Bob explains the legal and practical issues surrounding the purge of right-wing voices from social media sites. He makes a distinction between free speech and the 1st Amendment, and critically analyzes the typical "newsstand / publisher" analogy for Section 230.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• EFF article on Section 230 and why the platform/publisher distinction is a red herring.
• Encyclopedia Brittanica entry on the First Amendment.
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Ron Paul used the fall in purchasing power since the founding of the Fed to argue that the central bank had hurt regular Americans. Fed economist David Andolfatto disagrees, but Bob pushes back.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• David Andolfatto critiques Ron Paul's argument against the Fed.
• Bob's rebuttal to Andolfatto.
• "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by White et al.
• Bob's forthcoming book on Understanding Money Mechanics.
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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 on activists flooding Capitol during Kavanaugh hearings.
• Bob's (controversial) tweet about why Jan. 6 was tragic.
• Story on the Black Panthers storming the CA state Capitol.
• Video of the QAnon Shaman (i.e. Viking guy).
• Is our money based on debt?
• History channel story about underground government bunkers.
• The NYT story on Navy pilots seeing unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP).
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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 Davenant Institutes.
• BMS ep. 15 with David Gornoski.
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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 on the market trajectory of oil consumption and prices.
• Harold Hotelling's pioneering 1931 article on "The Economics of Exhaustible Resources" (pdf).
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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.
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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.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The blog post for the "Adventures in Pacifism: Louis CK edition" contest.
• Ben Powell on Somalia.
• Bob's book Chaos Theory, his article on libertarian law and military defense, his lecture on the market for security, and his lecture on military defense.
• The Federalist No. 51.
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Mario Rizzo is a professor in the Department of Economics at NYU--where he was Bob's dissertation chair. He talks about how he found the Austrian School and his own contributions to economics.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Mario Rizzo's homepage.
• Mario's books The Economics of Time and Ignorance (with Gerald O'Driscoll) and Escaping Paternalism. #CommissionsEarned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)
• Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy discuss Henry Hazlitt on BMS ep. 160.
• Paul Davidson's review of The Economics of Time & Ignorance.
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Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey recently called IBC a scam on his popular show. Ramsey alleged that the dividends received from a mutual life insurance company were just deliberate overcharges to make the customer think he was earning a profit, even though it all came out of the customer's own pocket. Bob sets the record straight.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this episode (recommended!).
• The YouTube video where Dave Ramsey calls IBC a "scam."
• An Investopedia article explaining the history of cash-value life insurance and the Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) tax rules.
• Someone else's YouTube video showcasing Dave's dismissal of Peter Schiff as an "idiot" and "kook."
• The "Foundations of IBC" video series, put out by the Nelson Nash Institute.
• The Case for IBC (authored by Nelson Nash, Carlos Lara, and Bob Murphy).
• A listing of graduates of the IBC Practitioner Course.
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Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing and holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption. He talks with Bob about his new book, The Parasitic Mind, and its relationship to the culture wars.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Gad Saad's website.
• Saad's books The Parasitic Mind and The Evolutionary Basis of Consumption. #CommissionsEarned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)
• Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear. #CommissionsEarned
• The famous honey badger video (NSFW).
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