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U.S. Postal Service: Another Government Failure

The postal service is yet another example of how government monopolies are inefficient.

There is no hope…

Paul Krugman shows his colors, and many of his readers don’t have any clue on economic theory or logic.

Positivism, Statistics and Questionable Accuracy

Scholars who rely on empiricism should take more time to review the accuracy of their statistics, otherwise they risk spreading false information, and as a result false conclusions. This could lead to severely damaging effects on general economic thought and theory.

Krugman on Stimulus Size

An argument that theory has always, and will always, be superior to empiricism, as a response to Krugman’s most recent blog post.

Bubble Economics

A comment on Paul Krugman’s post on the housing market, interest rates and Ben Bernanke. By looking at irrelevant statistics one does nothing to avert future crises of the same nature—credit bubbles do not only form in housing.

Shift to Keynesian Economics

My comment on Paul Krugman’s latest blog post (Why Economics Is the Way it Is):
Dear Dr. Paul Krugman,
You are only partially correct. The shift in mentality (for the United States), I believe, came during the First World War. This war, save the American Civil War, was the first war in which the economy was first [...]

Economics

What is economics? Economics is the study of human action and human rationality. It is for this reason that the study of economics is one of the core sciences which are of utmost importance when deciding the future of human society.

Civility and Samuelson

Comment on Paul Krugman’s blog on Paul Samuelson, Eichmann and civility.

Krugman and Austrian economics

Comment to Dr. Paul Krugman, in response to his snipe at Austrian economists.

On Unemployment and Industrial Restructuring

Krugman, once again, fails to take into all the factors in his mental calculations. This time he fails to make an objective critique of Schumpeter’s and the neo-classical theory on unemployment and fiscal spending.

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