Shameless Self-Promotion

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Auction Off the State

In this article I explain the logistics of the debt ceiling and how Geithner is going to buy himself a couple of more months. I then say: In all the hoopla over the debt ceiling, I haven’t heard many people raise the point that the government has a huge collection of assets that could be […]

Giving Back to the Community

OK I have a sense that the blog readership is a lot higher now than it was, say, a year ago. So I’m going to try the Google Ads again and see how that goes. If it looks like they bring in a decent amount of revenue, then I can justify blogging more. There are […]

Murphy Twin Spin

On Monday I kept it real by discussing slushy drinks at Mises.org. Then today I ripped Paul Ryan’s budget plan in the WSJ MarketWatch blog. Left-leaners take note: I criticize Republicans too: Even using the Ryan plan’s own numbers, it doesn’t expect to actually balance the federal budget until 2038. In other words, even if […]

Night of Clarity Episode III

All your wildest dreams fulfilled. Come to NashVegas on Friday, July 22nd to hear a star-studded cast headlined by Tom Woods talk about the only guy to slay a central bank and pay off the national debt. All the details are here. You at least need to check out the artwork. And if you stick […]

One Last Plug

Remember kids, the Rothbard class starts on Wednesday.

Potpourri

Well it’s time to post my various links, because my Firefox browser tabs are now bigger than the Fed’s balance sheet. (Ba-DUMP. Thanks folks, I’ll be here all week. Remember to tip your waitress.) * For a while now I’ve conjectured that “the big one” could happen when a Chinese finance minister says something at […]

Readings for the Vanderbilt Debate on Gold vs Fiat Money

Last night I had the debate (more of a conversation really) with Vanderbilt econ professor Mario Crucini. I promised the crowd that I would put some readings here on my blog to back up a few of the claims I was making… ==> Here is a “big picture” article summarizing my views on the gold […]