Ep. 174 Double Standards on the Capitol Storming and Explaining the Viking Guy
Bob offers his thoughts on the double standards in the media and pundit treatment of the Jan. 6 Capitol events. He also explains the seemingly crazy allegations from the protestor who was dressed as a Viking. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Federalist article on leftist hypocrisy regarding violent protests. Story…
Ep. 173 Alastair Roberts on Scapegoating in the Work of Rene Girard
Alastair Roberts works for the Biblically-grounded Theopolis and Davenant Institutes. He talks with Bob about the work of Rene Girard on scapegoating, and his forthcoming Bible commentary. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Alastair Roberts’ YouTube channel and Soundcloud link to his podcast. The Theopolis and…
Ep. 172 How Much Oil Should Humanity Use This Year?
Harold Hotelling in 1931 wrote the pioneering article “The Economics of Exhaustible Resources” that described the equilibrium prices over time for a finite resource such as oil or coal. Bob explains the answer and how it matches with the Austrian view of time preference. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s EconLib article…
Ep. 171 Mahyar Tousi on the Classical Liberal Case for Brexit
Mahyar Tousi has a popular show out of the UK who has been intimately involved in making the case for Brexit, coming from a classical liberal free trade perspective. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Mahyar Tousi’s YouTube channel. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio…
Ep. 170 Bob Murphy Dissects the “Shopping Cart Theory” Allegedly Blowing Up the Case for Self-Governance
Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called “shopping cart theory” of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can’t even bother to take back the shopping cart when this is clearly the socially right thing to do, we can’t hope to have a system relying on everyone’s good nature. Bob explains what’s wrong with this argument.…