Bob Murphy Show

In a recent episode of the Provoked podcast, hosts Scott Horton and Darryl Cooper went at it. Adam Haman returns to help Bob referee the brawl. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The Provoked episode featuring the Horton-Cooper brawl. Bob's lecture on Private Law . Bob's pamphlet Chaos Theory (on private law and defense). The prior BMS ep 519...

Bob continues his gospel commentary, this time covering John 4: 1-26. This is the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS ep 497, Installment 12: Men Loved Darkness . RC Sproul on Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to share a video from X, which purports to break down Hayek's arguments so that even a 10-year-old would get them. Bob praises and critiques the video's rhetorical approach. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Bob on Hayek's knowledge problem vs. Mises' calculation problem. The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Mur...

Adam Haman returns, to help Bob dissect an annoying "Star Talk" episode on our alleged lack of free will. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The original "Star Talk" episode . The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to ask Bob about this year's economics Nobel (Memorial Award) laureates. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Tabarrok on Woodford. Nunes on Woodford. The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bretigne is a former libertarian journalist who is now devoted to children's fiction. She joins Bob to discuss her latest work, "Elixir of Fear." They also discuss Bretigne's history as a journalist in Hong Kong. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Bretigne Shaffer's substack . The link for Elixir of Fear . BMS ep 75 featuring Bretigne on Cali...

Adam Haman breaks the long hiatus to help Bob break down Trump's recent statements on interest rates (and trade deficits). Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Bob explains connection between current account deficit and capital account surplus. This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Bros. The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Dan McCarthy is editor of Modern Age. He joins Bob to discuss his provocative piece in The Spectator. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Dan's article in The Spectator . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob dissect Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent complaints about the lack of government funding for science. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Neil deGrasse Tyson laments science funding. The Bell Labs paper that laid out the Kelly criterion . Kealey's case against public funding of science. The myth of basic science . Bu...

Economist David Beckworth joins Bob to analyze a recent debate on Calvinism between Dinesh D'Souza and Guillaume Bignon, hosted on the Gospel Truth podcast. Both David and Bob approach the issue as Molinists. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The Bignon-D'Souza debate on Calvinism. David Beckworth's substack . His podcast Macro Musings . Bob...

Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze the ZeroHedge debate on the Iran war between Dave Smith and Alan Dershowitz. The famous lawyer had but one argument, and it was ridiculous at that. Dave also displayed quick-witted responses. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The ZH debate between Dave Smith and Alan Dershowitz. This episode’s sponsor,...

On Twitter and YouTube, Dinesh D'Souza has been criticizing Calvinism (i.e. Reformed theology) for weeks, leveling both scriptural but also philosophical and moral objections. Bob adopts his version of Molinism to argue that God's sovereignty can be reconciled with man's free will (and hence moral culpability). Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Dinesh D'Souza's critique of Calv...

Taking a recent Twitter exchange as a springboard, Bob argues that George Selgin has unwittingly conceded the entire argument they had at the SoHo Forum: namely, fractional reserve banking by its very essence causes a mismatch between the community's saving and the funds made available for loans via the banks. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Keith Vencel's new book, A New Mon...

Adam Haman returns to discuss the Japan/US bailout of the yen, and Japan's relation to the US position. What does it signify for QE and deficit spending? Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Bros . The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

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 Mo...

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 Callaha...

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 book...

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 intervi...

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 descr...

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...

Adam returns to tell Bob why he lost his debate to George Selgin. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The SoHo Forum debate between Murphy and Selgin. This episode’s sponsor, the free Plan-B guide from ExPatMoney. Bob’s article on FRB . The HamanNature substack . Help support the Bob Murphy Show.