Responding to a discussion on X, Murphy documents the official rise in grocery food prices over the last 30 years, and then explains the role of monetary inflation.

Related: - https://infineo.ai/why-are-groceries-so-expensive-part-1-of-2 - https://infineo.ai/podcast/116

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Murphy analyzes the past 15 year performance of gold versus Bitcoin. He also offers thoughts on the recent spike in gold.

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Julia Cartwright is a Senior Researcher with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). She joins Murphy to diagnose the demographic, fiscal, and monetary quagmire of Japan, and warns that other countries in Europe and Asia are sinking into the same abyss.

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The editor of the Modern Age magazine joins Murphy to discuss a California ballot initiative that would assess a 5% wealth tax on any billionaires in the state.

Related: - https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/from-rock-to-tech-talent-flees-taxes

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In the wake of an X Spaces discussion, Murphy critically assesses various explanations for why the USD has value, such as the military and power to tax. He also explains the contributions of Ludwig von Mises to monetary theory.

Related: - https://cdn.mises.org/understanding_money_mechanics_with_cover_image_attached.pdf

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Alex Stevens and Sam Peterson of the Institute for Energy Research join Murphy to explain why government policy, not AI data centers, are to blame for surging electricity prices.

Related: - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/24/energy-prices-regulation

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Recently President Trump called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates, and $200 billion of purchases of mortgage-backed securities. Both moves were intended to help the average American. They each have unintended economic consequences, but the policies are structured differently and require different tools of analysis.

Related: - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/trump-orders-mortgage-bond-purchases-these-stocks-are-jumping.html - https://www.businessinsider.com/ackman-trump-call-cap-credit-card-interest-mistake-affordability-2026-1

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Anirudh Pai is a partner at Robot Ventures, who has a long history in innovative finance. He has a broad discussion with Murphy covering various topics including smart contracts, decentralized governance, and prediction markets being used as insurance.

Related: - https://robvc.com - https://electricsheep.substack.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEa2AEr0jcc - https://x.com/ani_pai

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In InFi ep. 116, Eric Weinstein talked with Bob for more than 2 hours on applying gauge theory to economics. In this episode, Bob unpacks some of the key lessons from the discussion.

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Anja Dragovic is an Australian-based host of the Honest Money Show, a podcast that brings Bitcoin education, with an emphasis on bringing women into the honest-money movement. She joins Bob to explain her own discovery of Austrian economics and the virtues of sound money, as well as the major roadblocks to Bitcoin adoption.

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