Here’s a letter to the Washington Post:

Arguing that “In God We Trust” should be displayed more prominently on the dollar coin, Michael Bridges says “The motto is something we should be proud of” (Letters, Sept. 2).  Perhaps.  But the history of that motto raises serious questions about just what sovereign Americans are being encouraged to trust: God or government?

Here’s a passage from the not-to-be-missed book by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds, Money, Markets & Sovereignty (Yale University Press, 2009), pages 94-95:

Writing in Barron’s, My GMU colleague Tom Hazlett praises the Obama administration’s support for property rights in the radio spectrum.

Here’s a letter to the New York Times:

PERC’s Terry Anderson – an incredibly creative and insightful economist and economic historian – explains in today’s Wall Street Journal that it’s safer to drill “in ‘the backyard.’”  Here’s a key ‘graf:

George Selgin’s 1988 book, The Theory of Free Banking: Money Supply under Competitive Note Issue, is now available on-line, free, at the Online Library of Liberty.

This development deserves loud applause, for this book is a major work contributing to our understanding not only of free banking, but of banking and money more generally.

Here’s a letter to the New York Times:

One of Pres. Obama’s economic advisors explained to David Einhorn that the U.S. government is unlikely to default on its debt because (as Mr. Einhorn summarizes the proffered explanation) “the government is different from financial institutions because it can print money” (“Easy Money, Hard Truths,” May 27).

My fellow cajun and GMU colleague – over in the law school – J.W. Verret was interviewed earlier this week by the Wall Street Journal on legislation that would impose fiduciary duties on broker-dealers toward their clients.  Here’s an excerpt:

DJ [Deal Journal]: How would this proposal change Wall Street?

Here’s a letter to Lynn Parramore of New Deal 2.0:

Dear Ms. Parramore: