Posts by Robert Murphy
Ep. 451 Evaluating Strategies for Liberty
Adam Haman returns to help Bob critically assess the various strategies for promoting liberty that they and their colleagues have tried. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this conversation. The link for the 2025 ExPat Money Summit. This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Brothers. Bob’s interview of Patri Friedman on Prospera. His recent…
Ep. 450 A Review of GK Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday
Adam Haman returns to participate in the 2nd installment of his “book club” with Bob. Last time, they reviewed The Dark Knight Returns, while this time they review The Man Who Was Thursday, a classic philosophical thriller. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this conversation. The link for the 2025 ExPat…
Ep. 449 Daniel Kuehn on WEB Dubois’ Interaction with Bohm-Bawerk
Daniel Kuehn is a labor economist with the Urban Institute. He has an interest in the history of economic thought, and joins Bob to discuss his forthcoming Journal of Economic Perspectives (Vol 39, No 4) article on WEB Dubois’ work on marginal productivity theory, when it was still in its infancy. Mentioned in the Episode…
Ep. 448 Unpacking Dave Smith’s Analysis of Jimmy Kimmel
In another crossover, Adam Haman returns to critically assess Dave Smith’s intriguing arguments regarding the firing (with FCC pressure) of Jimmy Kimmel. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this conversation. The link for the 2025 ExPat Money Summit. This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Brothers. Dave Smith’s Part of the Problem episode 1306.…
Ep. 447 Spike Cohen Actually Beats City Hall
Spike Cohen returns to the podcast to elaborate on the tremendous success of his organization, You Are the Power. By simply spotlighting particular government officials abusing their position, his network can give people an incentive to do the right thing. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this conversation. This episode’s…