Bob Murphy Crossover: DANGERS of Shutting Down DISCUSSION | HN110

On this "crossover" episode, Adam and economist Bob Murphy show some examples of speech and arguments being blocked, shouted down, or censored. Does this approach work? 00:00 — Intro. In which, Bob makes a very unfortunate Freudian slip. 02:17 — Daryll Cooper of the Martyrmade podcast on JRE sparked some controversy. 25:14 — It's very common to try to shut down dissent. Why do we do it? Is it useful in any way? 34:25 — Bob gets blocked by Alex Nowrasteh 42:17 — The way Bob handles Modern Monetary Theory arguments is instructive. 45:20 — Adam has a confession to make about the moon landing controversy. 48:38 — How should we feel about "giving a platform" to bad arguments or arguers? 52:36 — Jeremy Kauffman and race and metrics of demonstrating academic proficiency. 57:04 — Outro. Thanks for watching Haman Nature! Adam on X: @Rerazer Bob on X: @BobMurphyEcon The Bob Murphy Show: The Human Action podcast: Adam's other podcast: Natural Order Podcast This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamannature.substack.com/subscribe