My weekday podcast will get started on September 16. The show will cover the topics you would expect, but with an occasional curve ball thrown in — i.e., topics and people who just happen to interest me. For instance, I just had a brief chat… Read More
Archives for August 2013
Upcoming Woods Events
August 23, Nashville, TN : event with Ron Paul, Bob Murphy, and others). September 3, Atchison, KS : Convocation Address, Benedictine College September 21, Pewaukee, WI, 1:00pm: event with Tenth Amendment Center of Wisconsin ( get tickets , and check out the Facebook event page ) September 21, Bolingbrook, IL : 7:30pm: Keynote, Libertarian Party of Illinois State Convention (see the Facebook event page… Read More
Establishment Journalist Favors Drone Strike on Assange
I first heard about this over at EconomicPolicyJournal.com , where this tweet (since deleted) by Geithner ghostwriter and Time magazine senior national correspondent Mike Grunwald was highlighted: Did Grunwald delete this out of remorse for how stupid and evil it is? Did he delete it because… Read More
The Inane ‘Phillips Curve’
From an interview with Professor Jeffrey Herbener : AEN: You’ve done some interesting work on that great diversion, the Phillips Curve. HERBENER: A professor of mine used to say that the Phillips Curve is a fact in search of a theory. But he had it backwards. It never was a… Read More
I Stand Corrected: I Have Found the Worst Article of 2013
In terms of sheer incomprehension, begging the question, unstated assumptions, gratuitous nastiness, and overall ignorance, I’m not sure we’re going to beat this piece by Christopher Maloney (who among other things still lives in the world of the Phillips Curve, as if the intellectual beating it’s taken had never occurred): There are… Read More
It Is Too Hard to Decide on Worst Article of the Year
Just when I think I have it nailed down, another one comes along. The American Enterprise Institute’s James Pethokoukis has outdone himself with “ Why Do Rand Paul and Obama Distrust the Free Market So Much? ” (Thanks to Norm Singleton for the link. Or should I really thank him for this link?) Let’s go through it… Read More
Just When You Think We’re Making Progress
Who Needs Economics: Double Everyone’s Wages by Paying 17 Cents More!
That’s what this ridiculous graphic tells us: Even the Huffington Post refuted this one . The price increase would be much more substantial. (Though even here, HuffPo’s analysis is suspect. It doesn’t consider the effects of the price increases on the demand for the product: people would buy… Read More
What Would People Do Without College?
Health Care and the Free Market
On the Peter Schiff Show today I said I would post some links on my blog to articles and resources on the subject of health care and the free market. I mentioned in particular two articles: one by George Reisman and another by Vijay Boyapati . In addition to those, the items… Read More
