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Ep. 132: Tony Garcia on Lessons from the Drift Heist
Tony Garcia has a master's degree and decades of experience in cybersecurity. He joins Bob to discuss what happened in the Drift heist, and what less…
19 hours ago
Ep. 131: Do Large Language Models "Act" in the Austrian Economics Sense?
Michael Fraser is co-founder of Action / Insight, a business AI consulting firm out of Toronto. He is also an amateur expert in Austrian economics, a…
1 week ago
Ep. 130: Good & Bad Developments in AI & Blockchain
Murphy analyzes three recent news items: progress on the CLARITY Act, the SEC clarification on which blockchain items are NOT securities, and Sen. Ma…
2 weeks ago
Ep. 129: Gasoline Prices Should Rise, Even If US Is Oil Self-Sufficient
A popular objection on social media states that the US only gets 2% of its crude oil via the Persian Gulf, and so therefore the conflict in Iran shou…
3 weeks ago
Ep. 128: The Economics of the Iran Conflict
Murphy explains the economics of the interruption of oil exports from the Persian Gulf. He shows that the recent peak in crude prices was nowhere nea…
4 weeks ago
Ep. 127: Yes, Grocery Prices Have Risen Rapidly—But Why?
Responding to a discussion on X, Murphy documents the official rise in grocery food prices over the last 30 years, and then explains the role of mone…
1 month ago
Ep. 126: Comparing Gold vs. Bitcoin
Murphy analyzes the past 15 year performance of gold versus Bitcoin. He also offers thoughts on the recent spike in gold.
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1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 125: Mushrooming Debt, Crashing Population: the Spread of "Japanification"
Julia Cartwright is a Senior Researcher with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). She joins Murphy to diagnose the demographic, fisca…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 124: Dan McCarthy on California's Foolish Billionaire Wealth Tax
The editor of the Modern Age magazine joins Murphy to discuss a California ballot initiative that would assess a 5% wealth tax on any billionaires in…
2 months ago
Ep. 123: What Gives the US Dollar Its Value?
In the wake of an X Spaces discussion, Murphy critically assesses various explanations for why the USD has value, such as the military and power to t…
2 months, 1 week ago