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Ep. 258 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin...

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2023/01/19

Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin'sclaim that free trade policy has hurt America, and that libertarians don't have a good response to it.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith.FRED charts showing manufacturing employment, index of total manufacturing production, components of manufacturing, and domestic auto production.A previous BMS episode that critiqued Yarvin.A Yarvin post that Bob liked.Bob's warning about free traders going too

43:40

Ep. 257 Bob Murphy Explains His Favorite Hans Hoppe Work

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2023/01/11

Bob walks through Hans Hoppe's argument that Mises' action axiom extended Kantian epistemology by solving the mind/body problem.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Hoppe's booklet,Economic Science and the Austrian Method.David Gordon's lecture on the method of praxeology.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

31:18

Ep. 256 The Rothbardian Definition of the State

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2022/12/31

Bob explains the Rothbardian approach to defining the State, and then applies it to the recent example of a gas station hiring private security.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Rothbard's book, The Anatomy of the State. (Bob read from the first chapter during the episode.)A news story covering the Philly gas stations employing private, heavily armed security.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

47:35

Ep. 255 The Economics of Discrimination

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2022/12/22

Bob responds to critics who had defended Kanye West's anti-Semitic remarks, on both a theological and secular level. He then explains a recent study arguing that there is little racial discrimination in US mortgage lending.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The Economist article.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

01:32:44

Ep. 254 Karl Marx Was Kind of a Big Deal: A Response...

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2022/11/21

Bob first explains the synthetic control method and then critiquesa newly published paper by Magness and Makovi employing the technique. M&M argue that were it not for the 1917 Russian revolution, Marx would today be a minor figure. Bob sharply disagrees.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The Magness & Makovi paper on Marx.RECEIPTS for Bob's claims.Their AIER summary post.Bob's paper with Phil on Piketty.John Ganz critique, 1 and 2. Phil's response to Ganz.Help supportthe

46:58

Ep. 253 Exploring the Kanye West Controversy More Deeply

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2022/11/10

Bob takes on Kanye West's recent comments about "Jews in the media" by showing the inner contradictions. rather than simply declaring "antisemitism" and condemning. He ends with a critique of Christians who harbor an anti-Jewish worldview.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Kanye on the Lex Fridman podcast.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

01:06:03

Ep. 252 Bob’s Reaction to the Bernanke/Diamond-Dybvig...

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2022/10/21

The 2022 recipients of the Nobel (Memorial) Prize in Economics were Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig, for their work on understanding the role of banks in financial crises. Bob explains what they did and then comments critically, giving the superior Austrian take.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Bob's discussion of the Nobel with Jeff Deist on the Human Action podcast.The YouTube compilation "Bernanke was wrong."Selgin on Diamond-Dybvig (part 1 and part 2)

01:21:14

Ep. 251 Mary Theroux Reminisces on David Theroux, the...

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2022/10/15

Mary Theroux is Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Independent Institute. She was marriedto the late David Theroux. In this episode, she gives the background on how she and David met, and the early years of the Independent Institute. Along the way she touches on many topics including the CS Lewis Society, the war fever on America's right wing, and the problem of homelessness.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube versionof this interview.A nice tribute to

33:18

Ep. 250 Bob Murphy vs. Biden Administration on Fuel...

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2022/10/07

Bob analyzes the various fallacies involved in the Biden Administration's recent warnings to oil refineries to increase their level of domestic inventories.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The Bloomberg article on the Biden Admin's warnings to refiners.Bob's EconLib article on oil speculators.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

01:05:26

Ep. 249 Bob Murphy Talks Texas Independence on the...

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2022/09/16

Randy Sadac and Adam Haman of the LP Nevada interview Bob on their Battle Born podcast. Bob makes the case for Texan independence and deals with common objections.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube versionof this interview.The Battle Born podcast.Bob's pamphlet COMMON SENSE: The Case for an Independent Texas.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

01:00:04

Ep. 248 Jacob Hornberger Says Libertarians Should...

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2022/09/03

Jacob Hornberger, founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF), makes the forcefulcase that libertarians shouldn't support "school choice" in the form of government vouchers for private schools. Bob plays devil's advocate and raises several points that libertarian proponents of vouchers make.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube videoof this interview.Hornberger's article arguing school vouchers are anti-libertarian.Milton Friedman's talk "Say 'No' to

37:08

Ep. 247 How to Explain a Free-Market Society to an...

