How Can Mining Asteroids in the Future Make Us Richer Today?

After explaining the backstory of how Bob put forth a proposal for codifying property rights in space-based resources, Bob then explains how the prospect of a future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term. Bob Murphy Show, "Scott Horton on American Interference in the 1996 Russian Election": https://Mises.org/HAP473a