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InFi Episode #90
Cade Bergman on the Utility of X Spaces and the Future of Crypto
Cade is the Head of Content at @WOLF_Financial, and Co Owner & Host of @WOLF_Crypto_X the Crypto Division. WOLF is a social media marketing firm primarily on X, and hosts the largest financial Spaces in the world. Cade discusses WOLF's business model and the future of digital assets, ranging from Bitcoin to NFTs to tokenized life insurance.
May 30, 2025
InFi Episode #89
Tom Pyle on Trump's Energy Agenda, and Why the Tech Bros Flipped on Climate Change
Tom Pyle is president of the Institute for Energy Research (where Murphy was Senior Economist for 13 years). He joins Bob for a fast-paced discussion on Trump's energy policies, why major players in the tech sector have dropped their messaging on climate change, and what to expect in the global economy.
May 23, 2025
InFi Episode #88
Explaining the LifeNotes Advantage for Split-Dollar Life Insurance Plans
Jay Rogers is Chief Revenue Officer and Steve Baillargeon is VP of Support Services at infineo. They join Bob to explain the LifeNotes Trust solution for institutional owners of split-dollar life insurance policies taken out on key executives. With pooled assets approaching $500 million in its first fund, the LifeNotes program provides more certainty and safety for both employer and employee than the original split-dollar plan.
May 16, 2025
InFi Episode #87
Oren Cass Challenges Free Traders on American Manufacturing
Oren Cass is one of the leading right-of-center scholars challenging free trade orthodoxy, specifically as it relates to US manufacturing. Bob asks clarifies questions to tease out Oren's views under various hypothetical scenarios.
May 09, 2025
InFi Episode #86
Could the Trump Administration Revalue the Treasury's Gold?
Murphy analyzes a popular video describing proposals to use the Treasury's gold stock to boost the government's finances.
May 02, 2025
InFi Episode #85
Ricardo's Assumptions Don't Hold, But Trade Still Makes US Richer
Sophisticated critics of free trade argue that David Ricardo's demonstration of "comparative advantage" had valid assumptions in the early 1800s, but those no longer hold in our age of labor and capital mobility. Murphy demonstrates that this critique doesn't hold up; the US still benefits from specialization and trade.
April 25, 2025
InFi Episode #84
Abe Lincoln and John Carney Are Wrong About Tariffs
Murphy samples from two recent debates on Trump's tariffs to explain why the protectionists are wrong in their view of international trade. Specifically, Murpy rebuts claims made by Abraham Lincoln (quoted by Spencer Morrison in a recent ZeroHedge debate) and Breitbart's John Carney (in a recent debate on the Tom Woods Show).
April 18, 2025
InFi Episode #83
Everybody's Wrong About Trump's Tariffs
Murphy first dissects the dubious constitutional and economic justifications for Trump's new tariff regime. Then he explains why the US decision to leave the gold standard has more to do with trade deficits than foreign barriers. Finally, he critiques the "Triffin paradox" defense of US trade deficits.
April 11, 2025
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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...