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22 July 2009
The Second Coming of Keynes: Featured on Mises.org
My article "The Second Coming of Keynes" (originally posted here ) has been published today as a front-page Mises Daily. Here's the article and the comments page . Best. Mises.org. Image. Ever.... Read More...
14 July 2009
The Second Coming of Keynes
Paul Krugman wants to be our savior. Moreover, he wants to be a specific kind of savior: a magus of the scientific age, a blackboard prophet. The roots of this curious ambition can be seen in his recent profile in Newsweek : Krugman says he found himself in the science fiction of Isaac Asimov, especially... Read More...
07 July 2009
Krugman's Rearguard Apologists: Featured on Mises.org
My article Krugman's Rearguard Apologists (originally posted here ), which follows up my Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo Mises Daily (also orginally posted here ) has been published today as a front-page Mises Daily. Please check it out and contribute to the comments . My sincere thanks again... Read More...
24 June 2009
Krugman's Rearguard Apologists
As most readers will know, a collection of damning quotes has surfaced recently, exposing Paul Krugman, the doyen of the economic left, as having been completely backward on the most material economic event in our generation: the housing bubble. My recent article on the subject, Krugman's Intellectual... Read More...
22 June 2009
Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo: Featured on Mises.org
My piece Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo has been made today's Daily Article on Mises.org . Check out the hilarious "Krugman-as-Napoleon" image they put together. My thanks to Jeffrey Tucker for selecting it, to BK Marcus for editing it, and to nirgrahamUK on the Mises boards and anyone... Read More...
17 June 2009
Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo
On Monday evening, Lew Rockwell, from a tip by someone named "Travis", posted this damning quote of Paul Krugman's from a 2002 New York Times editorial : “To fight this recession the Fed needs…soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. [So] Alan Greenspan... Read More...