Ep. 321 Bob’s CliffsNotes on the Dave Smith/Simon Guenzl Open Borders Debate
Bob reviews his interviews with Dave Smith and then Simon Guenzl on whether libertarians should support Open Borders. Specifically, Bob focuses on the status of government-controlled property vis-a-vis libertarian theory. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s Human Action podcast interviews with Dave Smith (anti Open Borders) and Simon Guenzl (pro). Guenzl’s…
Ep. 288 Do Libertarian Conspiracy Theories Violate Austrian Economics?
Bob uses a recent exchange between Dave Smith and reason’s Liz Wolfe to analyze the apparent tension between libertarian allegations of coordinated skullduggery and the Austrian critique of socialism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Part of the Problem episode featuring Liz Wolfe. Bob’s pamphlet Chaos Theory, his Libertarian Papers article…
Ep. 259 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin Discussion on Libertarianism, Part 2
Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin’s physics analogies that supposedly show libertarianism is akin to Newtonian physics, since it leaves out the need to use violence to establish order. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: BMS ep. 258, which is Part 1 of Bob’s response. The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith. Ben Powell and…
Ep. 258 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin Discussion on Libertarianism, Part 1
Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin’s claim that free trade policy has hurt America, and that libertarians don’t have a good response to it. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith. FRED charts showing manufacturing employment, index of total manufacturing production, components of manufacturing, and domestic auto production.…
Ep. 230 Bob Murphy vs. Dave Smith on the Johns Hopkins Lockdown Study
Bob explains the friendly exchange he had with Dave Smith regarding the new Johns Hopkins study that concluded lockdowns did little to reduce mortality. Smith had tweeted that in a sane world, all those favoring lockdowns would be publicly disgraced, while Bob argues that these studies are so open-ended that people on both sides can…