Adam Haman returns for another crossover. In this episode, they give the brief history and a critique of formal game theory.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this conversation.
• This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Brothers.
• Bob's article on A Beautiful Mind.
• The HamanNature substack.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Keith Smith is founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. He returns to the podcast to summarize his recent testimony on medical costs.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The CSPAN video of the testimony.
• The Surgery Center of Oklahoma. The Free Market Medical Association (FMMA). Matt Ohrt's appearance on the BMS.
• The Tuttle Twins Academy (with Black Friday discount).
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Founder of the Libertarian Institute, Scott Horton, joins Bob to discuss the new online academy dedicated to revisionist history. Along the way, he explains why he had no trouble being a right-wing antiwar ideologue in his formative years.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The link for Scott Horton Academy (use promo code "BOB").
• Scott's page at the Libertarian Institute.
• The trailer for The Bibi Files.
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Steve Patterson joins Bob to analyze a recent interview of Curtis Yarvin, in which he favorably discusses Mises' views on money and banking.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this episode.
• Yarvin on the Peter McCormack show.
• Bob's prior critique of Yarvis on libertarianism and finance.
• Bagus and Howden responding to Block and Barnett on maturity mismatching.
• Steve Patterson on three paradoxes in mathematics.
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Adam Haman returns to assess clips a recent ZeroHedge debate between Keith Knight and Jim Holland, on whether the Allies should have entered World War II.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this conversation.
• This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Brothers.
• The link to the ZeroHedge debate between Keith Knight and Jim Holland.
• Bob's source for WW2 production figures.
• The HamanNature substack.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Kyle Anzalone joins Bob to discuss the details behind US strikes on boats off the coast of Venezuela, including the release of the survivors. Kyle then summarizes some other foreign policy hotspots.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The link for this episode’s sponsor, Monetary Metals.
• Kyle's page at the Libertarian Institute.
• DEA report (from 2020) on the sources of fentanyl into the US.
• The Kyle Anzalone Show, as well as his show Conflicts of Interest.
• Max Blumenthal interview on the Bay of Piglets.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob gives a friendly critique to Clint Russell and other antiwar podcasters for unwittingly conceding the framing of Ben Shapiro and James Lindsay, when it comes to the place of Nick Fuentes in their ranks.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this episode.
• Clint Russell's episode on Fuentes conquering TPUSA. Ben Shapiro on Tucker Carlson as the bad guy.
• Bobby Darin performance that rivals any German dictator.
• Bob's earlier episode responding to Fuentes' arguments.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to critically assess clips from Stefan Molyneux (on the morality of war) and Tucker Carlson (and the allegedly insidious role of libertarian economists in hurting Americans).

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this conversation.
• This episode’s sponsor, The Swan Brothers.
• The link to Stefan's episode. The link to Tucker's episode.
• The HamanNature substack.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob has a delightful discussion with one of his NYU professors on the recent controversy regarding the use of math in economics.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Paul Romer's critique of "mathiness" in the theory of economic growth.
• Bob's doctoral dissertation, with mathematical appendix showing the problems with assuming the real rate of interest equals the marginal product of capital. (The punchline is equation [4] on page 190.)
• The link for this episode’s sponsor, Monetary Metals.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Adam Haman returns to help Bob unpack the juicy economic history from a recent Hoover Institution interview of Arthur Laffer.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this conversation.
• The Hoover Institution interview of Arthur Laffer.
• Bob's book Understanding Money Mechanics.
• The HamanNature substack.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.