Bob Murphy Show

Adam Haman returns for a fun episode, responding to two satirical bits (one video, one in print) mocking radical libertarians.

Mitchell Suchner is the director of Arkpad, which produces floating cabins that can be deployed in modular fashion to create mobile communities. This is not theoretical; Mitchell conducts the interview from such a unit located off the coast of the Philippines.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob give a loving yet forceful pushback against Darryl Cooper's discussion (on the Jim Webb podcast) of US labor history.

Bob does a nerdy follow-up to prior interactions with George Selgin, Bryan Caplan, and Brad DeLong.

Adam returns to tell Bob why he lost his debate to George Selgin.

Bob recently appeared on the "Human Reaction" podcast, where host David Rand asked him various questions concerning the economics of AI. Although frequent BMS listeners will have heard these themes before, there is new material in this discussion.

Adam Haman returns to further discuss US monetary and economic history, with an emphasis on understanding the designs of the "American System" (propounded by Hamilton and later Clay).

GMU economics professor Bryan Caplan discusses his recent substack series going through Rothbard's classic, For a New Liberty, chapter by chapter.

Adam Haman helps Bob dissect a recent episode of the Coleman Hughes show, where he interviewed Iman Virjee on his new book on asset bubbles. Bob clarifies the description, and then pushes back on Virjee's analysis of the Great Depression.

Relying on his Journal of Libertarian Studies review essay of Kevin Carson' book on mutualism, Bob first explains--and then critiques--the labor (and cost) theory of economic value. This was not exclusively a Marxist idea; it was held by Adam Smith and other classical economists.

Adam Haman returns for another literary episode, this one reviewing Larry McMurtry's classic Western, "Lonesome Dove." He and Bob praise not just the story, but the novel's writing too.

Economist Brian Albrecht explains his discovery of a surprising--but critical--missing link in a popular argument against market power. Specifically, Brian shows that the standard work in this literature doesn't even allow consumer harm as a possibility of firms merging.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob offer praise and criticism for Jeremy Kauffman's recent speech at the Libertarian Party's national convention, as well as his appearance on the Tom Woods Show.

Drawing on the work of British idealist philosopher Bernard Bosanquet, Callahan argues that standard depictions of an "anarcho-capitalist" society, whether practical or not, would constitute a "State."

Adam Haman joins Bob to critique a substack post making an Austrian case for Alexander Hamilton's "American System." Specifically, the plan favored national banking, protective tariffs, assumption of state debts, a preference for "productive" credit, and infrastructure projects. Bob pushes back.

With co-author Chris Coyne, Abby Hall has a new book serving as an introduction to the Austrian School. As she and Bob discuss, the book fills a niche in the existing options of this genre.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob trumpet the amazing performance of Scott Horton on the JRE.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze the recent Tucker Carlson monologue and then interview of Thomas Massie. Although they are fans of both men, Adam and Bob do have some misgivings about the episode.

Adam Haman returns, for the first in a series on "Challenging and Defending Liberty." In this one, Bob plays clips from a progressive who uses the Jeffrey Dahmer case to challenge the "prison-industrial complex." Bob argues that this is similar to how antiwar libertarians analyze Putin and the Iranian regime.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob respond to Martyr Made's recent appearance on Jacob Winograd's Biblical Anarchy podcast.

Bob first addresses a pro-political process argument from Tom Woods, then spends the balance of the episode analyzing a brain teaser that swept X for 3 days.

Adam Haman returns, this time helping Bob to unpack and critique Elon Musk's recent advocacy of UBI as a solution to AI taking our jobs.

Back in February, Bob was a guest on the Bad Roman podcast, talking about his booklet Chaos Theory from a Christian point of view. This is a rebroadcast of that discussion.

Adam Haman returns to discuss one of his favorite movies. Plus he and Bob share personal stories of when they were conned.

Bob continues his commentary on John chapter 3, this time on verses 18 through 36 (finishing the chapter). The emphasis is on the humility of John the Baptist, and the fact that you need a savior.