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 the Human Action podcast. Bob interviews Lyn Alden on her book, Broken…
Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze Nolan's latest blockbuster. Hint: the right-wingers lied to you. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Frequent guest Gene Callahan returns to present a talk he's been giving in academic circles, which relies on standard computer science to argue that LLMs can't possibly be thinking "about" the external world in the same way humans do. Economist and philosopher Kevin Vallier joins the discussion. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Gene…
Adam Haman returns, this time helping Bob critique Carl Jung's "Answer to Job." Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Carl Jung's "Answer to Job." This episode's featured company, Jackery . RC Sproul on Job . BMS ep. 420 unpacking Darryl Cooper's religious heresies . The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
As the federal debt held by the public surpasses GDP, Adam Haman asks Bob Murphy what it means and the options going forward. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Bob's proposal for reforming federal finances. His proposal for letting people opt out of Social Security . His lecture on debt burdens on future generations. The HamanNature substack…
Jim Bovard is a Senior Fellow with the Libertarian Institute. He tells what happened to the Weaver family in 1992 when they were assaulted by federal agents. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Jim Bovard's page at the Libertarian Institute. A specific article on Ruby Ridge. Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Adam Haman returns for a fun episode, responding to two satirical bits (one video, one in print) mocking radical libertarians. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Ad for a Somali vacation . The Libertarian Police Dept . This episode's sponsor, The Swan Bros. Ben Powell et al.'s article on Somalia . Pete Leeson's article on Somalia . Bob's…
Mitchell Suchner is the director of Arkpad, which produces floating cabins that can be deployed in modular fashion to create mobile communities. This is not theoretical; Mitchell conducts the interview from such a unit located off the coast of the Philippines. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The webpage for Reef Resort . Bob's 2025…
Adam Haman returns to help Bob give a loving yet forceful pushback against Darryl Cooper's discussion (on the Jim Webb podcast) of US labor history. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Darryl's appearance on the Jim Webb podcast. This episode’s sponsor, the Scott Horton Academy . Patrick Newman's article on the Crash of 1873. A pro-union…
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 on Hoover's memoirs . Help support the Bob Murphy…