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  1. Occam's Banana

    The Lara-Murphy Show: a new podcast about Austrian economics and financial market analysis

    Bob Murphy has a new podcast with co-host Carlos Lara. The podcast will be concerned with Austrian economics, financial market analysis, banking (including Nelson Nash's "infinite banking concept" or IBC), etc. No indication yet of when or how frequently new episodes will be released. Main...
  2. Occam's Banana

    The Fed "in the dock" (mock trial of the Federal Reserve, feat. Bob Murphy vs. Robert Kuttner)

    The Fed "in the dock" (mock trial of the Federal Reserve, feat. Bob Murphy vs. Robert Kuttner) "Fed on Trial" http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2015/10/fed-on-trial.html Bob Murphy (02 October 2015) C-SPAN has posted the footage from FreedomFest in Vegas this past July. If you’re bored, at...
  3. Occam's Banana

    Debate: Bob Murphy vs. Walter Block (May Libertarians Accept Government Money?)

    Ep. 472 Debate, Murphy vs. Block: May Libertarians Accept Government Money? http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-470-debate-murphy-vs-block-may-libertarians-accept-government-money/ The Tom Woods Show (18 August 2015) Should libertarians ever take government funds? Another question that divides the...
  4. Occam's Banana

    Mises Weekends: The Case for Private Defense

    Bob Murphy: The Case for Private Defense http://mises.org/library/bob-murphy-case-private-defense Mises Weekends (12 December 2014) Recent events surrounding Ferguson, Missouri and the choking death of Eric Garner have brought police misconduct to the forefront. Libertarians rightfully point...
  5. Occam's Banana

    Tom Woods & Bob Murphy announce weekly "anti-Krugman" podcast for 2015

    The Liberty Movement is about to get its very own "Bob & Tom Show" ... oh, yeah, baby! Bob Murphy was Tom Woods' guest on the 21 November 2014 episode of the The Tom Woods Show (see 'tube below). At the end of the show, they announced that they will be doing a new, weekly podcast...
  6. Occam's Banana

    The Importance of Sound Money (Bob Murphy @ the Acton Institute)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7niLdZqDH0o
  7. Occam's Banana

    Bob Murphy: The Fed's Stock Market Casino (Mises Weekends interview)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBt0wvlQ638
  8. Occam's Banana

    Breaking Bad: Can Regulation Be Fixed?

    Breaking Bad: Can Regulation Be Fixed? http://fee.org/the_freeman/detail/breaking-bad-can-regulation-be-fixed Robert P. Murphy (29 October 2014) The problem of “regulatory capture” goes all the way down Big business has captured the regulators, which has transformed the federal government...
  9. Occam's Banana

    ISIS / ISIL, NPR ... and the Rothbardian analysis of the State

    NPR Guest Sounds Rothardian on Nature of the State http://mises.ca/posts/blog/npr-guest-sounds-rothbardian-on-nature-of-the-state/ Robert P. Murphy (19 June 2014) During a June 18, 2014 interview on the NPR show “All Things Considered,” the guest was discussing the funding of the ISIS group...
  10. Occam's Banana

    Bob Murphy reviews Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century"

    Bob Murphy (29 May 2014): http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/05/book-review-of-piketty.html So you can mentally prepare yourself, here is a short (about 1,000 words) review of Piketty. Next week I’ll publish a much longer review with quotations from the book. The good thing about this...
  11. Occam's Banana

    Shocking Quotes from Thomas Piketty

    FTA: http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/05/shocking-quotes-from-piketty.html Shocking Quotes from Thomas Piketty http://mises.ca/posts/blog/shocking-quotes-from-thomas-piketty/ Robert P. Murphy (19 May 2014) Here at Mises Canada I’ve already tackled some of the serious theoretical problems...
  12. Occam's Banana

    Politics vs. Science at IPCC

    http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/05/politics-vs.-science-at-the-ipcc.html Politics vs. Science at IPCC http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2014/05/05/politics-vs-science-at-ipcc/ Bob Murphy (05 May 2014) Those pushing for aggressive government intervention in the name of fighting...
  13. Occam's Banana

    Adam Kokesh interviews Bob Murphy

    From: http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/05/potpourri-202.html Bob Murphy eviscerates "Capital in the Twenty First Century" by Thomas Piketty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVg1MPp87s "Capital in the Twenty First Century" is a best-selling book that has apparently caused quite a stir...
  14. Occam's Banana

    Bob Murphy at Texas Bitcoin Conference

    Murphy Talk at Texas Bitcoin Conference http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/04/murphy-talk-at-texas-bitcoin-conference.html Bob Murphy (07 April 2014) Somebody put up the audio of my talk at the Texas Bitcoin conference. I thought the best contribution I could make was to explain to the...
  15. Occam's Banana

    GM, Product Safety, and Death

    GM, Product Safety, and Death http://mises.ca/posts/blog/gm-product-safety-and-death/ Bob Murphy (05 April 2014) The reports that GM deliberately avoided a recall for a defective ignition switch – which led to at least 13 fatalities – because of cost considerations has led to predictable...
  16. Occam's Banana

    Obama administration defends stimulus, cites Bastiat ...

    Blasphemy!! I'm just ... I don't even ... I mean .. :eek::eek: Administration Celebrates the ARRA ("Obama Stimulus Package") - And Cites Bastiat! http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/02/administration-celebrates-the-arra-obama-stimulus-package-and-cites-bastiat.html Bob Murphy (18 February...
  17. Occam's Banana

    The Bernanke Legacy

    Bob Murphy: http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/01/the-bernanke-legacy.html The WSJ recently ran an interesting assessment of Bernanke’s legacy, as he chairs his final FOMC meeting this week. It opens with this provocative paragraph: As the Federal Reserve Chairman prepared to step down, the...
  18. Occam's Banana

    Kristen Meghan on "Geo-Engineering"

    I'm not really into this stuff. I just thought it was interesting that Bob Murphy commented on it. This is from the same event/venue as the Bill Still vs. Bob Murphy debate (see here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?438395-Bill-Still-vs-Robert-Murphy-Economics-Debate-LIVE-1-17-14)...
  19. Occam's Banana

    HuffPo writer wants Janet Yellen & the Fed to "save the planet" ...

    FTA (emphasis added): http://mises.ca/posts/blog/mission-creep-huffpo-writer-wants-janet-yellen-to-save-the-planet/
  20. TaftFan

    Bill Still vs Robert Murphy - Economics Debate LIVE 1/17/14

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1436295869920947/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
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