Bob Murphy Show
Robert Murphy
Bob Murphy Show
Robert Murphy
Wednesday 07 April 2021 : Using a recent Dave Smith interview of Michael Malice as a springboard, Bob elaborates his understanding of anarcho-capitalist principles to...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : Bob helps to clarify the Bitcoin debate. On the one hand, the "no intrinsic value" skeptics are ignoring how Austrians deal with gold, while...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : Bob helps to clarify the Bitcoin debate. On the one hand, the "no intrinsic value" skeptics are ignoring how Austrians deal with gold, while...
Tuesday 30 March 2021 : Benjamin Boyce is a writer, interviewer, and filmmaker who rose to fame by relaying his experiences as a student during the infamous...
Monday 22 March 2021 : Josiah Neeley is the Texas Director and Resident Senior Fellow in Energy for the R Street Institute. He has a lively discussion, pushing...
Thursday 18 March 2021 : Rob Bradley is an expert in the history of US energy markets. He explains the role of Sam Insull (co-founder of General Electric) in showing...
Monday 15 March 2021 : Gary Wolfram is an economics professor at Hillsdale College, who was both a teacher and colleague of Bob during his two stints at the school...
Tuesday 09 March 2021 : Since the deep freeze in February caused millions of Texas homes to lose their power, partisans have been fighting over the blame. The...
Sunday 07 March 2021 : Medical doctor Keith Smith returns to the show to explain how government intervention allows insurance companies to distort health care...
Tuesday 02 March 2021 : Bob discusses three separate items all related to nonviolence: (1) Gene Sharp's work, (2) Bob's old dream of how to topple a tyrant, and (3)...
Friday 26 February 2021 : Standard economic analysis suggests that even large-scale immigration doesn't hurt native citizens economically. But couldn't the newcomers...
Wednesday 24 February 2021 : Bob explains his idea for the general legal principle under which children would constitute a particular case: Namely, treat the parent (or...
Thursday 18 February 2021 : In a 2019 article, Bob quoted Mises who believed that new gold discoveries, in principle, could cause a (small) boom-bust cycle if the gold...
Thursday 11 February 2021 : On a recent episode of the Unregistered podcast, Thaddeus Russell interviews philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar on his controversial...
Sunday 07 February 2021 : Nick Watts has a Master of Divinity degree from Queensland Theological College. He talks with Bob about his book, which argues that the...
Sunday 31 January 2021 : Tom Woods invites Bob onto his podcast to discuss the coordinated actions of retail traders to implement a short squeeze on hedge funds, in...
Wednesday 27 January 2021 : Bob has a short but sweet conversation with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. They cover Glenn's career in wrestling, his discovery of...
Saturday 23 January 2021 : Bob explains the legal and practical issues surrounding the purge of right-wing voices from social media sites. He makes a distinction...
Sunday 17 January 2021 : Ron Paul used the fall in purchasing power since the founding of the Fed to argue that the central bank had hurt regular Americans. Fed...
Monday 11 January 2021 : Bob offers his thoughts on the double standards in the media and pundit treatment of the Jan. 6 Capitol events. He also explains the...
Friday 08 January 2021 : Alastair Roberts works for the Biblically-grounded Theopolis and Davenant Institutes. He talks with Bob about the work of Rene Girard on...
Tuesday 05 January 2021 : Harold Hotelling in 1931 wrote the pioneering article "The Economics of Exhaustible Resources" that described the equilibrium prices over...
Tuesday 29 December 2020 : Mahyar Tousi has a popular show out of the UK who has been intimately involved in making the case for Brexit, coming from a classical...
Wednesday 23 December 2020 : Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called "shopping cart theory" of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can't...
Sunday 20 December 2020 : Mario Rizzo is a professor in the Department of Economics at NYU--where he was Bob's dissertation chair. He talks about how he found the...
Bob Murphy Show
Robert Murphy
Ep. 192 Extending AnCap Analysis for Vaccine Passports, Court Rulings, and Desegregation
Using a recent Dave Smith interview of Michael Malice as a springboard, Bob elaborates his understanding of anarcho-capitalist principles to...
Ep. 191 Clarifying the Economic Framework for Both Camps in the Bitcoin Debate
Bob helps to clarify the Bitcoin debate. On the one hand, the "no intrinsic value" skeptics are ignoring how Austrians deal with gold, while...
Ep. 191 Clarifying the Economic Framework for Both Camps in the Bitcoin Debate
Bob helps to clarify the Bitcoin debate. On the one hand, the "no intrinsic value" skeptics are ignoring how Austrians deal with gold, while...
