The great Matt Ridley joins us for a fascinating whirlwind tour of the history of innovation, and identifies key features of it that free societies disproportionately make possible. One of my all-time favorite guests! Book Discussed How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Free Resources! 1) Free guide on how to start… Read More
Archives for March 2020
Ep. 1610 Both Sides Get the Economy Wrong
John Tamny returns to discuss job-training programs, price deflation, deficits, and other areas where one side (liberals or conservatives) get it badly wrong. Book Discussed They’re Both Wrong: A Policy Guide for America’s Frustrated Independent Thinkers Free Resources! 1) Free guide on how to start your blog or website. Click here to get it. Plus, check out my step-by-step video taking… Read More
Ep. 1609 How Did Iran Become Enemy #1?
Gareth Porter discusses the history of U.S.-Iran relations, how they became so strained, the truth about the Iranian nuclear program, and more. Sponsor Sanebox helps you overcome the mental angst associated with an overflowing email inbox by sorting what’s really important and helping you manage… Read More
Ep. 1608 How to Speak Effectively, Research Better, and Read Faster
Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project has just produced something new: not the overview of schooling, education, unschooling, and the usual topics he covers, but topics like these: once we have all this (unpopular) knowledge, how do we convey it most persuasively? Or: what’s… Read More
Ep. 1607 How to Defend Liberty in Challenging Territory
Angela McArdle, who chairs the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles, has poured enormous energy into the libertarian movement and come up with a great many creative ideas to spread our message. She’s also done effective battle against the crazies. Not to mention she’s a blast… Read More
Ep. 1606 Anarcho-Communism and Other Challenges to Libertarians
In this final episode of Bob Murphy Week we begin by talking animal rights, school shootings, and how the poor would be cared for in a libertarian society, and finish with a discussion of the problems with anarcho-communism. About the Guest Robert P. Murphy, who holds a… Read More
The Truth About COVID-19
I don’t know about you, but I’m reading everything I can about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). Much of the time when there’s a contentious issue I feel like I have a good, well-founded answer. Well, this time I don’t. After reading multiple sources, I cannot… Read More
Ep. 1605 Two Hard Cases: Child Abuse, and Coronavirus
In this installment of Bob Murphy Week, we consider whether and how a stateless society could handle difficult problems like child abuse and pandemics. Episode Mentioned Ep. 270 How Would Libertarians Deal With Ebola? About the Guest Robert P. Murphy, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from New… Read More
Ep. 1604 How Would a Libertarian Society…
As Bob Murphy Week on the Tom Woods Show continues, I take advantage of having a great libertarian theorist on the show in order to raise challenging problems like consumer safety, hunting and fishing rights, and how to deal with a mad scientist running unethical… Read More
Ep. 1603 Weaknesses in Austrian Economics?
Bob Murphy is a prolific scholar and popular writer and speaker on the Austrian School of economics, so I thought I’d ask him: what if any weaknesses do you find in Austrian Economics, and/or where do we need to do more work? Sponsor Skillshare is… Read More
