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Where Are the Rothbardian Defense Agencies?

I answer Gene Callahan’s objections in this post at Mises Canada. An excerpt: As I said upfront, Callahan’s mistake here is forgivable, because even many Rothbardians have probably made it when discussing prohibition. So let me explain that intellectual error, then circle back to deal with Callahan. We all have the empirical evidence in front […]

Greatest Hits from The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism

I had to send this to someone else, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to showcase this blast from the past. There was a gathering in DC in the summer of 2007 for a bunch of “PIG” authors to talk about their respective books. I think in this talk I focus on the economics […]

My Tribute to Liberty Dreamers

Why U.S. Economists Should Love Canada

From my latest Mises Canada post: As I’ll be exploring in many future posts, Canada offers a great opportunity for U.S. economists interested in historical research. Because the U.S. and Canada are both wealthy countries with similar forms of government, their physical proximity sheds light on the effects of different policies. Take the Great Depression […]

Joe Romm Somehow Views a Carbon Tax as a Reward

I will be regularly blogging at the Mises Canada site. It’s run by Redmond Weissenberger, who is an Austrian but with a special focus on the energy sector and climate policy. (In general I do a lot of work for Canadian outlets because oil and natural gas are so big up there.) Redmond is also […]

Why They Can’t Run Government Like a Business

I discuss this topic at EconLib this month, giving both the theory and many illustrations. As if to motivate my article, Paul Krugman today explains why we shouldn’t be too hard on the ObamaCare website: Healthcare.gov is much better. It’s not running like, say, Amazon — but remember, mainly the government is trying to give […]

Potpourri

==> The erudite von Pepe notified me that John Taylor has been blogging about Summers/Krugman as well; here’s a good example. ==> Here’s me with Tom Woods talking on this topic. ==> Speaking of Summers/Krugman, apparently the Onion anticipated their stance. ==> Mark Spitznagel is not on the Bitcoin bandwagon. ==> Danny Sanchez has a […]

The Misesian Approach to Economic Laws

For my current course on Basics of Economics: Action and Exchange (where I go through my textbook Lessons for the Young Economist), I “pre-recorded”* one of the lectures because I was going to be in Chile that week and wasn’t sure my internet connection would allow for a live broadcast, which is the norm. Since […]