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Harold Hotelling and Steve Landsburg vs Bob Murphy and George W. Bush

It doesn’t look good for me, does it? But give me a chance: During his commentary on the first presidential debate, Steve Landsburg wrote: 6) Romney says “all of the increase in energy has been on private land, not govt land”. Very ignorant. If there were more drilling on govt land, there’d be less on […]

Would You Rather…

(A) …take Liam Neeson’s daughter against her will, or (B) …repeatedly assert to Steve Landsburg that the natural numbers are consistent?

Murphy Responds to Ezra Klein’s Crazy Fed Proposal

Steve Landsburg took a swing (and missed! But head up Steve no one bats a thousand) at Ezra Klein’s crazy Fed proposal when I was down at Mises U, just in time for me to incorporate it into my talk that day. Thanks to Chad Parish for editing. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Two Good Places for Econ Learning Besides Free Advice

Every once in a while I like to give back to the community… ==> I have been picking my way through the new edition of Steve Landsburg’s classic The Armchair Economist. This is truly one of my all-time favorite books. I can remember how much I relished going through it, after I had just finished […]

Steve Landsburg, Religious Atheist

I have previously said that U of R economist Steve Landsburg is a very religious atheist, and I mean that sincerely. Steve derives his sense of the universe from mathematics, as opposed to his belief in a personal God. If it turned out that arithmetic contained a contradiction, I really think we would find Steve […]

Potpourri

* If you’re the type of person who thinks it’s obvious that the Titanic should have had more lifeboats, then you’re obviously not an economist. (I’m not being snarky; I’ve often thought along the same lines as Steve Landsburg on this topic.) * When people criticize my theories on private police and judicial services, they […]

Landsburg v 2.0: This Time, It’s Personal

Steve Landsburg is putting out a revised edition of his classic, The Armchair Economist. Full details here. Although Murray Rothbard is the economist who most influenced me, Landsburg’s book might be the single most influential volume in terms of how I try to relay economics to the layperson. What may interest you is that I […]

How Low Does Krugman Have to Go…

…before his Keynesian colleagues abandon him? In a recent post Krugman writes: Mark Thoma catches Kevin Hassett playing for Team Republican; really, no surprise. But Mark’s catch has me thinking: what, if anything, would make reasonable, moderate conservative intellectuals accept that the GOP no longer offers them a home? For such people do exist — […]