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Murphy vs. Fed Economist

This was my debate with Gerald Dwyer, an economist who worked for the Atlanta Fed back in February. I am at a hotel right now for a Mises Circle event so I haven’t been able to watch any of this. On the off-chance that some new readers haven’t heard about it, I have a campaign […]

A Satisfied Customer

I recently got this email from Ryan, reproduced below with permission. I like reading his email a lot more than the comments from David S. on this blog. Good afternoon Dr. Murphy, I am currently reading your book (as we speak in fact) Lessons for the Young Economist and am currently on page 42. Ever […]

Potpourri

* Silas Barta smells a rat in the official inflation numbers. * Ha ha, those Austrian economists teach at small schools and have funny names for their dogs. QED. * I have written in several places that the Fed is responsible (at least in part) for rising commodity prices and oil in particular. Jerry Taylor […]

Tom Woods Plugs “Night of Clarity” and Murphy Karaoke

Remember, there is a 10% discount if you sign up for this year’s event by May 15th.

Murphy on FreedomWatch Talking About the Debt Limit

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Murphy on FreedomWatch Tonight

Talking about auctioning off government assets.

My Critique of MMT

…is up at Mises.org. An excerpt: According to many proponents of MMT, “deficits don’t matter” when a sovereign government can issue its own fiat currency, and all the hand wringing over the government’s solvency is absurd. In fact, the MMTers claim that given the reality of a US trade deficit, a sharp drop in the […]

My Facebook Status Today

Today: Robert Murphy thinks “in the ballpark” is a nonsense phrase. If I had to drop a ball from an airplane, getting it “in the ballpark” would be really hard. Even if I were in the parking lot, getting it “in the ballpark” would be hard. But if I were already *in* the ballpark, doing […]