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==> Carlos and I took a long hiatus but now we’re back in the saddle. No joke, he uncovered some stuff in his research that I think is very interesting regarding the Fed unwinding its balance sheet, and how they may try to get out of the corner into which they’ve painted themselves. We explain […]

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==> Tom Woods interviews Federico Fernandez on the real legacy of Che. ==> Rob Bradley writes a tribute to Milton Friedman on 105th anniversary of his birth, esp. his views on energy. ==> I take issue with Tyler Cowen’s recent post when he implied that the serious conservative intellectuals were all fine with a carbon […]

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==> LAST CHANCE! Remember there’s a great discount for my student text and teacher’s manual of Lessons for the Young Economist. Offer expires today (June 30, 2017). ==> You know, people like Krugman criticize me for refusing to grapple with the surprising inflation results after 2008. It’s like he never saw the publication: Murphy, Robert. […]

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==> If I said this post by Scott Sumner proves I am the Bobby Flay of economics blogging, would anybody get the reference? ==> Glenn Greenwald brings us up to speed on just how sloppy and dishonest CNN and the NYT have been in their reporting on Trump and Russia. If you have the time, […]

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==> An interesting proposal for a mechanism to improve debates. ==> A market solution to dealing with food waste. (I donated $10 for what it’s worth.) ==> FEE has made the collected works of Leonard Read available. He’s not just the author of “I, Pencil.” ==> Yikes! Russ Roberts catches Nancy Maclean with some creative […]

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==> On Contra Krugman ep. 91 we have a lot of fun. I don’t have time to give a timestamp guide, but during the summary, Tom tells us how to pronounce “Qatar.” Then I point out Krugman’s unbelievable flip-flopping regarding health insurance premiums. Then Tom talks about foreign policy, and finally I talk about dollar […]

Potpourri and Wonder Woman

==> Catholic readers in particular might want to take a look at this video for a school that is up your alley. ==> Von Pepe passes along this Gerry O’Driscoll post on the jobs conundrum. ==> Dan Sanchez’s review of Wonder Woman is a very thoughtful take, but I am going to disagree with him. […]

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==> Ed Dolan replied to my recent IER post on Hayek. BTW, if you are knowledgeable and want to respond to Dolan, let me know and I can put you in touch with someone who might run it. I personally am moving on. ==> Somebody recently sent me this link, reminding me that some people […]