Ep. 284 Vance Ginn Interviews Bob Murphy on the Business Cycle and Weaknesses in Free Market Rhetoric
Vance Ginn recently had Bob on his podcast, “Let People Prosper!” Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Vance Ginn’s podcast, Let People Prosper! Bob’s EconLib article on privatizing federal assets. Oren Cass on the Bob Murphy Show. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode…
Ep. 283 Oren Cass Warns Conservatives to Rethink Economic Libertarianism
Oren Cass is the founder of American Compass, which has a new handbook advising conservatives on how to rebuild American capitalism. Bob provides a skeptical but friendly forum for Oren to explain his dissatisfaction with the standard libertarian position on free trade and labor unions. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube…
Ep. 282 Scoring the Debate Over God Between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens, Part 1
In 2009 the Christian philosopher William Lane Craig debated Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God. In this episode Bob evaluates the 20-minute opening statement from Craig. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The debate between Craig and Hitchens. Wikipedia entry on fine-tuning argument. Tom Woods on classical First Mover argument. Help support the…
Ep. 281 Murphy vs. Twitter Econ
Bob tackles recent tweets by Joe Weisenthal and Elon Musk to clarify the Austrian views on recessions and money. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Elon tweet and the Joe Weisenthal tweet. Bob’s book Understanding Money Mechanics. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth…
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…