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2022/08/18

Prompted by his advice to a young student entering a debate competition, Bob describes the way he would explain a Rothbardian free-market society to a skeptical conservative American Christian.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Bob's essays on private law and military defense in his pamphlet Chaos Theory.Bob's journal article on private military defense.Walter Block's book on private roads.Rothbard's essay on how not to desocialize.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio

58:34

Ep. 246 Tim Pool on Labor Migration and Are We in a...

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2022/08/05

Bob first pushes back on Tim Pool's recent commentary on interstate labor mobility, then turns to address whether the US is currently in a recession. He explains the role that inventories play in conventional GDP accounting.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube source of the Tim Pool clip.Bob's article on GDP inventory adjustments.Scott Sumner explains problems with using the data to argue for a recession in early 2022.Bob and Ryan Griggs on the "predictive" power of the

35:37

Ep. 245 Cutting Larry Summers Some Slack on His Labor...

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2022/07/18

Bob provides a qualified defense of Larry Summers' recent claim that high unemployment will be necessary to contain price inflation.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The Summers interview featured in the audio clip. The Bloomberg article quoting Summers on how unemployment is necessary to fight inflation.Robert Lucas' Nobel Prize lecture that explains the Phillips Curve.The Jan 2022 debate between Krugman and Summers on inflation.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio

01:05:56

Ep. 244 Jason Rink On His Controversial Documentaries

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2022/06/24

Jason Rink explains his documentaries on the so-called Q-Shaman and Nick Fuentes, as well as the pushback he's received.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube videoof this interview.Jason Rink's posts (here and here) explaining what happened with FreedomFest.Bob Murphy Show episode 174 explaining the Viking guy (Q-Shaman).Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

49:30

Ep. 243 To Understand (Price) Inflation Then and Now,...

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2022/06/20

Bob seeks to explain why the Fed's extraordinary monetary inflation following the 2008 financial crisis didn't result in $5/gallon gasoline, while the Fed's extraordinary monetary inflation following the 2020 coronavirus panic did.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Bob's newspaper op ed laying out his explanation.Bob's blog post summarizing what happened with his botched price inflation bet.Bob’s book onUnderstanding Money Mechanics, and the chapter explaining the M1

46:20

Ep. 242 Thoughts on the Libertarian National...

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2022/06/04

Bob offers thoughts on the LP Mises Caucus takeover, Justin Amash's speech, and then argues that the Fed has not yet begun to tighten.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Justin Amash's quotes from Mises at LNC 2022.Bob's book on Understanding Money Mechanics, and the chapter on the yield curve.Bob's speech for the Mises Institute in Orlando.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

46:46

Ep. 241 Krugman Confuses on Trade Surpluses

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2022/06/01

Bob uses a recent Krugman article to highlight how free-traders sometimes confuse the public on the nature of trade surpluses. Contrary to Krugman, there's nothing foolish about exporting more than you import.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Bob's mises.org critique of Krugman's NYT column.Bob's critique of the WSJ subtitle for a Barro op ed.Bob's novel Minerva (pdf version compiled by a listener).Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided

39:08

Ep. 240 Why Putin’s Moves Won’t Strengthen Ruble

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2022/05/16

Bob argues that Putin's moves to link the ruble to gold and to insist on ruble payments for natural gas won't be very effective in strengtheningthe currency. He then critiques a recent listener comment who argued that one's views on taxation are important for determiningmoral worth as a human.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:An example of Ronan Manly's ruble/gold analysis.Help supportthe Bob Murphy Show.The audio production for this episode was provided byPodsworth Media.

01:19:33

Ep. 239 Mike Thiessen Interviews Bob Murphy on...

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2022/05/12

Mike Thiessen talks with Bob extensivelyon the economics of climate change policy. The discussion then turns to the fate of the US dollar and the US empire.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube versionof this interview.Bob's study with Ross McKitrick on the economics of climate change.Bob's evaluation of the forecasts of the leading climate models.Schwab’s booksThe Fourth Industrial RevolutionandCovid-19 and the Great Reset. #Commissions Earned (As an Amazon Associate I

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