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Lara-Murphy Show Ep. 65

This was a deep(er) dive into IBC mechanics, in response to a friendly wager submitted by two listeners. Specifically: The controversy concerns two apparently conflicting goals: On the one hand, Nelson Nash says in BYOB that you should pay more against your policy loans than the insurance company requires, effectively buying more paid-up life insurance. […]

Why Is the Stock Market So Shaky?

The latest Lara-Murphy Show episode.

Keeping Up With the Murphys

I am not sure how backlogged I am, so I’ll err on the side of posting some repeats: ==> Contra Krugman episodes 155, 156, 157, and 158. ==> Lara-Murphy Show episode 63 (“Why Learn Austrian Economics?”). ==> And my latest at mises.org: A collection of Krugman Kontradictions! Fun for the whole family.

Murphy Twin Spin Podcasts

==> I talk about climate change policy on a Woodsless Contra Krugman. ==> Carlos and I talk about Trump’s playbook for the economy in the latest Lara-Murphy Show.

Potpourri

==> I’m somewhat embarrassed to say that I don’t think I was very familiar with the apparently famous “Stanford prison experiment,” but my ignorance has been validated because the whole thing was a fraud. (In contrast, I always filed away Milgram’s obedience experiment as my go-to scientific confirmation of whatever political science point I wanted […]

Murphy Magic

Some of this may be repeats, but I haven’t posted my stuff in a while and need to catch up… ==> Ep. 49 of the Lara-Murphy Show covers Chapter 2 of our new book, The Case for IBC. ==> Ep. 50 of the Lara-Murphy Show is a bonus episode, featuring my remarks at the Yale […]

Podcasts Are Here

==> Episode 48 of the Lara-Murphy Show covers Chapter 1 of our new book (with Nelson Nash). ==> Not sure if I already posted, but: Episode 127 of Contra Krugman involves Krugman calling Republicans liars. But, tune in for the banter between Tom and me.

The Lara-Murphy Show Episode 45: The GOP Tax Plans, Theory & History

In the latest episode I first walk through the standard theory of tax reform, explaining why different types of taxes have different impacts on behavior. (I make it clear that I’m not endorsing any of these taxes–as they are all coercive–but am just trying to get people to see the logic driving the “mainstream” discussion.) […]