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Ep. 72: Tyler Watts' Proposal for Opting Out of Social Security
Tyler Watts is a professor of economics at Ferris State University. In an analysis for the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, he proposes a plan for a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 71: The Yield Curve Has Uninverted; Does It Signal Recession?
Bob explains that the yield curve has gone back to a "normal" upward sloping configuration, with 10-year Treasuries yielding more than the 3-month T-…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 70: The Economics of the American H-1B Visa Controversy
Bob referees the recent debate among Trump supporters over the H-1B program, especially the remarks from Vivek Ramaswamy on American culture. Despite…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 69: Answering Critics of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Bob responds to critics of his earlier episode on Michael Saylor's arguments for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
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1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 68: Does Saylor's Proposal to Dump Gold and Buy Bitcoin Make Economic Sense?
Bob reviews the classical gold standard era, including the demonetization of silver, to evaluate Michael Saylor's proposal for the US government to s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 67: Evis Zenios on Self-Custodying Your Coins and Avoiding Ticket Fraud
Evis Zenios is the new Interim CEO of DaffiOne. He joins Bob to discuss the importance of self-custody of crypto coins--and the role that the DaffiWa…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 66: Does Slavery Make Us Richer or Poorer, and Who Pays for Tariffs?
Bob first reconciles two apparently contradictory positions he staked out in previous episodes (regarding the impact of slavery on the rest of societ…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 65: The Disappointing Results of a Major UBI Study, with Peter Jacobsen
Peter Jacobsen is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ottawa University in Kansas. He joins Bob to discuss a major study of Universal Basic Income (U…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 64: How Can US Workers Compete With Chinese Slave Labor?
Bob begins a new mini-series in which he fields questions concerning international trade and tariffs. This episode deals with the question of foreign…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 63: The Hypocrisy of the Woke Elite
Gene Callahan joins Bob to discuss his review of Musa al-Gharbi's new book, We Have Never Been Woke. Following Gharbi, Gene argues that the people in…
1 year, 4 months ago