Author Archive

BMS ep. 136: A Framework for Money, Inflation, and Debt

This is a follow-up to the marathon interview I did with Rohan Grey on MMT. I lay out what is the fairly standard framework economists use for thinking about money, inflation, and debt, and apply it to the discussion Rohan and I had.

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Bob Murphy Show ep. 135: Adrian Lee Oliver on Police Abuse and Pros & Cons of BLM

I saw Adrian on Benjamin Boyce’s podcast and had to continue the discussion. A very interesting take on things. Audio here, video below:

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BMS ep 134: David Friedman on Physics, Coase, and Anarcho-Capitalism

Audio here, video below:

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BMS ep 133: Bob Murphy Debates Thaddeus Russell on Postmodernism as Foundation for Liberty

Audio here, video below:

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BMS Twin Spin

==> BMS ep 131 (in a previous post I erroneously said the Rohan Grey interview was 131, but it’s 130) features Brett Venoitte talking about the Prussian roots of the US educational system. Audio here, video below: ==> Then in BMS ep 132, I talk with Scott Beyer about using free markets to revitalize our […]

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Potpourri

==> Bari Weiss has annoyed me in the past, but her resignation letter from NYT is worth skimming. (In particular, her claims about co-worker treatment that management tolerated.) ==> Great review by Coleman Hughes of the book How to Be an Antiracist. It means a lot more than “speak up when your co-worker tells a […]

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BMS ep 131: Rohan Grey Deep Dive on MMT and Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin

In the intro, I explain how this interview came to be. It’s long, but I think it helps if you want to understand the MMT camp. Audio here, video below.

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Adrian Lee Oliver on Benjamin Boyce

This is a shocking interview, but Oliver’s stories give extra credibility to his views on identity politics.

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