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Robert P. Murphy

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Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory; Lessons for the Young Economist; Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism; Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of The Bob Murphy Show.

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Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory; Lessons for the Young Economist; Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism; Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of The Bob Murphy Show.

Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchy

Political Theory

01/01/2002Books
Working within a Rothbardian framework, Murphy takes up the challenge of Hans Hoppe regarding the role of market insurance in property security to extend the analysis to the security of person.
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Lessons for the Young Economist

EducationAustrian Economics Overview

03/10/2011Books
Murphy's textbook prepares the student for both conventional economic studies in the future, and provides the logical rigor and policy clarity that only the Austrian School perspective can offer.
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All Works

Are Workers Being Paid Their Product? Watch Out for Misleading Charts

The FedLabor and WagesUnemployment

09/22/2023Mises Media
Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Bob to show why you should be wary of charts coming from agenda-driven institutions,
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Why Plea Deals Are a Miscarriage of Justice

Big GovernmentLawLegal System

09/15/2023Mises Media
Bob explains his long-standing objection to plea deals.
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The Beltway Libertarians Are Too Smart for Oliver Anthony

LibertarianismMedia and CultureGold Standard

09/08/2023Mises Media
Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss the surprisingly negative reaction (from a Reason writer and Tyler Cowen) to Oliver Anthony's hit, "Rich Men North of Richmond."
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Updating Böhm-Bawerk and Fixing Finance

The FedFinancial MarketsCapital and Interest TheoryHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

09/01/2023Mises Media
Peter Lewin joins Bob to discuss his work on uniting Austrian capital theory with mainstream finance.
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Is China's Economy Hitting a Roadbump or Quicksand?

Booms and BustsEconomic PolicyGlobal EconomyOther Schools of Thought

08/25/2023Mises Media
Peter St. Onge joins Bob to discuss the contrast in leadership between Xi Jinping and Deng Xiaoping, the dollar as global reserve currency, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Jim Rogers' prediction that the 21st century would belong to the Chinese empire.
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