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By listener request, Bob reviews a proposal to implement Henry George's land value tax (LVT), in order to reduce taxes on labor and capital. Among other problems, the Georgists ignore the social function of land speculators.
In episode 157, Bob Murphy takes on the growing push for Georgism — the idea that we should stop taxing labor and capital and instead tax only the...
Murphy dissects the recent commentary from analyst Luke Gromen. Murphy argues that Luke was inconsistent, in that his arguments about interest expense (with higher rates) would mean Fed rate cuts would be Deflationary, and yet Luke argued they weren't. Murphy thinks we should distinguish fiscal from monetary policy at a conceptual level, even though in practice they can be in...
Murphy analyzes several clips from the Q&A session of the new Fed chair's latest press conference, arguing that Warsh was refusing to give any assistance to the public on what to expect from the Fed in the future. Bob then explains why the hike surprised so many analysts: with ~$32 trillion in debt held by the public, fiscal dominance theory said the Fed couldn't hike, an...
Perry Metzger returns to the podcast, this time to bring a dose of cynicism to the recent warnings coming from Anthropic employees, including CEO Dario Amodei. Metzger agrees that evil humans can use new technology in nefarious ways, but argues that the good guys likewise need to develop AI tools for defensive purposes.
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Intrigued by the combination, Bob analysis a recent Trump social media post in which he warned the Fed to cut interest rates, or else Trump would eliminate trade with those countries who currently enjoy a trade surplus with the US. Bob concludes that in general such a drastic move would raise US interest rates, but perversely if it caused a global financial crash, it conceiva...