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InFi Episode #64
How Can US Workers Compete With Chinese Slave Labor?
Bob begins a new mini-series in which he fields questions concerning international trade and tariffs. This episode deals with the question of foreign coerced labor keeping imports to the US artificially cheap.
November 29, 2024
InFi Episode #63
The Hypocrisy of the Woke Elite
Gene Callahan joins Bob to discuss his review of Musa al-Gharbi's new book, "We Have Never Been Woke". Following Gharbi, Gene argues that the people in American society most concerned with "white privilege" are themselves quite privileged and do not actually care about the plight of the disadvantaged.
November 22, 2024
InFi Episode #62
Debunking Destiny's Debating
Bob goes through a recent conversation between "Destiny" and Tom Wheelwright on tax policy, in order to debunk the view (among Destiny's fans) that the streamer is a formidable debater.
November 15, 2024
InFi Episode #61
Correcting Vivek Ramaswamy & Charlie Kirk on Tariffs
In response to a viewer question, Bob critiques a recent interaction between the two Trump supporters and a libertarian college student asking about tariffs.
November 08, 2024
InFi Episode #60
Estimating an Upper Bound on Bitcoin's Price Appreciation
Murphy provides a back-of-the-envelope calculation giving a ceiling on what Bitcoin's market cap can be when it reaches global adoption, and then computes a maximum annualized return through the year 2050.
November 01, 2024
InFi Episode #59
Industry Expert Explains the Difficulties in Achieving Super AI
Christian Hubbs has a PhD in machine learning from Carnegie Mellon and is the CTO of infineo. He rejoins Bob to explain why the buzz over imminent super AI may be misplaced.
October 25, 2024
InFi Episode #58
Using Austrian Economics to Assess Risk in the Credit Markets
Rachel Medlin works in financial services as an economist and risk professional. Her conventional schooling studied mainstream models, but once on the job she discovered the Austrian School. She talks with Bob about her discovery and how the Austrian approach gives her an edge when forecasting inflation and the business cycle.
October 18, 2024
InFi Episode #57
Crash Course in Different Business Cycle Theories
Murphy sketches the strengths and weaknesses of the various explanations of the business cycle, put forth by the classical economists, the Keynesians, the Real Business Cycle theorists, the Post-Keynesians, and the Austrians.
October 11, 2024
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The Hypocrisy of the Woke Elite
Gene Callahan joins Bob to discuss his review of Musa al-Gharbi's new book, "We Have Never Been Woke". Following Gharbi, Gene argues that the people in Ameri...
Debunking Destiny's Debating
Bob goes through a recent conversation between "Destiny" and Tom Wheelwright on tax policy, in order to debunk the view (among Destiny's fans) that the streamer is a...