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Ep. 66 Tough Questions for Conservatives

Bob asks a series of tough (but fair, he hopes) questions for conservatives, ranging from tariffs to impeachment to drug prohibition. . . . . . Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s free PDF (co-authored with Silas Barta) on Bitcoin, and The Case for IBC. News articles about CIA secret prison network,…

Ep. 63 Nicolas Cachanosky on Improving Austrian Business Cycle Theory, the Dispute Over Fractional Reserve Banking, and How the Fed Broke Monetary Policy

Economist Nicolas Cachanosky specializes in the overlap between capital theory in traditional economics and the capitalization of cash flows in finance. He explains the relevance of these concepts to understanding the business cycle. Then Nicolas and Bob have a friendly disagreement over Mises’ views on fractional reserve banking. The conversation closes with Nicolas’ view on…

Ep. 62 Tough Questions for Progressives

Bob asks a series of tough (but fair, he hopes) questions for progressives, ranging from abortion to the minimum wage to climate change. . . . . . . . Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The NYT (front page) article discussing Obama’s “Secret Kill List.” The clip of Obama saying, “We tortured some…