Just this morning I thought I’d check out EPJ, Bob Wenzel’s well-loved economics blog where I used to comment a long while back, nearly a decade ago, to be precise.

What a shock to find that Bob passed away last year around this time. A true loss to all libertarians and anti-war activists/thinkers. Wenzel made economics easy to understand and fun to follow, showing its impact on the ordinary and the everyday. He really ran a unique site that cannot be replaced.

I didn’t know him personally, though we exchanged a few emails and phone calls, sharing insights about this or that. What struck me was that behind his street-smart demeanor, he really was something of an old-fashioned gentleman, who kept his private life private, had a soft-spot for the outsider, and had the truly unusual virtue of being friendly and courteous even to people with whom he disagreed sharply. A cultural Catholic and  quintessential New Yorker [he was actually from San Francisco but he had the moxie and hustle of a New Yorker], he was combative, shrewd, wise, and witty.

He will be sorely missed by his many readers and admirers.

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