Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat's More "Wicked" than the Crime of '73?
Episode 478
Using the heavily marketed movie "Wicked" as his news hook, Bob explains that the beloved Wizard of Oz movie involved an allegory of the bimetallism …
1 year, 4 months ago
David Glasner on the Sraffa-Hayek Debate
Episode 477
David Glasner is a UCLA-trained economist specializing in monetary theory and the history of economic thought. He has disagreed in print with Murphy'…
1 year, 4 months ago
Responding to Bryan Caplan's Continued Critique of the Austrians
Episode 476
In 1997, Bryan Caplan wrote an essay explaining why he was no longer a self-described Austrian. Recently, a reader asked him to comment on that essay…
1 year, 5 months ago
Clarifying Economists' Arguments About International Trade
Episode 475
Bob discusses common talking points that pro-free-trade economists often use when making the case against tariffs. The purpose is to facilitate discu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why FEMA Makes Things Worse: Theory and History
Episode 474
Amy LePore's doctoral dissertation covered the perverse incentives of federal money for disaster management on local officials. She joins Bob to talk…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Can Mining Asteroids in the Future Make Us Richer Today?
Episode 473
After explaining the backstory of how Bob put forth a proposal for codifying property rights in space-based resources, Bob then explains how the pros…
1 year, 5 months ago
Unpacking Mises: Fractional Reserve Banking and the Currency School
Episode 472
Mises Fellow Kristoffer Hansen joins Bob to discuss Mises' perspective on fractional reserve banking and free banking. Earlier this month, Larry Whit…
1 year, 6 months ago
Was Ricardo's Comparative Advantage Really Different From What Adam Smith Said About Foreign Trade?
Episode 471
In response to Murphy's recent article on comparative advantage, economist Jorge Morales Meoqui objected that Murphy was continuing the same erroneou…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Was Mises's Position on Fractional Reserve Banking?
Episode 470
Murphy lays out the various camps in the debate over FRB. He endorses the view of Joe Salerno, namely that Mises favored "free banking" as the best m…
1 year, 6 months ago
Philipp Bagus on the Flaws in the "Real Bills" Doctrine
Episode 469
Dr. Philipp Bagus explains the main ideas from his new book, Full Reserve Banking versus the Real Bills Doctrine, which defends Misesian business cyc…
1 year, 6 months ago