Dan Moller, a philosophy professor at the University of Maryland, has just produced an intriguing, and to my mind compelling, new kind of argument against the welfare state. He takes on this issue in particular because it is one of the positions libertarians hold for… Read More
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Ep. 1398 Tyler Cowen on Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero
Big business has become a villain not just to the progressive left but also to the populist right and even to many libertarians, who think they see cronyism everywhere. Lost amid this climate of condemnation is a sober assessment of the true record of big… Read More
Ep. 1397 Eric Peters, Libertarian Car Expert, Punished by Google for Wrongthink
Eric Peters was recently punished by Google for some of the content on his website, which covers news from the world of cars through a libertarian lens. Wait until you hear what the offending material was. Plus, Eric takes a fascinating array of listener questions… Read More
Ep. 1396 Alex Jones and Tom
In this blast from the past from 2009, I’m interviewed by Alex Jones about central banking and the financial crisis. Book Discussed Meltdown , by Tom Woods Mentioned Publication Austro Libertarian Magazine The Contra Cruise! Join Bob and Tom as they set sail for Alaska , July 5-12, 2019! Free Resources! 1) Free guide… Read More
Ep. 1395 Another Woods Smash: Do Libertarians Think Every Man Is an Island?
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
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
