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Bob explains his current thinking on the US economy, specifically in relation to CPI inflation, employment, and the yield curve / recession.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The article containing many of the graphs alluded to in this episode.NOTE: Bob in the audio says there is a video version, but he decided it would hold up release of the episode too long; interested readers should refer to the article while listening to his discussion.Bob's article on the yield curve and recession.The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Stephan joins Bob to discuss his new book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society. They cover Rothbard's contributions to legal theory, as well as Bob and Stephan's differing entry points into libertarianism.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Stephan's new book.Stephan's website.Stephan's previous appearance on BMS ep. 79.The link to Monetary Metals.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
On March 27, 2024, Bob delivered this talk (as one of several) to the Free Enterprise Society at Oklahoma State University.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Bob's previous night's talk on private law & defense.BMS 305, Jesus as Logos.BMS 310, the guest makes the point about "turn the other cheek" reference in this talk.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Winston Ewert is a computer scientist and mathematician with numerous publications in the Intelligent Design (ID) field, including co-authored works with William Dembski. He joins Bob to discuss his recently published essay (a chapter in a collection) on the algorithmic model of the human mind.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.The website featuring the new book, and a blog post referring to Winston's particular chapter.Winston Ewert's website.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
David Ramsay Steele has a new collection of essays out, and he joins Bob to discuss. Much of the conversation focuses on whether it makes sense to believe in spirits, as well as the life and changing views of George Orwell.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.The Amazon entry for DRS's new book.Why Machines Will Never Rule the World (referenced by the guest).Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
JP Cortez is Executive Director of the Sound Money Defense League. He joins Bob to discuss the League's strategy and their various successes.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.The website of the Sound Money Defense League.Robert Murphy's Understanding Money Mechanics.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
1Sheldon Richman is an OG of the libertarian cause. Among other positions, he is currently Executive Editor at the Libertarian Institute. He joins Bob to discuss the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and reflects on his decades in the movement.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Sheldon's archives at the Libertarian Institute.Sheldon's books Coming to Palestine, and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.John Hasnas' paper, "Toward a Theory of Empirical Natural Rights."Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Domenic Scarcella discusses his new book, which makes the case that Jesus' teachings and actions show Christians they should be good neighbors, but (in a sense) bad citizens. Bob pushes back at points to clarify what Domenic's position truly is.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.The Amazon link to the book.Domenic's substack dedicated to the book.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Gene Callahan teaches computer science at NYU and is the author of Economics for Real People. He joins Bob to discuss the inner contradictions of liberal neutrality. They also discuss AI and whether computers can really learn.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.The crazy fact about colliding blocks and pi.Gene Callahan's author page at Amazon.Gene's blog post on Euler's identity.Previous BMS episodes featuring Keith Knight on progressives' domestic imperialism, the Logos, the Satanic monument, and Bob's rediscovery of Molinism.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Professional comedian Owen Benjamin joins Bob to discuss the attempt to de-platform him, the shape of the earth, and whether we need a strong State to protect financial integrity and children.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Owen Benjamin's website and Twitter account.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Bob gives a dense commentary on the 1986 animated classic, explaining how the initially reckless Hot Rod rises from the ranks to become the successor to Optimus Prime.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The full Transformers movie (1986).Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
In his new book published by the Libertarian Institute, Keith Knight explains why he left progressivism. They could see the problems of foreign imperialism, but they cheered it domestically. A fast-paced discussion.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Keith Knight's new book.Keith's archive at the Libertarian Institute.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Bob continues his miniseries, focusing on John 1: 1-5. Bob makes the case that we should be marveling at the unreasonable effectiveness of semantics in the social sciences. There is meaning packed into every field of human inquiry, and this sheds light on the prologue to the gospel of John.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS ep 304, installment 1, introduction.Dawkins talking to Steve Pinker on language acquisition.Bob's conversation with GPT-4."Why Math Works."A video on imaginary interest rates (relevant to Euler's identity). A video from the same series on Euler's formula.BMS ep 138, "Why the Left Hates Christianity." BMS ep 303, "Jonathan Bartlett on Random Mutations Not Being So Random." BMS ep 257 on Hans Hoppe and synthetic a priori.An excellent introduction to how Large Language Models work. How neural networks work (example of reading handwritten numerals).A good example of a cool YouTube video on the Mandelbrot set.Study notes for Daniel Dennett's Consciousness Explained.