Philosopher Philip Goff argues that you have no moral claim to the money you earn on the market, because its distribution of money is arbitrary. We hit back. About the Guest David Gordon holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from UCLA, and is a senior… Read More
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Ep. 874 Snappy Answers to anti-Libertarian Questions
Zack Rofer (the pen name of the author of the book being discussed today) joins me to deal with a bunch of the most common questions libertarians are asked. This episode will lift a weight from your shoulders. (Free) Book Discussed Busting Myths About the State and the Libertarian Alternative Related Episodes Ep. 725 A Spontaneous… Read More
Ep. 873 Why the Greenbackers Are All Wrong About the Fed
Some people — known popularly these days as Greenbackers — oppose the Federal Reserve for all the wrong reasons: it doesn’t inflate enough (!), the bankers will wind up with all the money thanks to compound interest, there isn’t enough money created to pay all… Read More
Ep. 872 Obamacare, Trumpcare, and Rand Paul: A Closer Look
With several options on the table on a complicated issue full of technical details, I thought it was a good time to bring on an expert who could explain them all to us — the good, the bad, and the ugly. About the Guest Dr.… Read More
Ep. 871 How to Keep the Spooks from Snooping Through Your Email
We know the government snoops on email and other electronic communications, and yet most of us do nothing about it: we figure we’d have to be full-time techies even to begin to figure out how to protect ourselves. DigitalSafe CEO Alain Ghiai joins me today… Read More
Ep. 870 Am I “Fake News”?
Harvard University’s library system just released a guide to “fake news” and propaganda websites. Guess who’s on there? So’s LewRockwell.com, Antiwar.com, and even Wikileaks. Lew Rockwell joins me to discuss what we should make of this. About the Guest Lew Rockwell is publisher of LewRockwell.com ,… Read More
Ep. 869 Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
The federal government has extended its authority into so many areas, and employed statutory language so vague, that ordinary people have found themselves criminals without having done anything they believed to be unlawful. Harvey Silverglate has observed this trend firsthand over the course of his… Read More
Ep. 868 Science Fiction, Liberty, and Dystopia
Hillsdale College’s Brad Birzer discusses libertarian themes in some of the great works of science fiction. Special Offer Join Liberty Classroom and get this and all our other on-the-go courses! Use our secret coupon page for a discount. About the Guest Brad Birzer holds the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in… Read More
Ep. 867 The Trump Win and the Hillary Loss: Presidential Historian Doug Wead Breaks It All Down
Historians will be discussing and debating the election of 2016 for a long time to come. Doug Wead’s new book takes us through the history of the Clintons and the Trumps, all the way through the election season and its unlikely outcome. You’ll enjoy this… Read More
Ep. 866 The Truth About Fat, and the Corruption of Nutrition Science
How did the low-fat, high-carb diet become entrenched within nutrition science, to the point that dissenters virtually disappeared? The answer gives us a fascinating glimpse into how nutrition science — far from being dispassionately devoted to whatever conclusions the empirical evidence pointed to — became… Read More
