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==> Medicare apparently is in some sort of financial trouble. (And remember when I did my impression of Paul Ryan and offered a proposal to let people opt out of Social Security that wouldn’t cost the government any money.) ==> I liked this Justin Raimondo take on the pundits falling onto their swooning couches over […]

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==> The latest Contra Krugman tackles Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). ==> Wendy McElroy writes about privacy and the (modern) connection to cryptocurrencies. ==> A few people on Twitter were giving me a high-five for my old article on trade deficits and fiat currency. I re-read it and thought, “I agree. That *was* a good article.” […]

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In the Long Run, I Will Always Quibble With Krugman

Although Steve Landsburg is trying to talk me down from the ledge, I think there’s something rotten in economics. (Maybe this is true in every field and I just notice it here because it’s my area; I’m open to the possibility that “humans are disappointing.”) For example, DeLong and Krugman have accused Mankiw of not […]

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The Specific Inefficiency Emanating From the Export-Import Bank

In response to one of his critics–who said Don was being naive for ignoring the reality of the “trade war” the US has with China–Don Boudreaux wrote the following: With respect, what you (and many others) call a trade war is quite the opposite of war. It’s peaceful trade. And through such trade we Americans […]

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Contra Krugman Twin Spin

Because I was on the road when Episode 71 posted, I fell behind. So I’ll give the highlights of both Episode 71 and 72 in this post. Episode 71: On Trump Manufacturing His Own Reality When Things Get Worse 8:30 I explain that Krugman has to do a dance. Originally there was a depression under […]

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Trump Is So Awful He Defies Reason

…from his critics, that is. I really didn’t expect that in 2017, I would bother commenting on Scott Sumner’s crusade against Donald Trump. But after reading a recent post from Scott, I can’t help myself, and I can only hope that you will see why. On January 10, Scott opened a post like this: “There […]

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==> On the latest episode of Contra Krugman, Tom and I are a bunch of softies and mostly agree with Krugman about the tough spot Republicans are in, vis-a-vis ObamaCare. ==> A long interview I did with Scott Horton on all kinds of stuff. ==> Dan Mitchell of CATO discusses new research showing that “fiscal […]

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==> Scott Horton praises David Stockman on Stockman’s analysis of central banking and the warfare state. Remember kids, Stockman is our headline speaker at this year’s Night of Clarity! ==> When I first joined IER, I met Robert Bryce (we were attending some of the same briefings etc.). He is a really sharp guy who […]

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