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==> Mario Rizzo on libertarianism vs. classical liberalism. ==> James Caton Jr. has some problems with the Hayekian triangle. ==> Tabarrok vs. Cowen on immigration. Winner: Tabarrok. ==> Pamela J. Stubbart explains the difference between living in suburbs and a big city. ==> A good interview with me on hard-core voluntary society stuff. I am […]

More Krugman Re-Writing of His Stimulus Views

I really had decided I was going to lay off Krugman for a while, but this one was too much. In light of the 5th anniversary of the Obama stimulus package, Krugman is claiming that he never understood the Christy Romer’s team’s rosy forecast of a quick recovery back in early 2009. Greg Mankiw winces […]

David R. Henderson on CBO and ObamaCare

The opening paragraphs from my new Mises Canada post: The good thing about the Internet is that there is a Hayekian safety net: When a bunch of free-market economists are idiots and overlook an obvious point, eventually somebody comes along to rescue them. For today’s example, we have the arguments over the CBO’s estimate that […]

Has QE EVER Worked?

I ask at my latest Mises Canada post. On Twitter, Josiah Neeley wanted me to defined “worked.” I responded: “Economy was awful, central bank doubled (at least) balance sheet in short time, economy seemed fine, balance sheet back to normal.”

Tom Woods and I Discuss a Rolling Stone Article

Sounds low brow, right? But not in our hands.

Yet More Clarification on ObamaCare and Work Incentives

Now I understand why Krugman feels driven to use examples like alien invasions; it’s the only way to shake everyone and say, “This is my point!!!” And with that, I offer you my lastest salvo in the ObamaCare work incentive debate: There is a feeling that giving low-income workers means-tested subsidies is harmful because the […]

A Red Herring? Substitution vs. Income Effects on CBO Analysis of ObamaCare

[UPDATE below.] My latest at Mises Canada. Key excerpt: For example, if the government says to workers, “We’ll give you $50,000 in annual support payments, so long as you don’t ever take a job,” then this would obviously be a disaster. I think Yglesias would agree wholeheartedly with me. Yet suppose instead the government said, […]

Keynesian Policies: Not Dumb, But Foolish

My sympathetic analysis of Matt Yglesias’ awkward situation vis-a-vis Argentina. The money quote: So there you have it, folks: Countries that historically have been ill-governed should follow Argentina’s lead by defaulting on their debts and debasing their currencies, but they should stop right before the bad consequences of these actions come home to roost. Simple […]