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The Human Action Podcast

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The Human Action Podcast features in-depth interviews on current topics in economics through an Austro libertarian lens.

Episodes

Randall Wray's MMT Lecture Distorts History

The Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) crowd prides itself on fidelity to actual history. But Murphy shows how leading MMT guru Randall Wray completely distorts his discussion of two historical episodes in his college lecture. Wray, "Modern Money Theory for Beginners": Mises.org/HAP496a The NBER Paper on Colonial Virginia's Money Regime: Mises.org/HAP496b NPR Planet Money, "A Giant Stone Coin At The Bottom Of The Sea": Mises.org/HAP496c Milton Friedman, "The Island Of Stone Money": Mises.org/HAP496d B...

Apr 19, 2025Ep. 496

Trump's Tariffs: Triffin Is Wrong, Ron Paul Is Right

In this episode, Bob breaks down the Triffin dilemma, explaining why it's wrong to assume that maintaining global reserve currency status requires ever-increasing U.S. trade deficits. He shows that America’s chronic deficits are driven more by government spending and fiat money than by global necessity, making the case that returning to fiscal discipline and sound money—not tariffs—is the key to reversing America’s economic decline. Bob and Jonathan Newman on Misleading Charts: Mises.org/HAP495a...

Apr 09, 2025Ep. 495