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==> The erudite von Pepe notified me that John Taylor has been blogging about Summers/Krugman as well; here’s a good example. ==> Here’s me with Tom Woods talking on this topic. ==> Speaking of Summers/Krugman, apparently the Onion anticipated their stance. ==> Mark Spitznagel is not on the Bitcoin bandwagon. ==> Danny Sanchez has a […]

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==> Dan Kish (my colleague at IER) says, “Leave the fracking states alone!” (You should hear him off the record.) In all seriousness, Kish is one of my go-to guys when I want to know the real reason something happens in DC. ==> I thought Michael Duff’s comment here was hilarious, not about David Friedman, […]

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==> Oh my gosh, a peer-reviewed publication cited my doctoral dissertation. I am still in shock. Topan and Paun–like me–think Mises makes an invalid argument to establish the apodictic preference for satisfaction sooner rather than later. Jeff Herbener responds. ==> This guy literally lives in the NYU library. ==> Pat Michaels and Chip Knappenberger show […]

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==> This report on how (some) schools deal with autistic kids and others with special learning needs is truly revolting. In the beginning I actually thought it was a hoax. ==> Tom Watson at Salon doesn’t want to oppose the NSA with those yucky libertarians. ==> This story reminds me of that Jack Handy bit: […]

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==> David R. Henderson on the Nobel. ==> When reading posts like this from Bryan, I wonder if he hands out the syllabus on the first day of class that just says “YOU WILL GET NOTHING FROM THIS CLASS” at the top. ==> MoveOn.org starts a petition to arrest Republicans in Congress for sedition. I’m […]

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==> The observant von Pepe sends this CFR critique of Krugman. ==> If I do say so myself, I think I had a nice example in this post to illustrate a problem with the EPA’s cost/benefit procedures. (It involves changing the oil on 18-wheelers, for those who saw my inquiry on Facebook.) ==> Amanda Billyrock […]

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==> In Noah Smith’s absence, he has a claque of lesser men (and women) blogging at his site. This guy, Peter Dorman, not only failed to acknowledge The Great Debt Debate of 2012 in his initial post, but he dismissed Nick Rowe’s futile attempts to educate him in the comments. (Oh, notice Gene Callahan et […]

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==> I think President Obama should read from this website in celebration of Columbus Day, in order to win over Sean Hannity. ==> My favoriet go-to guy for climate science is Chip Knappenberger. Here’s his archive at Cato. In particular, y’all should be aware of the skullduggery in the latest IPCC report (AR5), in which […]