Ep. 190 Benjamin Boyce on the Evergreen State Protests and Lessons for America
Benjamin Boyce is a writer, interviewer, and filmmaker who rose to fame by relaying his experiences as a student during the infamous...
Ep. 189 Josiah Neeley Gives the Other Side on What Happened With the Texas Power Freeze
Josiah Neeley is the Texas Director and Resident Senior Fellow in Energy for the R Street Institute. He has a lively discussion, pushing...
Ep. 188 Rob Bradley Gives a Brief History of US Electricity Regulation, With Lessons for the Recent Texas Freeze
Rob Bradley is an expert in the history of US energy markets. He explains the role of Sam Insull (co-founder of General Electric) in showing...
Ep. 187 Gary Wolfram on the Minimum Wage and Other Misguided Policies
Gary Wolfram is an economics professor at Hillsdale College, who was both a teacher and colleague of Bob during his two stints at the school...
Ep. 186 What Really Happened With the Texas Power Grid
Since the deep freeze in February caused millions of Texas homes to lose their power, partisans have been fighting over the blame. The...
Ep. 185 Dr. Keith Smith Explains the Scam in Medical Pricing and How to Fix It
Medical doctor Keith Smith returns to the show to explain how government intervention allows insurance companies to distort health care...
Ep. 184 Nonviolent Solutions to Social Problems
Bob discusses three separate items all related to nonviolence: (1) Gene Sharp's work, (2) Bob's old dream of how to topple a tyrant, and (3)...
Ep. 183 Ben Powell Argues that Immigrants Don’t Threaten Liberty
Standard economic analysis suggests that even large-scale immigration doesn't hurt native citizens economically. But couldn't the newcomers...
Ep. 182 A Modest Proposal for Children in Libertarian Law
Bob explains his idea for the general legal principle under which children would constitute a particular case: Namely, treat the parent (or...
Ep. 181 Could Gold Discoveries Cause the Austrian Boom-Bust Cycle?
In a 2019 article, Bob quoted Mises who believed that new gold discoveries, in principle, could cause a (small) boom-bust cycle if the gold...
Ep. 180 After Further Review, It's Still Wrong for Adults to Sleep With Kids
On a recent episode of the Unregistered podcast, Thaddeus Russell interviews philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar on his controversial...
Ep. 179 What Does the Bible Say About Taxation?
Nick Watts has a Master of Divinity degree from Queensland Theological College. He talks with Bob about his book, which argues that the...
Ep. 178 Tom Woods and Bob Murphy Discuss the GameStop Shorting Controversy
Tom Woods invites Bob onto his podcast to discuss the coordinated actions of retail traders to implement a short squeeze on hedge funds, in...
Ep. 177 Glenn Jacobs on Wrestling, Austrian Economics, and Political Office
Bob has a short but sweet conversation with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. They cover Glenn's career in wrestling, his discovery of...
Ep. 176 A Framework for Analyzing Tech Censorship
Bob explains the legal and practical issues surrounding the purge of right-wing voices from social media sites. He makes a distinction...
Ep. 175 David Andolfatto Defends the Fed
Ron Paul used the fall in purchasing power since the founding of the Fed to argue that the central bank had hurt regular Americans. Fed...
Ep. 174 Double Standards on the Capitol Storming and Explaining the Viking Guy
Bob offers his thoughts on the double standards in the media and pundit treatment of the Jan. 6 Capitol events. He also explains the...
Ep. 173 Alastair Roberts on Scapegoating in the Work of Rene Girard
Alastair Roberts works for the Biblically-grounded Theopolis and Davenant Institutes. He talks with Bob about the work of Rene Girard on...
Ep. 172 How Much Oil Should Humanity Use This Year?
Harold Hotelling in 1931 wrote the pioneering article "The Economics of Exhaustible Resources" that described the equilibrium prices over...
Ep. 171 Mahyar Tousi on the Classical Liberal Case for Brexit
Mahyar Tousi has a popular show out of the UK who has been intimately involved in making the case for Brexit, coming from a classical...
Ep. 170 Bob Murphy Dissects the "Shopping Cart Theory" Allegedly Blowing Up the Case for Self-Governance
Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called "shopping cart theory" of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can't...
Ep. 169 Mario Rizzo on His History with the Austrian School and the Economics of Time & Ignorance
Mario Rizzo is a professor in the Department of Economics at NYU--where he was Bob's dissertation chair. He talks about how he found the...
