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* Walter Block can die now, after this moving tribute from Lew Rockwell. * What it looks like when Brad DeLong says, “Yeah, I was unfair to Ludwig von Mises.” As an added bonus, the concession was wrung by Gene Callahan! (It’s not April 1, right?) * A lot of people liked this Tom Woods […]

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* “Stuff” that libertarians say (HT2 Tyler Cowen). Some made me chuckle. * Glenn Greenwald on Leon Panetta’s confirmation (not in so many words) that yes, Barack Obama is Emperor Palpatine. * Speaking of which, did you actually read the details of what happened to those British tourists who were tweeting jokes about digging up […]

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* Bob Wenzel has some concerns about gold confiscation, if the feds get serious. In short: It’s hard to hide a bunch of metal, since there are detectors built specifically for that purpose. * Russ Roberts interviews Nassim Taleb. I will always like Taleb, because he answered my emails back in the day and even […]

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I’m still buried with “day job” work, but at this point I have so many tabs on my Firefox browser that it’s slowing me down. So this post is an investment in my future productivity, see. * Glenn Greenwald once again delivers a very fair assessment of the political culture. It’s really impressive that GG […]

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* I was hired to evaluate the budget numbers in this novel. I thought they were too optimistic, which the author was glad to hear. * Carlos Lara and I did a radio show in Vegas, baby. Topic: Our book. * This year I have two separate nominations up (here and here) for “Funniest Geek […]

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Lots of links have been piling up here… * You know how Keynesians liked that one journal article showing that businesses were more worried about bad sales than regulations? Well, when a survey shows the exact opposite, they still take it as further evidence that the demand-side story is right. (Note that I’m not saying […]

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* I don’t care if you’re a Keynesian, if you tell people they should read my blog, you’re very likely to get a link from me. Oh, it’s a post about the Broken Window. I think we’re almost done discussing it…almost. * David R. Henderson posts a funny Samuelson anecdote. (Note: I was making a […]

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* If you want socialized medicine, here’s the plan: First you pass a “weak” law that allows private insurance but imposes all sorts of rules on whom they need to enroll. Then, in order to keep them from going out of business, you require that every American buy health insurance. After that legislation is passed, […]