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The Lara-Murphy Report

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  • Episode 89: The Fed Just Lost a Trillion Dollars--Should We Care?

    Episode 89: The Fed Just Lost a Trillion Dollars--Should We Care?
    Feb 1 2023

    Bob and Carlos discuss a recent Mercatus Policy Brief that documents how rising interest rates have caused the Fed to lose a trillion dollars in the value of its assets, and is now technically insolvent. Does it matter?
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    35 mins
  • Episode 88: Is the United States Hopeless at This Point?

    Episode 88: Is the United States Hopeless at This Point?
    Aug 26 2022

    Prompted by an email, Bob and Carlos acknowledge that yes, things look pretty bleak right now, both financially and culturally. But there is still cause for hope. The worst thing to do right now would be to give up.
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    35 mins
  • Episode 87: Is the US in a Recession or Not? Making Sense of the Numbers

    Episode 87: Is the US in a Recession or Not? Making Sense of the Numbers
    Aug 18 2022

    Bob and Carlos discuss the oddities in the official numbers, which show low unemployment but also low labor participation, and how the statistics don't match their personal observations.
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    41 mins
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Enjoyed going into the weeds. This opened my eyes to the much broader problems of society and gained a better understanding of the fundamental philosophy of Austrian Economics

great technical discussion

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