Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes.

Per's QJAE article: Mises.org/HAP398a

Heritage Fellow Peter St. Onge joins Bob to set the record straight on several popular talking points about the debt ceiling.

Bob on selling Gov't resources to reduce the National Debt: Mises.org/HAP397a

Bob originally invited Brian Albrecht (Chief Economist of the International Center for Law & Economics) to discuss the work of Armen Alchian, but on the day of recording, Robert Lucas happened to die.

Bob and Brian discuss rational expectations, real business cycle theory, and how Alchian cracked the military's top secrets.

Brian on Alchian's famous "Costs and Outputs" paper: Mises.org/HAP396a

Dr. Paul Cwik joins Bob to discuss the inverted yield curve's "signal" of an impending recession.

Dr. Cwik's dissertation on inverted yield curves and economic downturns: Mises.org/HAP395a

Bob on the link between inverted yield curves and recessions: Mises.org/HAP395b

Bob's Understanding Money Mechanics: Mises.org/Mechanics

Jonathan Newman joins Bob to critique a recent Twitter argument where some were claiming that supercomputers solved the socialist calculation problem.

The Twitter thread on AI and Socialism: Mises.org/HAP394a

Bob on Socialism and calculation vs knowledge: Mises.org/HAP394b

Karras Lambert and Tate Fegley on economic calculation and AI: Mises.org/HAP394c

Are NASA contracts propping up the private space industry? Or are Government regulations stifling the private space race?

Dr. Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, joins Bob to discuss the recent "successful failure" of the exploded SpaceX launch and the differences between government and privately funded space travel.

Dr. Dourado on NASA contracting private companies to build their shuttles: Mises.org/HAP393a

Dr. Dourado on the Artemis moon program: Mises.org/HAP393b

Professor Per Bylund joins Bob to debunk the worries over AI and to question whether the latest version of chatbots should even be called "intelligent."

Per on Robots Taking your Jobs: Mises.org/HAP392a

Jonathan Newman joins Bob to dissect Paul Krugman's latest NYT op-ed, in which he derides Ron DeSantis as paranoid for thinking a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could be used to control citizens.

Krugman's op-ed in the New York Times: Mises.org/HAP391a

Bob breaking down negative interest rates: Mises.org/HAP391b

Jeff and Bob review the history and impact of The Human Action Podcast—formerly Mises Weekends—and discuss where the podcast is headed. 

Get Jeff's new book A Strange Liberty: Politics Drops Its Pretenses: Mises.org/Strange

Bob is joined by guest Peter St. Onge to discuss how SVB's CEO, as well as Bernie Madoff, had key positions advising the Fed and SEC. Then they discuss how we should think about central banks losing money.

How the SEC was Charmed by Madoff: Mises.org/HAP389a

Bob's Understanding Money Mechanics: Mises.org/HAP389b