Bob Murphy

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Murphy Twin Spin

In BMS ep. 57 I have a really fun discussion with Robert Anthony Peters. In BMS ep. 58 I use excerpts from Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History to make my point that State militaries are incompetent.

Murphy Triple Play

==> I get pedantic with John Cochrane, but I think the episode is instructive. ==> I defend David R. Henderson against his critics. ==> I’ll be debating again at the Soho Forum in April 2020.

Austrian Business Cycle Theory, the Inverted Yield Curve, and the Upcoming Recession

I explain in the latest episode of The Bob Murphy Show.

==> My radio interview with Danielle Smith was a good one concerning climate change and tree planting. ==> This is old but someone sent me an article explaining why the international mortality stats can be misleading. ==> I haven’t read it yet, but apparently this article at Jacobin takes Phil Magness’ side on the issue […]

Triple Play

==> My latest episode on the Bob Murphy Show goes after the Left and the Right. ==> Someone asked me if there were a good article explaining the economics of remittances (when migrant workers send money back home), and I couldn’t find one. So I was the change I wanted to see in the Internet. […]

“Why?”

In economics a lot of what I do–especially when writing for the general public–is to flesh out a thought experiment where the government does something that I consider to be a bad policy. Though it violates some abstract moral principle, it may seem to yield beneficial results. But then, as time passes in the thought […]

Ironic Juxtaposition

I’m not reading too much into this, just saying I noticed that in back-to-back posts (though one was a re-run) on EconLog this was funny: ==> Bryan Caplan has a post (which was front and center on my phone, but they actually re-ran from June 3) wondering why immigration is even a contentious issue among […]

Murphy Stuff

==> Ep. 51 of the Bob Murphy Show features Hannah Cox explaining why conservatives should oppose the death penalty. ==> I take on Joe Weisenthal on negative interest rates. ==> I argue that, contrary to some leftist progressives, slavery was nota boon for American capitalism. Excerpts: There is no doubt that a healthy adult slave […]