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==> David R. Henderson shines a critical spotlight on Krugman’s recent thoughts on “unproductive finance.” ==> Gerry O’Driscoll discusses inflation on the Larry Elder show. (HT2 the insightful von Pepe) ==> Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute takes his colleagues to task for their support of the NSA’s eavesdropping. ==> Roger Koppl thinks Congress “should […]

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==> This is one odd webpage. Talk about anti-carb! ==> “Stickman” makes fun of a bunch of us econ bloggers. ==> I need to break into the IRS speaking circuit. ==> Now we know why every Seinfeld episode features a reference to Superman. ==> Tom Woods vs. E.J. Dionne on US economic history. I don’t […]

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==> A cool page on meteorite strikes; just watch it. (HT2 Daniel Kuehn) ==> On the Krugman/Reinhart-Rogoff exchange, unfortunately I suspected that there might be something fishy going on with their shocked, shocked reaction to claims that they didn’t share their data. I’m not completely certain of the true situation, but this Joe Weisenthal gloating […]

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==> I realize this is childish, but these naughty K-Mart commercials (here and here) made me chuckle. (Thanks to Sam T.) ==> The CBO came out with a report last week, which many will think makes a slam-dunk case for a carbon tax. But using the very same CBO report, I can show how dubious […]

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==> Some people complained to me when this came out, but I thought Russ Roberts did a good job keeping Sumner honest in this interview. At the very end, Russ says something like (not exact quote), “You tell interesting an interesting story, Scott, it might even be true.” ==> Joe Salerno on the Fed realizing […]

Religious Potpourri

Hey it’s Sunday, this is permissible… ==> On old review by Tom Woods of Edward Feser on the “new atheism.” ==> Ayn Rand was not a fan of C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man. (HT2 Jason Clemens on FB, who got it from Tyler Cowen I think.) But what did she think of Narnia? On […]

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==> An interesting story of a professor who purposely let his class “cheat” on a Game Theory exam in order to teach game theory. ==> Can’t remember if I already linked to this: The formal details of my June 3 debate with Warren Mosler, at Columbia University, moderated by John Carney of CNBC. (Yes it’s […]

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==> My thoughts on Earth Day. ==> In the context of the standard debates, I would be classified as an “open borders” kind of guy, but I think that is a terrible label. Somebody should ask Bryan Caplan why they don’t call it “freedom of migration” or “no CheckPoint Charlies” or something. “Open borders” sounds […]