This post is one in a series entitled Posthumous Refutations. Previously in this series: Cash for Cranks. Here is a statement release from Christina Roemer, quick to take today's employment report as... ...the most hopeful sign yet that the stabilization of financial markets and the recovery in economic growth may be leading to improvements in the labor […]
AmTrust was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision this evening, with New York Community Bank assuming all deposits. Also, three more banks in Georgia were closed today.
On the Mises blog, I noticed one of the frequent commentators on IP-related blog threads, one Bala, used to defend the IP position but of late had been taking an anti-IP position. We discussed this privately and I asked him to give me a short write-up about his thought process as he changed his mind on this issue. I find such "conversion" stories i […]
At the blog MasterResource I explained why--contrary to some of the dismissive and sarcastic defenses of the CRU emails--"Climategate" really should reduce the confidence that non-experts place in the IPCC's models and alarmist warnings. I gather that many readers of this blog will think my conclusion is obvious, but I felt compelled to write […]