The "What is Money?" Show

What the 2008 Crisis Really Revealed About Money w/ Bob Murphy

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Feb 6, 2026
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Bob Murphy
Bob Murphy, an Austrian-school economist and author who explains praxeology and the business cycle. He dives into what 2008 exposed about modern money and economic methodology. Short takes cover Mises and praxeology, why math can mislead in economics, market psychology and price discovery, and whether sound money and self-correction are possible.
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Gödel As A Synthetic A Priori Example

  • Bob Murphy recounts Gödel's incompleteness showing axiomatic systems are incomplete or inconsistent.
  • He cites Irving Copi arguing Gödel-style results are synthetic a priori examples.
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Action Means Purposeful Choice

  • The action axiom defines 'action' as purposeful behavior driven by ends and means, not mere motion.
  • Treating humans as actors yields explanations unavailable to purely mechanical descriptions.
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You Can't Argue You're Not Acting

  • Denying action self-defeats because argumentation and observation presuppose actors.
  • Performative contradiction shows you can't coherently claim you don't act while arguing you don't act.
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