InFi: the Future of Finance

Liya Palagashvili is a senior research fellow and director of the Labor Policy Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She joins Bob to discuss her book chapter on dynamic pricing. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWlDbBYO1Yk   Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

Mark Koyama is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is the author of Persecution and Toleration: The Long Road to Religious Freedom with Noel Johnson and How the World Became Rich with Jared Rubin. He joins Bob to discuss his recent post on the economics of the US strategic bombing campaign in WW2. Relevant Links: https://www.markkoyama.com/p/masters-of-the-air   https:/...

Matthew DiPaola is Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine. He joins Bob to discuss various topics related to teaching and practicing medicine, as well as his connection to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSMMCCI7xT0   Subscribe to ou...

Dr. Michael Dooley is the Chief Economist at Figure, and has more than 20 years experience at the Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund. With co-author Mike Cagney, Dr. Dooley recently wrote a post arguing that the US was not headed into a recession, and that therefore the Fed was not likely to cut rates. Dooley makes his case to Bob, including why Dooley thinks the inverted yield curve...

EJ Antoni is an economist with the Heritage Foundation. He joins Bob to explain different metrics that show the US labor market is not as buoyant as the unemployment rate suggests. Relevant Links: - https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/commentary/new-government-data-shows-the-economy-may-be-losing-jobs   - https://www.heritage.org/housing/commentary/green-housing-mandates-are-pushing-americans-...

Bob responds to popular attacks on Whole Life Insurance policies and the Infinite Banking Concept from Dave Ramsey and others. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig1-QFEvvyM   Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infineogroup/   Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/infineogr...

Naomi Brockwell spent years as a producer for the 19-time Emmy winning journalist, John Stossel. She now runs NBTV, a platform with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, that teaches the tools for personal and financial privacy. She joins Bob to discuss a recent video in which she gave the sad truth about bank handling of private data. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.yout...

In reaction to a viral clip taken from the new MMT documentary, Bob goes solo to explain the rationale for government debt even in a fiat currency regime. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtYM0JCWN3k   Relevant Links: -   https://www.infineo.ai/ articles/why-does-the-us- government-borrow-us-dollars - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ZLgNAqWbsf8 Subscri...

Perianne Boring is the founder and CEO of The Digital Chamber, a leading trade association that represents blockchain technology. She joins Bob to discuss the latest regulatory challenges and her hope for the future. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3PEE0p6wU   Relevant Links: -  https://digitalchamber.org/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  https://b...

Jeff Briggs is the CFO of infineo, but even before joining the team he led an adventurous life, including his time in a physics PhD program, working for NASA, and winning a decent chunk of change on a popular TV game show. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEVGZnmxmz0   Relevant Links: - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YfmJjUd9p0M - https://www.youtube....

Lotta Moberg has a PhD in economics from George Mason University, and worked for 7 years on William Blair's Dynamic Allocation Strategies team. She joins Bob to discuss her adventures, including military stints in Kosovo. Among other roles, she currently hosts a new video series for the CFA Institute covering topics such as alternative credit. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://...

Bobby Samuelson is an Editor of The Life Product Review, and president of Life Innovators. He joins Bob to discuss his December 2023 article for TLPR, which analyzed his relative's Whole Life policy issued in 1988, for which Bobby had access to all of the annual statements. It's a rare case study in which we can compare long-term illustrations against actual performance. Watch the video version of...

It has become popular among economists and policy wonks to dismiss the notion of banks as credit intermediaries as obsolete. After all, the practice of "fractional reserve banking" means that banks can effectively "create money out of thin air" when they make a new loan. Economist George Selgin discusses his new working paper that defends the traditional view. Watch the video version of this episo...

On March 26 and 27, 2024 Bob gave a series of lectures for the Free Enterprise Society student group at Oklahoma State University. This lecture was for an entrepreneurship class, which explained how modern technology (smart phones, blockchain, and AI) is making it easier to implement private-sector solutions for various problems that have historically been handled by the government. Watch the vide...

Infineo's Chief Technology Officer, Zuhayr Rashid, joins Bob to discuss the recent, sometimes humorous snags befalling BlackRock as it launches a $100 million fund on a public blockchain. The episode underscores the desirability of blockchains (such as Provenance) that are dedicated to the financial sector. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzzu8qlnVL8  ...

Josh Maddox is Head of Developer Ecosystem at Provenance Blockchain Foundation. He talks with Bob about the rationale for real-world asset tokenization, and how blockchain finance can help the world's poorest communities. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwaSQYIvuWo   Relevant links: https://provenance.io/ https://acumen.org/ Subscribe to our YouTube ch...

David R. Henderson is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, a Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He joins Bob to explain why a UBI program, in order to work, would be fantastically expensive. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1yu6zbAKVk Links: - https://www.independe...

Clifton Duncan holds an MFA from New York University's elite Graduate Acting Program. He has starred on numerous television and Broadway shows, including "The Play That Goes Wrong." He joins Bob to discuss his background and how the Covid regime ended his conventional acting career. But these setbacks haven't stopped Clifton from diving into his new project, a one-man show centered on economist Th...

Ááron Sepúlveda-Cué is an economist based in Texas, with a position at the Libertarian Christian Institute among other affiliations. He joins Bob to discuss the background and wild success of Argentina's new president, Javier Milei. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVtugBy-tg   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS   Follow us on Ins...

Bob walks through a numerical example to illustrate how increased mortality risk can reduce the "actuarially fair" growth rate in the cash surrender value of a Whole Life policy, even though (by construction in the example) the total expected return, including the possibility of a death benefit payout, is constant throughout the policy. The exercise will help the viewer understand the mechanics of...

Bob Ejodame is VP of Capital Markets at INX. He explains INX's progress in creating a single platform for merging cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin with tokenized real-world assets, along with providing new companies with a way to raise capital on the blockchain. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TT095k_7M   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit...

Cole Snell is Founder and CEO of infineo. Bob asks questions to probe Cole's origin story, to learn not only tips on business, but also how to nourish body and soul. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTRhsaD8q50   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infineogroup/   Follow us on Twit...

Michael Fraser is Co-Founder of Action / Insight, an AI consulting firm based in Toronto. He joins Bob to share his captivating vision of how large language models will change the world. Relevant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV2fs5X5mY4   Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZBMLG9b8eM   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS  ...

Herwig Konings is founder and CEO of Security Token Advisors and Security Token Group. He explains this burgeoning industry that he helped pioneer, offering insights for both the novice and the expert. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLpb47IWwo   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.c...

Jamie Finn is Co-Founder and President of Securitize, Inc. , a leading platform for issuing digital securities. He gets into the weeds on digital assets with Bob, but also addresses beginner questions such as the difference between proof of work and proof of stake. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jb0LIXQPlg   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://...