The Lara-Murphy Report

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

Feb 01 2023 34 mins

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?

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

Aug 25 2022 34 mins

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.

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

Aug 18 2022 40 mins

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.

Episode 86: The Fed Is Officially Bankrupt--Should We Care?

Jul 16 2022 38 mins

Bob and Carlos discuss a recent article in The Hill, which explains that rising interest rates have rendered the Fed technically insolvent.

Episode 85: How Is Today's Economy Like the 1970s?

Jun 29 2022 37 mins

Bob asks Carlos to recount his own financial struggles as a young businessman in the late 1970s, when price inflation and interest rates skyrocketed. This painful episode ultimately led Carlos to discover Austrian economics.

Episode 84: Is a Recession Coming? Listen to the Austrians

Jun 16 2022 41 mins

Carlos and Bob discuss the views of some prominent economists on whether a recession is baked into the cake. Contrary to even free-market members of the Chicago School, the Austrians know it's not just a matter of money supply growth. During the boom, there were real malinvestments, and these must be liquidated in a bust.Mentioned in this episode and other links of interest:The For

Episode 83: Will Inflation and Yield Curve Hurt Bonds and Ruin the Case for IBC?

Apr 28 2022 46 mins

Carlos and Bob discuss inflation and whether it spells the doom of life insurance, and thereby ruins the case for IBC. They conclude that rising interest rates per se don't adversely impact life carriers, because of asset-liability matching. Moreover, when you practice IBC, you're not "investing in life insurance."

Episode 82: How to Weather the Coming Financial Storms (Redux)

Apr 07 2022 46 mins

Carlos and Bob revisit their September 2016 video presentation in which they lay out a 3-prong strategy to protect your household from economic calamity.

Episode 81: Return of the IBC Jedi

Mar 24 2022 32 mins

After a long hiatus, the Lara-Murphy Show is back! Bob and Carlos relay what's been happening in their personal lives and the world of IBC, and discuss the spiritual war that is currently ramping up.

Episode 80: The Hidden Forces Behind Our Slide Into Tyranny

Sep 05 2020 45 mins

In their monthly publication the Lara-Murphy Report, Carlos and Bob have each started a series investigating the history of certain groups operating behind the scenes to influence social and political trends.Mentioned in this episode and other links of interest: Information on the Lara-Murphy Report. Bob's college essay on the origins of the US public school system.The audio produc