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==> Mark Spitznagel is the subject of this DealB%k post. (Recall that I was a consultant on Spitznagel’s new book The Dao of Capital.) ==> Indian Central banker Rajan is wary of ultra-low interest rates. ==> I didn’t set this up, but here’s where you can get all of your Macho Man Murphy memorabilia. ==> […]

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==> Next January I’ll be debating Bill Still (of “Money Masters” fame) at the “Save Long Island” forum. I gather we both dislike the present financial system, but have rather different solutions. ==> A funny post from Matt Walsh on the crucible that is parenting. ==> If you’re a Louis CK fan, check out these […]

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I’m just outside Chicago for the Illinois Libertarian Party annual extravaganza. Some “Freedom Karaoke” tonight, followed by lectures tomorrow. In the meantime: ==> Nick Rowe writes another blog post in which he calmly and methodically destroys the foundation of mainstream central banking theory. (You may recall a few months ago Nick showed in a standard […]

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==> The WSJ and I are pen pals. ==> Next week on Friday (September 27) I’ll be giving a talk at San Jose State on interventionism in the Austrian tradition. (I’m in California because on Saturday I’m giving the keynote address for a celebration of Mises’ birthday. I still haven’t gotten his present, gah!!) ==> […]

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==> Pete Boettke has a nice post on Ronald Coase. BTW, Pete alludes to an episode where William Baumol “got confused” on a basic economic principle. Does anyone have the details? ==> Jonathan Catalan digs up an interesting quotation from Keynes about mathematical economics. ==> This investment firm (I have no relationship with them, at […]

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Some various YouTube links for you: ==> FEE president Larry Reed’s “Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy.” This is a talk that he’s been giving for years (I believe). ==> Louis CK versus Jay Leno. I was actually surprised by how well Leno stood up against the man who is, in my opinion, the world’s […]

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==> The other day I had a deadline, so naturally I ended up watching the SNL auditions of both Phil Hartman and John Belushi. The former impressed me much more than the latter. Hartman had a very unique style. ==> If you took away my interest in karaoke, and forced me to teach at a […]

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==> Totally off-topic, but I would change my gender if I could be Christina Bianco. ==> Nick Rowe strikes back on the definition of “inflation.” I know this isn’t the point Nick was making–and I don’t even disagree necessarily with anything in his post–but let me say this: If we let Scott Sumner get away […]