Bob Murphy Show

As the federal debt held by the public surpasses GDP, Adam Haman asks Bob Murphy what it means and the options going forward.
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Bob's proposal for reforming federal finances. His proposal for letting people opt out of Social Security. His lecture on debt burdens on future generations.
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Jim Bovard is a Senior Fellow with the Libertarian Institute. He tells what happened to the Weaver family in 1992 when they were assaulted by federal agents.
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Jim Bovard's page at the Libertarian Institute. A specific article on Ruby Ridge.
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Adam Haman returns for a fun episode, responding to two satirical bits (one video, one in print) mocking radical libertarians.
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The YouTube version of this episode.
Ad for a Somali vacation. The Libertarian Police Dept.
This episode's sponsor, The Swan Bros.
Ben Powell et al.'s article on Somalia. Pete Leeson's article on Somalia.
Bob's booklet Chaos Theory. Adam's post on Ancapistan.
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Mitchell Suchner is the director of Arkpad, which produces floating cabins that can be deployed in modular fashion to create mobile communities. This is not theoretical; Mitchell conducts the interview from such a unit located off the coast of the Philippines.
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The webpage for Reef Resort.
Bob's 2025 interview of Patri Friedman, an early proponent of seasteading.
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Adam Haman returns to help Bob give a loving yet forceful pushback against Darryl Cooper's discussion (on the Jim Webb podcast) of US labor history.
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The YouTube version of this episode.
Darryl's appearance on the Jim Webb podcast.
This episode’s sponsor, the Scott Horton Academy.
Patrick Newman's article on the Crash of 1873. A pro-union description of the 1877 railway strike. The price level from 1860-1939. Ben Powell talk on sweatshops. George Selgin's book Less Than Zero. Hayek's collection Capitalism and the Historians.
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