Bob elaborates on two ideas he had when he wrote his novel "Minerva" in grad school. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: http://www.strike-the-root.com/user/199 (Bob's archives at Strike the Root), which contain the serialized version of Bob's novel, Minerva. (Note that the HTML formatting is incorrect for some characters, such as the em-dash turning up as an apostrophe.) UPDATE: A listener compiled a https://www.pzolo.info/minervaFinal.pdf (PDF version of Minerva here). Bob's articles on the social function of https://mises.org/library/social-function-stock-speculators (stock speculator)s, futures https://mises.org/library/social-function-futures-markets (markets), and https://mises.org/library/social-function-call-and-put-options (call and put options). To learn more about Whole Life insurance policies, see the https://infinitebanking.org/foundations/ (Foundations of IBC video series), particularly Module 3. http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute (Help support) the Bob Murphy Show.

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