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 dominance” in the US. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Luke Gromen interview on the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast. Bob interviews Gromen on…
Ep. 435 Adam Haman Asks Tough Questions About Richard Werner on Banking
In another crossover episode, Adam Haman asks Bob about his doubts/concerns on various parts of Richard Werner’s recent appearance on the Tucker Carlson show. This discussion is on the heels of Bob’s episode of the Human Action podcast with Jonathan Newman, where they responded to Werner’s interview from an Austrian economics perspective. Mentioned in the…
Ep. 291 Douglas Robert Uses MMT to Challenge Bob’s Recession Call
Douglas Robert is a recovering Austrian who subscribes to the MMT framework as being the most useful for trading. He has a friendly debate with Bob over the inverted yield curve and whether a recession is at hand. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Douglas Robert’s…
Ep. 289 Gene Epstein Takes Bob to the Woodshed Over Dubious Wage Data
Gene Epstein is disappointed in Bob’s kid-glove treatment of Oren Cass’ critique of American capitalism, and explains some of the problems with the data that Oren relied upon to make his case. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Oren Cass’ controversial interview on BMS ep. 283.…
Ep. 280 The Theory and History Needed to Refute Keynesianism and MMT
As a sequel to a recent Human Action podcast episode where Bob critiques a Warren Mosler interview, Bob here goes deeper into the analysis of how an economy can continue growing even if the government eliminates its budget deficit. Bob relies on both theory and history, citing in particular the fiscal turnaround of Canada in…