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Ep. 92: George Selgin on Bitcoin as Store of Value or Medium or Exchange, and What Ended the Great Depression?
Economist George Selgin has a new book, False Dawn, from the University of Chicago Press, explaining the latest research on how the New Deal did—and …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 91: Moody's Was Right to Downgrade the US Treasury
Bob explains what happened with the recent Moody's downgrade of US Treasury bonds, summarizes the precarious US fiscal position, and then critiques t…
10 months ago
Ep. 90: Cade Bergman on the Utility of X Spaces and the Future of Crypto
Cade is the Head of Content at @WOLF_Financial, and Co Owner & Host of @WOLF_Crypto_X the Crypto Division. WOLF is a social media marketing firm prim…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 89: Tom Pyle on Trump's Energy Agenda, and Why the Tech Bros Flipped on Climate Change
Tom Pyle is president of the Institute for Energy Research (where Murphy was Senior Economist for 13 years). He joins Bob for a fast-paced discussion…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 88: Explaining the LifeNotes Advantage for Split-Dollar Life Insurance Plans
Jay Rogers is Chief Revenue Officer and Steve Baillargeon is VP of Support Services at infineo. They join Bob to explain the LifeNotes Trust solution…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 87: Oren Cass Challenges Free Traders on American Manufacturing
Oren Cass is one of the leading right-of-center scholars challenging free trade orthodoxy, specifically as it relates to US manufacturing. Bob asks c…
11 months ago
Ep. 86: Could the Trump Administration Revalue the Treasury's Gold?
Murphy analyzes a popular video describing proposals to use the Treasury's gold stock to boost the government's finances.
Watch the video version of …
11 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 85: Ricardo's Assumptions Don't Hold, But Trade Still Makes US Richer
Sophisticated critics of free trade argue that David Ricardo's demonstration of "comparative advantage" had valid assumptions in the early 1800s, but…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 84: Abe Lincoln and John Carney Are Wrong About Tariffs
Murphy samples from two recent debates on Trump's tariffs to explain why the protectionists are wrong in their view of international trade. Specifica…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 83: Everybody's Wrong About Trump's Tariffs
Murphy first dissects the dubious constitutional and economic justifications for Trump's new tariff regime. Then he explains why the US decision to l…
11 months, 4 weeks ago