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Krugman Kontradiction or Worse?

I extend David R. Henderson’s question on Krugman excoriating Republican governors for running up debts since 2008. Some of you are going to say I’m nuts, that Krugman is being totally consistent. Well, you’re wrong. No he isn’t. If Hitler closes down the concentration camps because he decides the war effort requires everybody gets back […]

What Is Senator Whitehouse Smoking?

The best part of my new IER post is the title, but the content isn’t bad either. An excerpt: Internet enthusiasts are quite familiar with Godwin’s Law, which says that the longer an online argument continues, eventually someone will compare his opponent to Hitler. Well we have already had that for years in the debates […]

Tom Woods and I Discuss Krugman’s Flawless Model

Everything you need is here.

“Paid Family Leave” a Great Way to Hurt Women in the Workforce

My latest at FEE. An excerpt: For example, if a 23-year-old woman with a fresh MBA is applying to several firms for a career in the financial sector, but she has a serious boyfriend and thinks they might one day start a family, then — other things equal — she is going to highly value […]

An Unexpected Twist in the “Debt Burdening Our Grandkids?” Debate

You guys think you’ve got me all figured out. Well you’re wrong. In my current EconLib essay, instead of focusing on Krugman, I design two thought experiments of war financing to show that even Ludwig von Mises missed something crucial in the “debt and future generations” argument. The intro: Critics of government debt often argue that […]

John Nash’s Contribution to Game Theory

I wrote a pretty long post at Mises Canada trying to give the average person a real sense of what Nash did in his dissertation. Ron Howard is not the hero of my post. An excerpt: The central result from the work of vNM was the minimax theorem. The full details are here, but the […]

Vox Runs a “Climate Denier” Piece

Yes I’m being tongue-in-cheek, but I’m also serious. Look at how David Roberts at Vox describes what these climate scientists are doing. The following are *his* words: Climate scientists, Geden says, feel pressure to provide the good news. They’re worried that if they don’t, if they come off as “alarmist” or hectoring, they will simply […]

Yet More on Utility Theory

Another post at Mises CA: Someone might choose to go to the gym and lift heavy weights, rather than sit on the couch eating pizza. Thus the lifting of the weights gave more utility, even though it was physically painful and very unpleasant per se. Or, a person might choose martyrdom over renouncing her religious […]