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Challenging Landsburg on HFT

You guys thought I was nuts reading my analysis of the Bundy standoff? Well now I’m publicly accusing Steve Landsburg of a basic math mistake. But I have a lot of life insurance, remember. An excerpt of the part where we’re still chums: Reading guys like Paul Krugman rail against the socially useless financial sector, […]

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Rothbardian Thoughts on Campaign Finance

As usual, I am not satisfied with even the libertarian commentary on the Supreme Court ruling that came out earlier this month. So I am making some points that may be elementary but nonetheless should be stressed. An excerpt: (2) The reason politicians are interested in “campaign finance reform” is that it gives them even […]

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One Last Push: Mises Academy Class on Government Intervention

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Potpourri

==> Lew Rockwell has a forthcoming manifesto on anarcho-capitalism. ==> Hmm, this is one case where fiat money may have been preferable. ==> Responding (on Twitter) to my Mises Canada post about TARP, John Taylor reminds us of some of the details of Paulson’s offer that banksters couldn’t refuse. ==> Arnold Kling on Solow on […]

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SPECIAL OFFER! Mises Academy

If you sign up for my online class on government intervention (which covers the last third of my textbook, Lessons for the Young Economist) before the first class begins–which is Thursday, April 24, 5:30pm Eastern–then you get FREE access to the first two classes in the series. (Those classes cover the first 2/3 of the […]

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Potpourri

==> Following Bryan Caplan’s lead, I talk about the long-term results of TARP. ==> Be careful, kids: My son was telling me matter-of-factly that this scientist Hooke was a bastard (not his actual term) etc. etc., and I interrupted to ask, “Did you get this from a Cosmos episode?” He said yes. Then–relying on this […]

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My Interview With Liberty.me

They describe me in the comments as “possibly the best karaoke singer/comedian/economist in the world.” If they added, “from upstate New York” I would be a shoo-in.

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Welcome to the Infinite Banking Institute YouTube Channel

Many of you may know that my work with Carlos Lara (see our book) has led to a formal collaboration with Nelson Nash and David Stearns to educate the public on the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC). For a quick autobiographical introduction to the topic, see my essay here. We’ve formed a YouTube channel for the […]

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