AUTHOR ARCHIVES: Robert Murphy

The New “Green Goods and Services” Index Analysis

US Electricity Generation

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has unveiled a new “Green Goods and Services” (GGS) measure that it will update annually. An article in the National Journal highlights how this misleading and meaningless figure will be used to further promote…

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Speculation and Oil Prices Analysis Oil

High Gas Prices

“Blaming speculators for rising oil prices is like blaming thermometers for a heat wave.”
Understandably anxious to show the American voters that he is “doing something” about high gas prices, President Obama lately has played the time-honored card of blaming…

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Issa Report Uncovers Fraud in DOE Loans Analysis Solar

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Today the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), released the full report on its investigation of the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program. Readers of IER will not be surprised to learn that…

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Bill O’Reilly: Exporting Nonsense on Gas Prices Blog Oil

Bill OReilly

Lately Bill O’Reilly’s comments regarding gasoline prices have been nonsensical. O’Reilly’s analysis of the oil market and the role of exports is not only wrong, it’s absurd. Even if he were right, slapping taxes on American firms is not the…

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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Increases Electricity Prices Analysis

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 Study of the Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Deeply Flawed

A November 2011 study[1] by the Analysis Group claims that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has showered $1.6 billion in “economic value added” to the ten participating states…

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