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From the mailbag: Last week, “Hard Candy” asked, “What is your opinion on the Austrian School of Economics?” Before I respond, let me warn you that my answer would probably not please the purists of the Austrian (or “Vienna”) school or of the Keynesian (i.e., mainstream) school of economics. The Austrians would find reasons to [...]

Last week, an anonymous reader asked: “What is your honest opinion of each of the GOP candidates for president?” Four years ago at this time, I thought that either Romney or Fred Thompson would win the Republican nomination, that the GOP would seriously consider Giuliani as a Presidential candidate, that McCain would flame out early [...]

“Martha Quinn” wrote the following comment in response to my post “Five Years!”: Hello Dom, I am compelled to give a little advice here, even though I and my crooked tooth may be unwelcome on your blog. But if the latter is the case, my comment will be easy enough for you to delete. I [...]

In the previous post’s comments, someone asked, “Why did you chose teaching high school over a career in economics?” Well, that’s a story. I actually did dabble in economics a long time ago. I used to work the west coast econ circuit, hustling Marxists and Keynesians for a few hundred bucks here and there. It [...]