Michael Humpherys

Lend Hoping Nothing Podcast

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Michael Humpherys

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Apr 20, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 33: Leasing and Investment 20.04.2026

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Episode 32: Economic Theory of Time Preference 17.04.2026

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Episode 31 - An Economic Argument Against Usury 02.02.2026

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Episode 30 - Development in Argument Against Usury 24.12.2025

Commentary on the Sentences: https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~Sent. III.D37.Q1.A6 Summa Theologiae: https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~ST.II-II.Q78 De Malo: https://aquinas.cc/la/la/~QDeMalo. Q13.A4 Quodlibet: https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~QIII.Q7.A2 Aristotle’s Politics: “Of everything which we possess there are two uses: both belong to the thing as such, but not in the same manner, for one is the proper, and the ot...

Episode 29: Aristotle's Politics on Usury 08.12.2025

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Episode 28 - Lucrum Cessans Part 2 21.11.2025

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Episode 27 - Lucrum Cessans 18.11.2025

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Episode 26: Aquinas, Contracts and Profit 04.08.2025

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Episode 25: Acts, Contracts and Profit 24.07.2025

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Episode 24: Contracts as Human Acts 14.05.2025

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Episode 23: Response to Dr. Storck at Suroeste 14.04.2025

Storck’s original essay: https://revistasuroeste.cl/2022/05/27/nuestra-economia-usurera/ My First Response: https://revistasuroeste.cl/2024/11/04/economia-justicia-y-caridad/Storck’s First Response: https://revistasuroeste.cl/2025/01/08/es-justo-cobrar-intereses/ My Second Response: https://revistasuroeste.cl/2025/02/18/prestamo-a-interes-historia-y-concepto/ Storck’s Final Response: https://revis...

Episode 22: American Maritain Association Paper 14.04.2025

Program: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eda794851ef816b04d5f4d5/t/67c9efe2f61d8a23f92aa6a0/1741287394881/Program+Booklet+2025.pdf Paper: https://www.academia.edu/128758246/The_Intelligibility_of_Usury_Restitution_Adequation_and_Contracts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lendhopingnothing.substack.com

Episode 21: Vix Pervenit 13.01.2025

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Episode 20 - Usury, Restitution and Exchange 24.09.2024

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Episode 19 - St. Alphonsus Liguori on Usury 06.09.2024

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Episode 18 - Story Time with Mike 22.06.2024

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Episode 17 - Time Value of Money 30.05.2024

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Episode 16 - The Metaphysics of Money 10.04.2024

Three Modern Functions (Plus One) * Medium of Exchange * Unit of Account * Store of Value * Established by Convention/Law Account of Money * Necessity of exchange * Commutative Justice * Equality in exchange * How many shoes is a house? * Money enters as a measure of diverse goods * measure of human need or desire * Measure must contain that which it measures * Law - measures human behavior (defin...

Episode 15 - Irrealism of Bitcoin or BTC is BS 01.04.2024

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Episode 14 - Financial Realism 26.03.2024

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Episode 13 - A Realist View of Economic Value 23.02.2024

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Episode 12 - Retirement & Investment: Facts and Morality 29.01.2024

Nota Bene I am not a financial or tax advisor. Take everything I say with a grain of salt and do your own research and find professionals for additional help. Facts Options for retirement * 401k * Employer sponsored retirement account * Invest a percentage of salary * Typically involves an employer match of 3%-5% ( https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/smart-money/average-401k-match ) * Invest...

Episode 11 - Imam, Barnes & the Christian Tradition 07.12.2023

Performing Intrinsic Evils * Meaning of Catholic Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/live/q8VDT1jbKRA?si=Lw_ZiD9GJC-qWSD8&t=3079 * “Just because something is intrinsically evil does not necessarily mean you can never do it.” New Polity Shareholding Essay - https://newpolity.com/blog/should-christians-invest-in-the-stockmarket Declaration that money is evil or has the appearance of evil * Jacob Imam’...

Episode 10 - Thinking about Property and Contracts 03.11.2023

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Episode 9: The Real and Financial Economies 31.08.2023

Ways in which the financial economy supports the real economy * Direct financing * Liquidity * Risk management This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lendhopingnothing.substack.com

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