Economist Bob Murphy joins me to discuss what’s been going on with hedge funds, reddit, and GameStop stock.
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About the Guest
Robert P. Murphy, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University, is a Research Assistant Professor with the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He is the author of numerous books, including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action(Independent Institute, 2015), as well as study guides to Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action (study guide here) and The Theory of Money and Credit(study guide here), and Murray Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State (study guide here).
Guest’s Websites
Consulting by RPM (blog)
Lara-Murphy.com
Guest’s Podcasts
The Bob Murphy Show
The Lara-Murphy Show
Guest’s Twitter
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