Ep. 537 Explaining Hall and Woodford's Econ Nobel
Adam Haman returns to ask Bob about this year's economics Nobel (Memorial Award) laureates.
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20 of 235 episodesEp. 536 Bretigne Shaffer on Teaching Kids Courage Through Stories
Bretigne is a former libertarian journalist who is now devoted to children's fiction. She joins Bob to discuss her latest work, "Elixir of F...
Ep. 535 Parsing Trump on Interest Rates
Adam Haman breaks the long hiatus to help Bob break down Trump's recent statements on interest rates (and trade deficits).
Ep. 534 Dan McCarthy on the Death of Libertarianism
Dan McCarthy is editor of Modern Age. He joins Bob to discuss his provocative piece in The Spectator.
Ep. 533 Pushing Back Against Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science Funding
Adam Haman returns to help Bob dissect Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent complaints about the lack of government funding for science.
Ep. 532 David Beckworth Helps Breakdown Dinesh D’Souza’s Calvinism Debate
Economist David Beckworth joins Bob to analyze a recent debate on Calvinism between Dinesh D'Souza and Guillaume Bignon, hosted on the Gospe...
Ep. 531 Dave Smith KOs Alan Dershowitz on Iran
Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze the ZeroHedge debate on the Iran war between Dave Smith and Alan Dershowitz. The famous lawyer had bu...
Ep. 530 Responding to Dinesh D'Souza on the Alleged Problems of Calvinism
On Twitter and YouTube, Dinesh D'Souza has been criticizing Calvinism (i.e. Reformed theology) for weeks, leveling both scriptural but also...
Ep. 529 The Walls Are Contracting on George Selgin's Credit
Taking a recent Twitter exchange as a springboard, Bob argues that George Selgin has unwittingly conceded the entire argument they had at th...
Ep. 528 The Yen Bailout and Failure of Keynesian Policies
Adam Haman returns to discuss the Japan/US bailout of the yen, and Japan's relation to the US position. What does it signify for QE and defi...
Ep. 527 Analyzing Luke Gromen on Fiscal Dominance
Adam Haman helps Bob analyze Luke Gromen's recent interview, in which he argued that high inflation was the only way to end "fiscal dominanc...
Ep. 526 Haman and Murphy Review Nolan's "The Odyssey"
Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze Nolan's latest blockbuster. Hint: the right-wingers lied to you.
Ep. 525 Gene Callahan Asks: If LLMs Are Thinking, What Are They Thinking About?
Frequent guest Gene Callahan returns to present a talk he's been giving in academic circles, which relies on standard computer science to ar...
Ep. 524 Reviewing Carl Jung’s Answer to Job
Adam Haman returns, this time helping Bob critique Carl Jung's "Answer to Job."
Ep. 523 Adam Haman Asks Bob Murphy All About the US Debt
As the federal debt held by the public surpasses GDP, Adam Haman asks Bob Murphy what it means and the options going forward.
Ep. 522 Jim Bovard Explains What the Government Did at Ruby Ridge
Jim Bovard is a Senior Fellow with the Libertarian Institute. He tells what happened to the Weaver family in 1992 when they were assaulted b...
Ep. 521 Why Don't You Libertarians Move to Somalia
Adam Haman returns for a fun episode, responding to two satirical bits (one video, one in print) mocking radical libertarians.
Ep. 520 Mitchell Suchner on the Arkpad Vision for Floating Freedom
Mitchell Suchner is the director of Arkpad, which produces floating cabins that can be deployed in modular fashion to create mobile communit...
Ep. 519 Darryl Cooper's Strikeout on US Labor History
Adam Haman returns to help Bob give a loving yet forceful pushback against Darryl Cooper's discussion (on the Jim Webb podcast) of US labor...
Ep. 518 The Airing of Grievances: Murphy Extends His Critique of Three Economists
Bob does a nerdy follow-up to prior interactions with George Selgin, Bryan Caplan, and Brad DeLong.