==> Don Boudreaux poses a sobering question to Drug Warriors. ==> I can see how the math works, but for some reason this Tabarrok post seems counterintuitive. Anyway, average stock returns aren’t average. ==> In […]

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==> S4L response to Piketty. ==> So the government has been caught repeatedly lying about the extent of its NSA activities. I’m shocked. ==> Krugman has already explained that people oppose ObamaCare because they hate poor people. In this post he clarifies: It’s specifically poor *black* people the critics want to get sick and die. […]

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Since I’ve been traveling so much, I’ve been remiss in keeping you up to speed with my machine-like output: ==> What could kill Bitcoin? ==> First Derivatives Are a Tough Knut for Krugman to Crack. ==> Tom Woods and I jerk-shame our libertarian peers. ==> Economic growth isn’t just about technology, it’s also about saving […]

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Sorry for the scant posting lately. Last week I was in New Hampshire, this week I’m at my parents’ house, and next week I’m at FreedomFest. Anyway: ==> A great conference on Christian Libertarians. I would go except it’s too close to the Night of Clarity event we’re holding in Nashville, for which I must […]

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==> My new Mises CA post catches NPR sounding surprisingly Rothbardian. They need Gene Callahan to vet their broadcasts. ==> Vijay Boyapati discusses his view of Austrian monetary theory and Bitcoin. ==> I know this can’t possibly lend credibility to the people saying the US government has been experimenting with weather control, but anyway… ==> […]

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==> My latest Mises CA blog post goes back to the issue of “productivity” versus labor compensation. ==> Cory Massimino also opposes the shooting of cops in pizza places. ==> Rognlie has the longest “Note” you’ve ever seen, dissecting Piketty’s argument in terms of estimates of elasticity from the literature. ==> This Noah Smith post […]

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==> My latest Mises CA post points out that Krugman has a very low bar for ObamaCare. David R. Henderson made different points about the same Krugman post, but I wanted to focus on just one issue in my post. ==> Ron Paul talks about the Spitznagel goat situation. ==> The Free State Project’s Carla […]