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No Dr. Krugman, a Treasury Crash Would Be Bad for the US Economy

This is my article today at The American Conservative. Let me just quote what Krugman is saying, to entice you to read my response. There’s a bit of a plot twist in the article, so I don’t want to spoil the fun by quoting it here. Anyway here’s Krugman: [Krugman writing:] We know what a […]

Carbon “Tax Swap” Deals: A Review and Critique

In case you’re wondering what I mean when I talk about my “day job” stuff, here’s a good example: Today IER is releasing my new study [.pdf] with the above title. Here are excerpts from the Executive Summary: ========================= A growing number of academics and policymakers have recommended a revenue-neutral carbon “tax swap” deal, under […]

Tom Woods Takes Chicago By Storm

I have never heard Tom get as giddy about liberty as he does about Jethro Tull in the beginning of this clip: Also Tom has some very nice remarks about the Murphy-Krugman Debate midway through. If you’ve never heard Tom talk about his naughty teen years, you might want to watch this one. He broke […]

Hurricane Sandy and Gas Lines

It’s a multimedia blitz today at ConsultingByRPM: (BTW my sound is fine, the hair salon next door was having a party.)

How Chris Christie’s License Plate Scheme Adds Insult to Injury

[UPDATE: Actually, I am not sure the below is relevant, after thinking it through some more. What I will defend is the statement that if we had a long period of price ceilings, with new gasoline supplies being brought into the region but where the demand consistently were higher than the available quantity supplied, and […]

Econ 101 Works! Price Controls Cause Gas Lines

I can’t believe I had to write this up, but there were a surprising number of people who thought it was a right-wing myth to claim that it was the price controls causing gas lines, rather than the hurricane. An excerpt, and note that I make a point about stockpiling beforehand that I haven’t seen […]

My Views on Non-Voting

Here are some excerpts from an oldie but goodie I wrote for LewRockwell.com five years ago: …However, the one thing that really bothered me about this guy’s talk was that he actually told them: “Now kids, the most important thing you can do to turn around this great nation of ours is to vote. Does anyone […]

The System Is Rigged: The Futility of Politics

[Such is the title of my article in the October issue of the Lara-Murphy Report (sample issues and subscription info here). This month we interview Dr. Murray Sabrin, who–among other things–is Professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey, is producing a documentary on the 100th anniversary of the Fed, ran for governor of […]