Bob Murphy Show

In a recent episode of the podcast "Your Welcome," Michael Malice had Thaddeus Russell on to explain the controversy that had erupted over an interview Russell did with philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar, where the two academics had defended adult-child sexual relations. Bob documents that Russell's explanations to Malice don't stand up to the record of his own written and spoken remarks.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Michael Malice's recent interview of Thaddeus Russell on ep. 193 of Your Welcome.
• Thaddeus Russell's controversial interview of Stephen Kershnar back in December 2020.
• BMS ep. 180, the original critique of Thad's interview of Kershnar.
• Thad on Liberty Lockdown in summer of 2021.
• Thad's 2009 Daily Beast article on Roman Polanski.
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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 reasonably ignore those that disagree with their preferred conclusions.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Dave Smith's original tweet about the Johns Hopkins study.
• Bob's article on Nordhaus vs. the UN.
• A Reuters "fact check" that cites Johns Hopkins experts on why lockdowns DO work.
• A Politifact pushback on Johns Hopkins study.
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Bob has Steve Patterson back on the show, to concede that Steve's skepticism of higher mathematics was right all along. Specifically, Bob explains how his recent discovery of a theorem from Riemann showed that something is indeed rotten in the way mathematicians typically handle infinite sets.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Steve Patterson's website and YouTube channel.
• Steve's interview with NJ Wildberger.
• A great summary of Riemann's Rearrangement Theorem.
• The BMS episodes on Godel's Incompleteness Theorems and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
• Steve's previous appearance on the Bob Murphy Show.
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The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Bob continues his series on Klaus Schwab, explain the WEF's plans for redesigning the world, and providing quotes from Schwab's book on the fourth industrial revolution.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Part 1 of this series.
• The WEF’s bio for its founder, Klaus Schwab.
• Schwab’s books The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 and the Great Reset. #Commissions Earned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)
• The WEF's Global Redesign Summit and the Global Redesign Initiative.
• Nick Buxton's article on Davos and the danger to democracy.
• Forbes' article on Schwab the power broker.
• FEE article on the socialist roots of fascism.
• 1983 article in Harper's on the Bank of International Settlements (BIS).
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Bob starts a series looking into Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum and, along with Prince Charles, proponent of the "Great Reset." 

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Klaus Schwab and Prince Charles promoting the "Great Reset."
• The World Economic Forum's page on the Great Reset.
• An example of a session from the WEF's Davos Agenda 2021 conference.
• The WEF's bio for its founder, Klaus Schwab.
• Schwab's books The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 and the Great Reset. #Commissions Earned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)
• The video of Schwab explaining his connection to Kissinger.
• The "red pill" documentary Wake Up Call.
• Murphy's new book from the Mises Institute, Understanding Money Mechanics.
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The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Bob critiques a Guardian article from an economist favoring price controls, and explains his argument with Joe Weisenthal about the social benefit of saving actual cash.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Dr. Keith Smith (of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma) contact page.
• The Guardian article advocating price controls.
• Murphy Mises.org critique of Weisenthal.
• Murphy article on the 1920-21 depression.
• Mises essay calling inflationary war finance "undemocratic."
• BMS series on Bohm-Bawerk (1, 2, and 3).
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Buck Johnson hosts the podcast Counterflow, and recently featured Bob to discuss his new pamphlet COMMON SENSE on Texas secession.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Bob's pamphlet COMMON SENSE: The Case for an Independent Texas.
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The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Patrick Newman is a fellow at the Mises Institute who have just published his new book. He talks about Rothbard's approach to history, whether the US revolution was libertarian, and the proper way to interpret Andrew Jackson.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Patrick Newman's new book Cronyism: Liberty vs. Power in Early America, 1607-1849.
• Patrick's previous appearance on ep. 49 of the Bob Murphy Show.
• Dan Sanchez's article on Andrew Jackson's fight with Nicholas Biddle over the Second Bank of the United States.
• Bob's review of MMT (including Andrew Jackson's payoff of the federal debt).
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The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

David Legates has a PhD in climatology and is Professor of Climatology at the University of Delaware. He discusses the new 3rd edition of the Independent Institute book, "Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate."

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The Independent Institute book, Hot Talk, Cold Science.
• Bob's study with Ross McKitrick (one of the debunkers of the so-called hockey stick).
• Bob's article on how "statistical significance" is misleading with respect to the climate models.
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The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.