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==> Don Boudreaux has a good discussion of the claim that Hayek is a liquidationist–not that there’s anything wrong with that. (HT2 von Pepe) ==> Pete Boettke is puzzled that the Austrians seem to be almost alone in thinking “micro” relationships are crucial to understanding macro disturbances. Me too. ==> John Carney sent me his […]

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==> You may think this upcoming Mises Academy class, “Delusions of Krugman,” is taught by me, but nope. I am much kinder and gentler than Bill Anderson. ==> A good summary at Reason on the social cost of carbon. ==> When I was at the Senate testifying, OMB rep Shelanski was at the House, saying […]

Potpourri, Peter Schiff Edition

==> The blogosphere is full of claims that he got “pwned” by Scott Sumner in this exchange on Kudlow. I don’t see how. Sumner said that if the official (price) inflation numbers were bogus, then that would mean the real economy was shrinking. Such a claim has always astounded me; I can’t believe libertarians find […]

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==> These foolish people are straining a young marriage by restricting themselves to Bitcoin. But maybe they’re hoping to avoid fighting about money; instead they will fight about a medium of exchange. ==> People I know suspected hanky panky with the Auburn police department’s ticketing policies, but one cop blows the whistle on it (and […]

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==> John Nash’s PhD dissertation: 26 pages in the body of the paper, and a mere 2 citations, one of which was his own previous paper. (HT2 MR) ==> If somebody wants to wade through this post-game show of my debate with Warren Mosler, I would appreciate it. This guy Rohan is a careful thinker […]

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==> You know how whatever plane the president gets on, becomes Air Force One by definition? Well today and tomorrow my laptop+nervous system are operating out of the DC offices of IER, so that’s where Consulting By RPM now is. ==> The best abstract for a scientific paper ever? ==> Common but improper uses of […]

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==> I’m getting ready for my trip to Mordor next week, so blogging is still sparse. I’m really looking forward to posting the YouTube videos of the presentations from our panelists at the IER Carbon Tax conference, especially for you professional free-market economists who read this blog. I think you’re going to be surprised by […]

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==> If you’re in the DC area, next Wednesday August July 17 the Institute for Energy Research (IER) is having a panel on “Carbon Taxes: The Rest of the Story.” We will be walking through the peer-reviewed economic literature to give some surprising facts about the economics of climate change. Here’s the event info. ==> […]