Weekly Top Five 2/13/12

James R. Harrigan: When will congressmen finally realize that The Onion is a satirical site?  No time soon, I hope.

Adam Martin: How about a hat trick of shameless self promotion? Beloit College hosts the annual Upton Forum celebrating the work of a scholar whose ideas advance our understanding of the wealth and well being of nations. The proceedings are collected into an annual volume. 2010’s volume on the work of Israel Kirzner--whose birthday is today--has just been released. It includes essays by Deirdre McCloskey, Peter Boettke, Roger Koppl, Randy Holcombe, yours truly, and Izzy K himself.

Phil Magness: Burt Folsom to follow up “New Deal  or Raw Deal?” with a new book revisiting FDR’s role in WWII.

Bill Glod: My link for the week is shameless self-promotion of my recent article, which is now available online.

Sarah Straw: Israel Kirzner and Gordon Tullock share the same birthday, which is today.
You can read Kirzner's doctoral dissertation on Econlib.