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Seattle Green Groups Say Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Is a Joke

Specifically, they reject “standup economist” Yoram Bauman’s drive for a revenue-neutral carbon tax in Washington State. Although the story doesn’t mention it, I am pretty sure they think I’m funnier, too. Details here.

It Takes a Village to Point Out Krugman’s Problem

Ah, see everybody? Look at how much better this post was, since Waldek stepped up to the plate. One man can make a difference. But seriously, click this link. What would Krugman say? I’m thinking he would go with, “Oh please, another ‘gotcha.’ Don’t these guys have anything better to do?”

Gold Prices Prove Krugman Wrong

My latest at Mises CA. An excerpt: However, what happened since early 2014? Gold prices have bounced around in a tight zone, even though 20-year TIPS yields dropped almost a full percentage point. Back in early 2012, when the blue line was at a comparable level, gold prices were above $1,600. And in any event, […]

Potpourri

==> This podcast was not nearly as sultry as the image suggests. ==> Ron Paul responds to Paul Krugman’s “Old Man and the CPI.” (My own post coming soon…) ==> Tom Woods interviews Carlos Morales, a former Child Protective Services (CPS) worker. This is really good stuff for filling in a big hole in libertarian […]

War Doesn’t Solve the Socialist Calculation Problem

My latest at FEE. An excerpt: The logic of voluntary market arrangements holds in the case of conscription as well. Suppose a foreign nation has amassed millions of soldiers on the border, and is preparing to invade. Wouldn’t even a classical-liberal government have to hold its nose and impose a draft on its citizens, just […]

Sequester Fun, and Murphy on Liberty Classroom

My latest post at Mises CA shows that Krugman can’t get away with saying Keynesians just needed to be more careful back in 2013, and that had they checked the numbers they would’ve known the sequester was no big whoop. Au contraire, I dug up Jared Bernstein going nuts because right-wingers were ignoring “the arithmetic” […]

Jeff Deist Interviews Me About New Book, New Job, Etc.

Cheap or Expensive, Pundits Hate Gas

My latest at IER. Incidentally, I have a neat chart showing the Fed’s balance sheet and falling gas prices. It’s funny how the fact that commodities went down when the Fed stopped inflating, somehow proves (according to Krugman et al.) that the inflationistas were wrong…