Bob provides a qualified defense of Larry Summers' recent claim that high unemployment will be necessary to contain price inflation.
Jason Rink explains his documentaries on the so-called Q-Shaman and Nick Fuentes, as well as the pushback he's received.
Bob seeks to explain why the Fed's extraordinary monetary inflation following the 2008 financial crisis didn't result in $5/gallon gasoline, while the Fed's extraordinary monetary inflation following the 2020 coronavirus panic did.
Bob offers thoughts on the LP Mises Caucus takeover, Justin Amash's speech, and then argues that the Fed has not yet begun to tighten.
Bob uses a recent Krugman article to highlight how free-traders sometimes confuse the public on the nature of trade surpluses. Contrary to Krugman, there's nothing foolish about exporting more than you import.
Bob argues that Putin's moves to link the ruble to gold and to insist on ruble payments for natural gas won't be very effective in strengthening the currency. He then critiques a recent listener comment who argued that one's views on taxation are important for determining moral worth as a human.
Mike Thiessen talks with Bob extensively on the economics of climate change policy. The discussion then turns to the fate of the US dollar and the US empire.
Johnny Vedmore is an independent journalist from Cardiff, Wales. He discusses his masterful article on Klaus Schwab's mentors, including Henry Kissinger and John Kenneth Galbraith.
Bob critiques the economic views of Yuval Harari, who predicts "useless people" because of technological advances. Bob then showcases similar thinking from right-wingers. He ends by addressing a common critique of the Christian God.
In a recent episode of "The Problem With Jon Stewart," the former Daily Show host asks former president of the Kansas City Fed Thomas Hoenig why the Fed couldn't have bailed out homeowners, or just "quantitative ease" away the Treasury's debt. Hoenig gives muddy answers, so Bob tries to clarify.