Bob Murphy Show

Luke Avery has Bob on to discuss a "Choose Your Own Adventure" series of questions, ranging from UBI to artificial intelligence to elite theory.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

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 of Interest:What started this fiasco: BMS ep. 322, "Selgin vs. Selgin."Rothbard's critique of Larry White on the Scottish episode (starts p. 859). White's response (chap. 3).John Cochrane on The Narrow Bank. Selgin's contrarian take.Selgin on the history of 100% reserve banks.Block and Barnett on maturity mismatching.Murphy’s journal article critiquing the Selgin/White view of fractional reserve free banking. Murphy's book Understanding Money Mechanics.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Clint Russell is host of the Liberty Lockdown podcast, and recently ran to be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party. As a former mortgage broker, Clint also discusses the housing market.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Clint Russell's podcast Liberty Lockdown, and his Twitter account.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Ed Mabrie founded the Faith By Reason platform to show how the findings of modern science dovetail with a Biblical worldview. He discusses his background and some of the major themes with Bob.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Ed Mabrie's Faith By Reason website.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

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 Murphy at the Soho Forum. And his recent interview with David Beckworth on Custodia.Murphy interviews Selgin on banks as credit intermediaries.John Cochrane on The Narrow Bank.Murphy's journal article critiquing the Selgin/White view of fractional reserve free banking.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob reviews his interviews with Dave Smith and then Simon Guenzl on whether libertarians should support Open Borders. Specifically, Bob focuses on the status of government-controlled property vis-a-vis libertarian theory.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Bob's Human Action podcast interviews with Dave Smith (anti Open Borders) and Simon Guenzl (pro).Guenzl's paper (pdf) on the immigration debate.Sheldon Richman book reviews a "refreshing" take on immigration.BMS ep. 194 where Bob explains his vision of how a free society would handle immigration.The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Philosopher Michael Huemer discusses anarcho-capitalism, challenges traditional notions of authority, debates anarcho-socialism, advocates for the privatization of security forces, delves into ethical dilemmas in societal order, and explores Arrow's Impossibility Theorem in economics.

Bob gives an overview of the Intelligent Design landscape, focusing on three of its leading members: Michael Behe, William Dembski, and Stephen Meyer. He explains what ID is, some of its major concepts, and tackles some common objections.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Stephen Meyer talking about the return of the God hypothesis.Short video on the bacterial flagellum.BMS ep. 111 Winston Ewert on applying computer science to ID.Dembski talking about 2nd edition of The Design Inference.Two ID scholars critically assess the "origin of life" research.Casey Lunkin on the changing scientific view of "junk DNA."The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Tom Jenney joins Bob to discuss his intriguing book project, American Futures.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Tom Jenney's book, American Futures.The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob explains his current thinking on the US economy, specifically in relation to CPI inflation, employment, and the yield curve / recession.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The article containing many of the graphs alluded to in this episode.NOTE: Bob in the audio says there is a video version, but he decided it would hold up release of the episode too long; interested readers should refer to the article while listening to his discussion.Bob's article on the yield curve and recession.The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.