Let’s be honest. You and I are nerds. We say things like: “I wonder about the economics of a massive shutdown.” So I just did an episode of the Tom Woods Show on precisely that. What does this look like? What are its effects? And… Read More
Congratulations: You’re Not Dead, Just Financially Ruined
It seems weird to write about anything other than the virus and the state response. On the Tom Woods Show I’m trying to cover other things here and there, because on some level life has to go on and it doesn’t do any good to… Read More
Michael Malice, Mystery Speaker
It was the summer of 2018. The Mises Institute’s week-long summer program, called Mises University, was set to feature its annual mystery speaker. It was Michael Malice, whom you surely know from the Tom Woods Show. Michael had missed his flight, so in order for… Read More
Questions People Should Ask Me, But Don’t
In my private group the other day I mentioned a libertarian historian I like, whose recent book title is disastrously bad. As in hilariously bad. As in: absolutely no one will want to read it. I don’t get it: people go to all this trouble to acquire… Read More
Good Coronavirus News?
From Ohio. A Facebook friend posted the following. Is it possible to interpret these numbers in a pessimistic way? If so, can you please explain how in the comments? As of 3/25: 14,764 tests* with 704 coming back positive (4.7%). Testing is still limited mostly… Read More
Coronavirus Turning Point?
There’s a small handful of people from whom I seek advice, and whose every word I read, because they are reliable and wise. One of them is Roger McCaffrey, whom I’ve had as a guest on the Tom Woods Show several times. The McCaffrey family… Read More
Don’t Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Well, you and the old man here made an impression. Ryan Levesque, author of the smash bestseller Ask, was my guest on Tom Woods Show episode #1601. Evidently we had the highest optin rate of any person anywhere in the world promoting Ryan’s videos and… Read More
What Entrepreneurs and Wantrepreneurs Should Do While “Social Distancing”
I happen to think this coronavirus could indeed get very bad. I’m not the panicking sort, and I’m not known as a “fearmonger.” But I’m reading every (reasonable) thing I can on it. On my Twitter feed I’ve posted opinion pieces issuing dire warnings as… 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
Well, I Was Wrong
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook AOC Is Wrong: The Upside-Down World of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a gift. Yesterday I replied to a meme about the military that irritated me, and I figured I’d get… Read More