Lew Rockwell just smacked down Jacob Heilbrunn’s exquisitely conventional analysis of the Fed — why, it balances inflation, interest rates, and employment for us! — in which Heilbrunn also argues that opponents of the Fed are animated by sinister motives, including (what else?) anti-Semitism. That would be news to Murray Rothbard, arguably the… Read More
Archives for November 2010
Books Are Good, But People Watch Movies
The libertarian world has been doing a good job writing and publishing in economics, history, and philosophy. But to reach a wider audience, we need to go where the people are. For one thing, people read much more fiction than nonfiction. J. Neil Schulman’s Alongside Night is… Read More
My Nullification Course Starts Next Week
Tuesday, November 16, will be the first session of my four-week online course on the history and theory of state nullification. The course will be delivered via the Mises Academy, the Mises’ Institute’s portal for online instruction. It will cover the historical, constitutional, and moral… Read More
Hey, Bob Murphy: This One’s For You
Just to keep Bob’s energy levels up for his debate with Paul Krugman (click on the link if you don’t know what I’m talking about), here’s Krugman on Hayek: “If one asks what substantive contributions he made to our understanding of how the world works, one is left at… Read More
First Visit to Idaho
I’ll be taking my first-ever trip to Idaho on November 10, when I’ll be speaking at Boise State University. Details here. After that visit, I’ll be down to only six states that I haven’t yet visited (though I haven’t necessarily spoken in all the states I’ve been… Read More
UK Independent: “Modern Art Was a CIA ‘Weapon'”
Recent disclosures confirm that the CIA was an important patron of the work of important modern artists, including Jackson Pollock. (Thanks to Ralph Raico.)
Want to Understand Obamacare?
I just finished reading Sally Pipes’ book The Truth About Obamacare . It’s not a zingy read, and the author makes concessions I wouldn’t make, but it’s a quick and easy way to find out the details of the Obama health care law.
John Dvorak and Nullification
John Dvorak writes: “Thanks for the show plug Thomas. “Once we brought the subject up it got a lot of attention and debate. It’s interesting to hear from the befuddled public when confronted by the Nullification history and the 10th Amendment movement. Many begin confrontation with the bogus ‘Federal… Read More
Did Harry Reid Steal the Election?
A friend writes: “Reid stole the election in Nevada, in my book: 40,000 votes separated the two. They had a con going where people in Clark County who cast votes for Angle had them turn into Reid votes. So for each vote theft, Reid got… Read More
