Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWould DOGE Dividend Checks Stoke Inflation?
Episode 488
Some have proposed that the spending cuts identified by DOGE be directed towards a $5000 tax rebate for Americans who pay federal taxes. Critics warn…
1 year, 2 months ago
Unpacking the Document that Spells Out Trump's Tariff Strategy
Episode 487
Josh Hendrickson is the chair of the Economics Department at the University of Mississippi. He recently brought to Twitter's attention a 41-page docu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Erick Brimen Explains the Free City of Próspera
Episode 486
Erick Brimen is the CEO of Honduras Próspera, which is described as a "start up city" that offers choice in regulatory treatment. It is an exciting a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Would Trump's Plan to Replace Income Tax with Tariffs Work?
Episode 485
Bob analyzes President Trump's recent remarks praising the revenue capacity of tariffs. He shows that historically, tariffs only bought in a small fr…
1 year, 3 months ago
Murphy and Newman Do a Postgame Analysis of ZeroHedge MMT Debate
Episode 484
Murphy recently squared off against Nathan Tankus in a ZeroHedge debate focusing on Austrian economics vs. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Jonathan New…
1 year, 3 months ago
Lawrence McQuillan Explains the Policy Inferno Behind the California Wildfires
Episode 483
Lawrence McQuillan from the Independent Institute joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in Cal…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Flaws of GDP Accounting Explained
Episode 482
Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of econom…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Government Relief Spending Only Makes the Recession Worse
Episode 481
Bob walks through diagrams from Hayek's famous LSE lectures to explain the Austrian view of the boom-bust cycle.
The Diagrams Referenced in this Episo…1 year, 4 months ago
Matt McCaffrey on Frank Fetter vs. Alfred Marshall on the Theory of Rent
Episode 480
Matt McCaffrey is a former Mises Institute research fellow with an expertise in the American economist (and Austrian fellow-traveler) Frank Fetter. H…
1 year, 4 months ago
Dr. Keith Smith: What Critics Miss About For-Profit Healthcare
Episode 479
Keith Smith, MD is an anesthesiologist and founder of the cash-price Surgery Center of Oklahoma. In the wake of the shooting of UnitedHealth CEO Bria…
1 year, 4 months ago