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Bob launches a new miniseries, and starts by summarizing his chapter for a Festschrift in honor of Walter Block.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:[As of release, no information was available on the actual collection in honor of Walter. RPM will update when available.]Callahan and Murphy's critique of Hans Hoppe's argumentation ethics.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Jonathan Bartlett is a prolific software engineer and textbook author who has published peer-reviewed articles on the information embedded in biological organisms. He joins Bob to discuss two of his recent papers, highlighting a distinction in the term "random mutation" that has great relevance for the Intelligent Design debate.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Jonathan Bartlett's archives at the Discovery Institute.The first journal article from the interview, then the second.The MindMatters site.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Bob goes solo to argue that our current institutional framework in the US isn't arbitrary; it was hijacked by the evil one. He illustrates with the recent examples of the Satanic Temple in Iowa and the three university presidents who seemed to excuse calls for genocide.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Rep. Jon Dunwell's tweet thread.The full Congressional hearing involving the three university presidents (relevant exchange starts at 5:04:24.)Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Max Borders is Executive Director of Social Evolution. He has a freewheeling discussion with Bob on UNDERthrowing--rather than overthrowing--unjust regimes.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Max Borders' organization, Social Evolution.Max's Medium archive.Jordan Peterson's closing speech at ARC.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
David Gornoski uses Rene Girard's mimetic framework to show how the modern world has been transformed by the Christian account. He applies it in this discussion to the propaganda war in the Middle East.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:David Gornoski's WND article on the topic.Gornoski's show, A Neighbor's Choice.A previous Gornoski appearance on ep. 15 discussing sacrifice.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Bob goes solo to explain and critique three popular arguments put forward by the leaders of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:Phil Labonte's reaction to Nina Turner.A Murphy Medium post showcasing Kelton's claim about checking vs. savings accounts.Bob's review of Kelton's book, The Deficit Myth.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
Steve joins Bob to discuss the life and revolutionary approach to mathematicians of Alexander Grothendieck.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this interview.Steve's blog post and here on Grothendieck.Steve's list of articles referencing Grothendieck.Steve's books.Steve's previous appearance on the BMS.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
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Best Bob Murphy episode EVER!!! Well done Mr. Murphy, the adjustment of his voice to long suffering in one hour, while he's laughing internally. Oooph. Love that Owen. Become bears is the medium
Bob Your argumentation that you open with is completely wrong as is all your Covid arguments because they're based in little more than your personal, irrational Fear. You can claim all you want to be against government lockdowns and mask mandates but you and your irrational behavior and unreasoned fear are the basis for their existence. so long as you endorse their rational you endorse their existence. But to your poor understanding of the arguments, on the one hand the mask mandates are allegedly rationalized by the false beliefs of asymptomatic super spreaders, the very thing you also irrationally fear, and the idea that everybody or anybody has the virus and is highly contagious. This is why everyone "must wear masks." Neither of these have any basis in reality and in fact are as much proven wrong as is possible. Thus the idea that in a country wear they haven't had a new case in over 3 weeks yet the mask mandate is still in effect with extreme penalties is evidence that the mask
Math IS Something as Oxford Mathematician John Lennox points out. It's socking the willful ignorance and cognitive disconnect shown when naturalists assume only the natural, material world exists and they claim to prove it with the use of immaterial, eternal things that do not exist in the material world like Reason, Ideas, and Logic... and of course "Natural Laws" Like Mathematics To provide a naturalistic reason for Something instead of nothing you have to actually start with nothing, as in nothing at all. That is no reason no logic no math, no natural laws, no intelligence, no such thing as so-called natural selection, no elements no... , nothing exists. Then start from there
I think he actually sugar-coated it a bit but It's nice to see Bob finally awoke to the clear reality of what the SCAMdemic was all about- Ushering in the "Global Reset" and the NWO. The draconian lockdowns and absurd rules make it abundantly clear this was never about a virus. The mindless believers in the media propaganda living in terror were and still are being used
Why are grown men, with all of the real shit going on, worrying about fantasy entertainment for children?
damn straight thank god for Bob!
Just wondering if Bob is going to have this buffoon back on given everything that happened and all the disinformation she gave in the interview. One of the several shootings in CHAZ was by the armed security, which she denied existed, Spraying bullets into a vehicle. she also lied about the gardening and the signs begging for stuff
So what you're saying Murphy is... you're a proponent of the dollar-milkshake theory!
Had to stop at 20
left and right are useless constructs
as long 0l
strongly disagree with this episode, bob
Keep it up, mr. Murphy.
Great interviews and Murphy humor; keep it up!