Pat Flynn — fitness expert, libertarian, and entrepreneur — joins me to discuss one of the vanishingly small number of books in personal development that gives you specific action items to improve yourself, as opposed to a ceaseless stream of fortune-cookie maxims. Chances are, your… Read More
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Ep. 1315 Everything Should Be Abolished
In this episode I review some themes from my 2011 book Rollback, which makes the case against, well, pretty much everything — the Fed, the military-industrial complex, the whole kit and kaboodle. I also discuss an interesting development in the James Damore case at Google.… Read More
Ep. 1314 Ocasio-Cortez Wants 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate
She says it’s about time people “pay their fair share,” and that she needs the dough to fund her Green New Deal. Others are saying that since we had high top marginal rates in the past, it’s no problem to have them now — and… Read More
Ep. 1313 Capitalism Makes Poor Better Off; Left Goes Berserk
The latest claim — if you can believe it — is that so-called dollar stores make the poor poorer. This isn’t the first time the private sector has been condemned for expanding the choices available to the poor; I discuss three such cases in this… Read More
Ep. 1312 Trump’s Mistakes
If you say Trump makes political mistakes, you get scolded: why, what do you know, Mr. Know-It-All? He managed to get elected against all the odds! He knows what he’s doing! Now while that cautionary note is valid as far as it goes, the man… Read More
Ep. 1311 Good News in 2019? War on Terror Takes a Hit, and Peterson/Rubin Challenge Patreon
As the new year begins I devote this episode to (1) a review of the decisions by Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin to leave Patreon and build an alternative, and (2) taking stock of the War on Terror, and why we can be cautiously optimistic.… Read More
Ep. 1310 The Ron Paul Revolution: Grassroots Leaders Look Back
In this final episode of the Tom Woods Show for 2018, I’m joined by Michael Maresco (the “Ron Paul rider”), Bryan Thome of the Ron Paul Forums, and Jordan Page, musician of the Revolution. We exchange old stories, talk about what went right and what… Read More
Ep. 1309 The Syria Withdrawal: Three Cheers
Scott Horton joins me to discuss the reality of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, and the hysterical establishment response, from center-left to center-right. We also discuss fears about the fate of the Kurds, whose safety has been used to justify a continued U.S.… Read More
Ep. 1308 Bill Kristol’s Weekly Standard is No More
The Weekly Standard, a neoconservative magazine with a 23-year run, is dead. Longtime neocon slayer Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the magazine, its editorial line, and its demise– and what, if anything, it all means. About the Guest Paul Gottfried is professor emeritus of humanities… Read More
Ep. 1307 The Economist Ron Paul Wants You to Know
Ron Paul says he can’t think of a more prolific free-market economist in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis than my guest today, Bob Murphy. Today we follow Bob’s personal and intellectual trajectory, from a high school student who knew he wanted to be… Read More