Ep. 66 Tough Questions for Conservatives
https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/reagan.jpeg ()Bob asks a series of tough (but fair, he hopes) questions for conservatives, ranging from tariffs to impeachment to drug prohibition. . . . . . Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s http://understandingbitcoin.us/ (free PDF) (co-authored with Silas Barta) on Bitcoin, and http://www.TheCaseForIBC.com (The Case for IBC). News articles about https://www.timesofisrael.com/europe-rights-court-to-hear-of-secret-cia-prisons/ (CIA secret prison network), and https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html (president’s Secret Kill List). The argument linking immigrants to newborn babies of U.S. citizens was taken from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1881054 (Block and Callahan (2003)). For more on the FBI sting operation of Chicago (and nearby) police officers involved with drug dealing, see chapter 20 in Bob’s free online book, https://mises.org/library/lessons-young-economist (Lessons for the Young Economist.) For more on the case against intellectual property (IP), see https://mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0 (Stephan Kinsella’s pioneering essay). http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute (Help support) the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by http://podsworth.com (Podsworth Media).