I often repeat Jonathan Haidt’s point that left-liberals understand their opponents far less well than their opponents understand them. The most recent uncomprehending critic I’ve seen says libertarians “believe every man is an island.” This was too ridiculous not to smash. Enjoy. Article Mentioned “ One Man’s Nearly Impossible Quest to Make a Toaster From Scratch,… Read More
Archives for April 2019
Ep. 1394 The Real History of the (non-Isolationist) 1920s
Historians love to hate Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the presidents during most of the 1920s. Historians also enjoy tut-tutting the U.S. for having been “isolationist” during the 1920s. This is all wrong, as usual, so in today’s episode I set the record straight. Related… Read More
Ep. 1393 Trump, Mueller, and “Obstruction”
Scott Horton joins me to review the “obstruction” claims on the part of media outlets that in the wake of the Mueller report suddenly dropped the “collusion” talk of the past two years and shifted to “obstruction.” Articles Mentioned “ Mueller Time is Finally Over ,” Peter van Buren“ Mueller Report: It Was All a Bunch of Nothing ,”… Read More
Ep. 1392 Without Government, We’ll All Go Broke When Our Banks Fail — Plus, Insider Trading and Liberty
I take on more criticisms of libertarianism — less common but still important, and very interesting: (1) don’t we need government-created deposit insurance so people don’t lose a fortune if their money is in a bank that fails? and (2) should “insider trading” be allowed?… Read More
Ep. 1391 Government Scams That Everyone Believes
Ep. 1390 Jefferson and Slavery: Non-Cartoon Version
Madison and Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me to discuss Jefferson’s real record on slavery, the emphasis on slavery among the Western left (which leaves the impression among most students today that slavery was exclusive to the West, when in fact the West led the… Read More
We Have Reached Peak Orwell
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook Our Enemy, The Fed as a gift. I thought I was already as jaded as one could be.But the media’s response to the Mueller report takes things… Read More
Libertarian Socialist Leaves Libertarian Party, Says TANSTAAFL Is Perfect Theme for White Supremacists
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook Our Enemy, The Fed as a gift. I know what you’re going to say: Woods, a “libertarian socialist” is a contradiction in terms!I know. Believe me.But a… Read More
Ep. 1389 How to Defeat the Government/University Complex, Which Is Turning Frustrated Kids into Socialists
Isaac Morehouse says the people who got duped in the college admissions scandals weren’t the schools that accepted unqualified students but the parents who paid the bribes to get their children in. He’s right. Today we discuss the increasingly irrelevant preparation for the real world… Read More
The Letter Warren Buffett’s Dad Sent Murray Rothbard
Most people don’t know that Warren Buffett’s father was Howard Buffett, a laissez-faire, sound-money United States congressman from Nebraska. His views on the economy couldn’t have been further removed from what his son’s would one day be. He didn’t yet know that, though, when he… Read More