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==> David Gordon walks through some of the issues with praxeology, which I’ve found is the chief stumbling block people have to Misesian economics. ==> On April 11 the Mises Institute will host a seminar on “Inflation” for high school and college students. Details here. (You can apply for in-person attendance at the Institute itself […]

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==> This debate (hosted by Russ Roberts) on climate change is at once wonderful and infuriating. Christy and Emanuel can’t even agree on Christy’s statements about the performance of the climate models. Now I know how the public feels when one economist says, “The literature says that the minimum wage has little impact on unemployment” […]

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==> Gene Callahan tells me that this post from years ago is consistently the most heavily trafficked of his blog. I guess you know who was Daryl Hall and who was John Oates in this particular breakup. ==> My first college roommate and I built a “cardboard cathedral” (actual term we used) on the floor […]

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==> A funny Twitter response to the Obama Administration’s attempts to build intelligent military machines. ==> Nikolay Gertchev offers a different type of objection to Bitcoin. ==> Interesting Mankiw post on the temptations of the policy economist. ==> A very funny Jim Grant lecture on Hazlitt at the recent Mises Institute academic conference. ==> Powerline […]

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==> The Economist magazine gets on the Bitcoin bandwagon. (HT2 Tyler Cowen) ==> The haughty von Pepe sends this Cochrane post in which he (Cochrane) points out that Yellen has thrown policy rules completely out the window. ==> David R. Henderson describes his flawless victory on ObamaCare. ==> Is China going to back its currency […]

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==> Salim Furth does a good job showing something pretty screwy with one of Krugman’s favorite scatter plots. ==> David Stockman has a new blog, I just learned. ==> At first I thought Pete Boettke was wrong in this analysis, but then I realize he’s right (in terms of his particular point): Even though there […]

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==> Where’s the right’s Daily Show? (HT2 Danny Sanchez) But we must work within the system, rather than seeking third comedies. If we can just install good writers at the Daily Show… (Yes I’m trolling myself. I’m the only one at this point who appreciates my jokes.) ==> George Leef addresses the claim that Austrian […]

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==> Unfortunately it looks like they are charging for the videos from the Texas Bitcoin conference. But if you are really interested in deciding once and for all whether it’s a fad or the libertarian’s dream come true, I strongly encourage you to invest the $50 to gain access to the videos. (If you care, […]