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 the SoHo Forum: namely, fractional reserve banking by its very essence causes a mismatch between the community’s saving and the funds made available for loans via the banks. Mentioned in the Episode and…
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. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The BMS analyzing the SoHo Forum debate on FRB, Bob’s recent interview of Bryan Caplan, and Brad DeLong’s congressional testimony. Bob’s blog post responding to DeLong. Bob’s much earlier post…
Ep. 325 Continuing the Fractional Reserve Debate in Light of Selgin and White’s Response
In BMS ep. 322, Bob criticized a recent interview of George Selgin regarding the lack of historical examples of 100% reserve banking. In this episode, Bob responses to George’s pushback (on Twitter) and also Larry White’s in-print response to Rothbard’s old critique of the Scottish “free banking” episode. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links…
Ep. 322 Selgin vs. Selgin: The Debate Over Fractional Reserve Banking
Bob responds to a recent interview where George Selgin says the historical record proves that fractional reserve banking is a market outcome. Bob gives two separate reasons, and ironically plays different Selgin clips to validate each of them. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Selgin’s interview on free banking. His debate with…
Ep. 149 George Selgin Critiques MMT and Debates Murphy on Free Banking
Monetary economist George Selgin agrees with Bob on the flaws with MMT, but then the two continue their debate (started at the Soho Forum) on fractional reserve free banking. The episode also includes George’s background and thoughts on Bitcoin. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. George’s monograph…