The great economist Bob Murphy is now making videos for his YouTube channel . I hope he’ll follow the $1,000,000 suggestion I gave him some months ago, but as I wait for that, I present to you his most recent video, on oil speculation.
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Yglesias: Freshly Printed Money for All!
Bruce Bartlett: Won’t Somebody Please Love Me?
Poor Bruce Bartlett. He’s spent his career trying to be loved, and it just ain’t happening. First he was a Ron Paulian. Then he realized his career would be better served by jumping on the supply-side train. Then he ditched that to jump onto (yes)… Read More
Greenspan Admits He Was Deliberately Evasive
“Syntax destruction,” he calls it. So it turns out that critics of the Fed weren’t crazy crackpots after all — former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was in fact incomprehensible in his congressional testimony. Thanks to Bob Murphy for the link. And here’s Joe Salerno on the economic thought, if you… Read More
Jackson Killed the Bank; We Can, Too
If you’re in the Nashville area, I hope you’ll come hear Bob Murphy and me (along with several other speakers) at the second annual Night of Clarity event, July 22-23. This year’s theme is Andrew Jackson’s war on the Second Bank of the United States. … Read More
People Who Deserve to Be Better Known
Given the nitwits we must endure on our TV networks and in the rest of the media, it’s doubly outrageous when genuinely talented and smart people do not receive the recognition and exposure they deserve. And say what you will about left-liberals and neoconservatives, but… Read More
The Fate of the Conservative Keynesian
Before the Internet, and before the recent resurgence of interest in the Austrian School of economics , conservatives might have fallen for the likes of this guy , and his article “The Conservative Case for QE2.” They might have been a little uncomfortable about it, but they had to take what… Read More
The Fed Appoints Three New Drones — Hooray
On Bloomberg, Jim Grant is asked how he feels about the three yes-men about to be appointed to the Fed. Most guests would offer a few empty statements about the great qualifications of our new overlords. Grant, on the other hand, gives a reply that… Read More
Interview with a Zombie
The first original video on TomWoodsTV, my YouTube channel . An unusual promo for my book Nullification . UPDATE, Jan. 2011: Then, watch the blooper reel: Bob Murphy , the zombie, now has a full line of zombie gear ! Next time you’re confronted with opponents who refuse to address your arguments, you can already… Read More
Come to Iowa!
Ron Paul urges people to come to the Campaign for Liberty regional conference in Iowa, May 14-16. Except for the political training session, which is $59, the entire event is free. Saturday will feature sessions on the economy, foreign policy, and federalism — and where non-neocon conservatives should stand on… Read More