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“Divestment Day” Hurts Investors, Does Nothing for Climate

My latest at IER. An excerpt: To be sure, in these discussions the activists would come back and make the issue one of simple morality: Would you pick up the wallet from an unconscious man lying on the sidewalk, even if you knew that the next guy surely would? In a case like this, to […]

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==> At Mises CA I have a short note on John Bugas, a colorful character who embraced the notion of consumer sovereignty as a way of defending capitalism. ==> Chip Knappenberger and Pat Michaels evaluate the climate models. ==> Plosser wants to raise short-term rates sooner rather than later. My kind of central planner! ==> My […]

The Climate Change “Consensus” Isn’t What the Washington Post Thinks

I am really getting sick of people thinking “humans contribute to climate change, therefore Washington should impose a big carbon tax” is a no-brainer. It’s not. My latest IER post: Now don’t misunderstand, Richard Tol (the developer of the FUND model which shows net benefits for moderate warming) supports a carbon tax. But that’s because […]

Private Property in the Vaccine Debate

An obvious point, but not one I had seen people making: The only way to address these fundamental conflicts is to take the State out of the equation. Let private property owners set the relevant rules on their land. Privately run schools, daycare centers, youth clubs, and pediatricians can set their individual policies regarding vaccination […]

Reconciling Marginal Productivity Theory of Factor Payments With No-Profit in Equilibrium

My latest Mises CA responds to a reader who thought he had discovered a contradiction in Rothbard. An excerpt: Notice that in this outcome, it is still true that an entrepreneur earns a “surplus” on the inframarginal units. However, such an entrepreneur is starting out with a bunch of fixed costs (based on other expenditures […]

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==> My latest at Mises CA, urging caution about that neat Texas jobs growth graphic that’s been floating around. ==> David Beckworth–who wants a kinder, gentler Market Monetarism–sent me Bill Woolsey’s reply to my stuff about Switzerland. Sure, as with any intervention, you could do follow-up interventions to postpone the bad consequences. In this case, […]

Tom Woods and I Get Worked Up Talking About Thom Hartmann

Here are the show notes that go along with this interview:

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==> Just an announcement, kids, I’m scaling back my frequency of posts at Mises CA; I’m just too busy. If you want to take your hand at it, feel free to pitch ideas to them at contact@mises.ca. They often get picked up by ZeroHedge if that matters. ==> Someone else made a print version of […]