He states that it's a pseudonym. (It's actually quite a clever one - unique, and conveys a lot about him.)
"I may be a pseudonym, but more prominent folks like Sailer, Auster and Mangan aren't."
MM's name combines the pseudonyms he previously used as a commenter in two separate blogging realms (HBD and finance).
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