Media Matters, the left-wing thought-control site that received a $1 million donation from George Soros, is apparently up in arms that I said on Glenn Beck tonight that bankruptcy may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to America. I assumed sentient beings… Read More
Meltdown Documentary on the Way
A documentary based on my book Meltdown , which is an Austrian, free-market look at the financial crisis, is in the works. See ThePanicOf2008.com . Here’s former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson in a short promo for the project:
Advice for Prospective (Austrian) Grad Students in Economics
Although my own degrees are in history, I get a lot of requests for advice from prospective graduate students in economics. I always recommend three things. First, Walter Block’s list of Austrian-sympathetic economics departments and faculty . I then recommend this post and this post from Joe Salerno. Hope you find them helpful.
Last Two Events of the Year (Plus a 50% Discount…)
Tomorrow (Thursday) night I’ll be speaking at Colorado State University. The event will be broadcast live over the Internet. This Saturday I’m part of an online seminar on nullification. (I can’t verify this for sure, but I am told all the cool people are attending.) And thanks to a donor,… Read More
Tips for Anxiety-Induced Insomnia?
Under normal conditions I can get a decent night’s sleep. But when I have to get up early the next morning I find it difficult if not impossible to sleep. I begin worrying that if I don’t sleep, I’ll have real trouble doing whatever important… Read More
HuffPo Nobody Jacob Heilbrunn: Fed Opponents anti-Semites; Obama Great
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
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