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Liberty Lovers Have Two Years

I realized that a lot of my recent YouTube postings have been karaoke videos. I decided to throw some red meat to the true fans.

IPCC to Emphasize New Marketing Campaign

My latest at IER. An excerpt: As [the interventionists] themselves are now admitting, the actual situation is much more nuanced, showing that the critics had a point all along. Originally the case for government restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions was portrayed as a “no-brainer” akin to changing the oil in your car, but now the […]

New MLI Study on Carbon Tax Swap

Long-time readers have seen most of this before, but this is something I wrote for a Canadian outlet that was released today.

“Breaking Bad: Can Regulation Be Fixed?”

My latest article in the Freeman. An excerpt: The whole schtick of the regulatory State is that we can trust a group of technocrats in Washington, DC, to guard the interests of the people by standing up to the greedy and soulless business tycoons who — left to their own devices — would lie, cheat, […]

Focus on “Co-Benefits” Shows Flaw in Carbon Tax Case

My latest at IER. An excerpt: First of all, consider the title of the new IMF study: “How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries’ Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits.” I hope the reader’s Spidey Sense is tingling at this point. The IMF study’s entireraison d’étre is that without co-benefits—which we must remember, is a concept enjoying relatively recent attention […]

I Pity the Fool Who Thinks Money Measures Value

A follow-up post at Mises CA: [L]et’s try a different thought experiment. As before, suppose the government locks in the dollar-price of gold, thinking that this will provide a “stable ruler of fixed length” by which people can measure market values. Yet a sudden resurgence of interest in Mr. T causes most Americans to want […]

Murphy on Sound Money

I’ll be speaking at the Acton Institute next week (November 4) if you are in the Grand Rapids area and want to stop by…

Why Money Doesn’t Measure Value

Marc Miles (an economist I’ve cited in some of my more mainstream policy work) was also flummoxed by the mischievous David Gordon, so I thought I needed to be the diplomat. The best part of the post: [S]uppose the government follows Forbes and Ames’ advice, and pegs the dollar-price of an ounce of gold. Then […]