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InFi Episode #38
Naomi Brockwell Tells Us the Truth About Bank Privacy
Naomi Brockwell spent years as a producer for the 19-time Emmy winning journalist, John Stossel. She now runs NBTV, a platform with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, that teaches the tools for personal and financial privacy.
May 31, 2024
InFi Episode #37
Why Does the Government Borrow Dollars When It Can Just Print Them?
In reaction to a viral clip taken from the new MMT documentary, Bob goes solo to explain the rationale for government debt even in a fiat currency regime.
May 24, 2024
InFi Episode #36
Perianne Boring Champions the American Spirit in Blockchain Companies
Perianne Boring is the founder and CEO of The Digital Chamber, a leading trade association that represents blockchain technology. She joins Bob to discuss the latest regulatory challenges and her hope for the future.
May 17, 2024
InFi Episode #35
Jeff Briggs on NASA, Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft, & Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Jeff Briggs is the CFO of infineo, but even before joining the team he led an adventurous life, including his time in a physics PhD program, working for NASA, and winning a decent chunk of change on a popular TV game show.
May 10, 2024
InFi Episode #34
Lotta Moberg on Military Intelligence, Austrians in Finance, & Alternative Credit
Lotta Moberg has a PhD in economics from George Mason University, and worked for 7 years on William Blair's Dynamic Allocation Strategies team. She joins Bob to discuss her adventures, including military stints in Kosovo. Among other roles, she currently hosts a new video series for the CFA Institute covering topics such as alternative credit.
May 03, 2024
InFi Episode #33
Bobby Samuelson Explains the Mechanics and Track Record of Whole Life Insurance
Bobby Samuelson is an Editor of The Life Product Review, and president of Life Innovators. He joins Bob to discuss his December 2023 article for TLPR, which analyzed his relative's Whole Life policy issued in 1988, for which Bobby had access to all of the annual statements. It's a rare case study in which we can compare long-term illustrations against actual performance.
April 26, 2024
InFi Episode #32
George Selgin Defends the View of Banks as Credit Intermediaries
It has become popular among economists and policy wonks to dismiss the notion of banks as credit intermediaries as obsolete. After all, the practice of "fractional reserve banking" means that banks can effectively "create money out of thin air" when they make a new loan. Economist George Selgin discusses his new working paper that defends the traditional view.
April 19, 2024
InFi Episode #31
How infineo Is Building the Tools to Foster Voluntary Solutions to Social Problems
On March 26 and 27, 2024 Bob gave a series of lectures for the Free Enterprise Society student group at Oklahoma State University. This lecture was for an entrepreneurship class, which explained how modern technology (smart phones, blockchain, and AI) is making it easier to implement private-sector solutions for various problems that have historically been handled by the government.
April 12, 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...