The Lara-Murphy Report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 81: Return of the IBC Jedi

Episode 80: The Hidden Forces Behind Our Slide Into Tyranny

Episode 79: Does Fed Inflation Threaten IBC?

Episode 78: On the Fed’s Emergency Actions to Stem Coronavirus Panic

Episode 77: The 2020 IBC Think Tank and Outlook for the Future

Episode 76: The Trump Tax Reform’s Impact on Charitable Giving, And Beto’s Threat to Churches

Episode 75: The Psychology and Economics of Recurring Financial Crashes

Episode 74: Carlos Lara Explains His Absence, and How He’s Back in the Saddle

Episode 73: Dr. Keith Smith Tells Doctors and Patients How to Secede From the Broken Health Care and Insurance System

Episode 72: IBC “Jumbo” Policies, Trusts, and the Estate Tax

Episode 71: Shadow Banking and the Real Estate Market

Episode 70: IBC and the Business Owner, Part 3 of 3

Episode 69: IBC and the Business Owner, Part 2 of 3

Episode 68: IBC and the Business Owner, Part 1 of 3

Episode 67: The Economic Outlook for 2019

Episode 66: Getting Into the Minds of Federal Reserve Officials

Episode 65: Should You Fully Fund an IBC Policy ASAP or Leave Room for a Windfall?

Episode 64: Why Is the Stock Market So Shaky?

Episode 63: Why Learn Austrian Economics?

Episode 62: Why Not Just Pay Cash?

Episode 61: Stumbling Blocks in Learning IBC

Episode 60: “Should I Take Out Multiple IBC Policies?”

Episode 59: Bob Murphy’s Speech at the Libertarian Party “Mises Caucus” Event

Episode 58: Central Bank Strategy and Trump’s Playbook for the Economy

Episode 57: Policy Loans: With Freedom Comes Responsibility

Episode 56: The Case for IBC: Chapter 7, “Putting IBC Into Action”

Episode 55: The Case for IBC: Chapter 6, “Lessons From History”

Episode 54: The Case for IBC: Chapter 5, Part II, “The Economics of IBC”

Episode 53: The Case for IBC: Chapter 5, Part I, “The Economics of IBC”

Episode 52: The Case for IBC: Chapter 4, “Becoming Your Own Banker”

Episode 51: The Case for IBC: Chapter 3, “Banking and Life Insurance: Process vs. Platform”

Episode 50: Murphy Debates Climate Change at Yale Political Union

Episode 49: The Case for IBC: Chapter 2, “The ‘Perfect Investment’”

Episode 48: The Case for IBC: Chapter 1, “Thinking Like a Business Owner”

Episode 47: Orwell, Yield Curve, and New Book!

Episode 46: What the fork?! Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash

Episode 45: The GOP Tax Plan: Theory and History

Episode 44: Is There a Real Estate Bubble?

Episode 43: IBC BEST PRACTICES: Policy Loans and Tax Implications of Surrender

Episode 42: Do the Feds Have a Plan to Unload the Fed’s Bonds?

Episode 41: Are There Any Negatives to Positive Thinking?

Episode 40: The Pending DOL Ruling on Financial Professionals