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BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.

He works from Charlottesville, Virginia as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute and managing editor of Mises.org.

He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante and a layabout, at least in spirit.

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"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."

Murray Rothbard

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Benjamin Tucker Marcus
February 19, 2010

“one of the old gods”

January 19th, 2009 by bkmarcus

Having finished Asimov’s Guide to the Bible (very highly recommended), I was at a bit of a loss as to how to continue my new habit of “Sunday study.”

I turned to a fascinating lecture course from the Teaching Company called “Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication” by Professor Bart D. Ehrman, thanks to which I can identify Calvin as the demiurge of the Marcionites and of Gnosticism:

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