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  • Ep. 132: Tony Garcia on Lessons from the Drift Heist
    Apr 10 2026

    Tony Garcia has a master's degree and decades of experience in cybersecurity. He joins Bob to discuss what happened in the Drift heist, and what lessons can be learned—in a context of tradeoffs where security is only one of several goals.

    Related: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/de-fi-platform-drift-suspends-deposits-and-withdrawals-after-millions-in-crypto-stolen-in-hack

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  • Ep. 131: Do Large Language Models "Act" in the Austrian Economics Sense?
    Apr 3 2026

    Michael Fraser is co-founder of Action / Insight, a business AI consulting firm out of Toronto. He is also an amateur expert in Austrian economics, and recently presented a conference paper arguing that today's leading LLMs (such as Claude or ChatGPT) satisfy the criteria for "action" laid out by Ludwig von Mises.

    Related:
    - https://infineo.ai/podcast/22
    - https://actioninsight.ai

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  • Ep. 130: Good & Bad Developments in AI & Blockchain
    Mar 27 2026

    Murphy analyzes three recent news items: progress on the CLARITY Act, the SEC clarification on which blockchain items are NOT securities, and Sen. Marsha Blackburn's proposals to regulate AI.

    Related:
    - https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/20/congress/senators-strike-deal-with-white-house-to-resolve-bank-crypto-clash-00837464
    - https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/atkins-remarks-regulation-crypto-assets-031726
    - https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/3/technology/blackburn-releases-discussion-draft-of-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence/3b3b6458-b6c7-478b-9859-374949586765
    - https://infineo.ai/bank-of-americas-ceo-warns-stablecoins-could-take-6-trillion-of-deposits

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  • Ep. 129: Gasoline Prices Should Rise, Even If US Is Oil Self-Sufficient
    Mar 20 2026

    A popular objection on social media states that the US only gets 2% of its crude oil via the Persian Gulf, and so therefore the conflict in Iran shouldn't affect prices at the pump for Americans. Murphy explains the various problems with this argument.

    Related:
    - https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2008/Murphyoil.html
    - https://mises.org/mises-daily/social-function-call-and-put-options
    - https://journal.apee.org/ARTICLES_2018_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_33_No_1_Spring_parte5

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  • Ep. 128: The Economics of the Iran Conflict
    Mar 13 2026

    Murphy explains the economics of the interruption of oil exports from the Persian Gulf. He shows that the recent peak in crude prices was nowhere near the (inflation-adjusted) 2008 spike, and offers further commentary on the position of China.

    Related:
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeOaei2ADDA
    - https://journal.apee.org/ARTICLES_2018_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_33_No_1_Spring_parte5
    - https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/implications-of-the-conflict-in-the-middle-east-for-chinas-energy-security

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  • Ep. 127: Yes, Grocery Prices Have Risen Rapidly—But Why?
    Mar 6 2026

    Responding to a discussion on X, Murphy documents the official rise in grocery food prices over the last 30 years, and then explains the role of monetary inflation.

    Related:
    - https://infineo.ai/why-are-groceries-so-expensive-part-1-of-2
    - https://infineo.ai/podcast/116

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  • Ep. 126: Comparing Gold vs. Bitcoin
    Feb 20 2026

    Murphy analyzes the past 15 year performance of gold versus Bitcoin. He also offers thoughts on the recent spike in gold.

    Related:
    - https://infineo.ai/gold-versus-bitcoin
    - https://infineo.ai/tether-is-becoming-a-market-based-central-bank

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  • Ep. 125: Mushrooming Debt, Crashing Population: the Spread of "Japanification"
    Feb 13 2026

    Julia Cartwright is a Senior Researcher with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). She joins Murphy to diagnose the demographic, fiscal, and monetary quagmire of Japan, and warns that other countries in Europe and Asia are sinking into the same abyss.

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    38 m