Ron Paul returned to the show today to answer listener questions, submitted in our private Facebook group . Among other things, I asked him: Are you planning to vote for Gary Johnson? What are your favorite books? What book would you recommend for a curious beginner? How do… Read More
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Ep. 707 How the Warfare State Deforms the Economy
There are all kinds of ways militarism and even the preparation for war can deform the economy, and many of these are easy to miss. I go through a bunch of them in this talk delivered at the 2016 Mises University program, hosted by the… Read More
Ep. 706 Hillbilly Elegy: Self-Destructive Ideas and Behaviors Among the White Working Poor
J.D. Vance offers a compelling, firsthand account of life among the white working poor, and in particular among a family with roots in the Appalachia region of northern Kentucky. It’s easy to devise economic explanations for this group’s stagnation and retrogression, but a deeply ingrained… Read More
Ep. 705 What’s Right with Freedom, and What’s Wrong with the Candidates
It’s pretty thin gruel, to put it mildly, for freedom lovers in 2016, so I spent the opening talk at this year’s Mises University program (hosted by the Mises Institute ) contrasting the free society with what Trump and Clinton have to offer. Zingy stuff. Special Offer… Read More
Ep. 704 Adam Smith, Not the Founder of Economic Science
Adam Smith is consistently held up as the great founder of economics and herald of capitalism. Murray Rothbard energetically disputed this characterization. Others, in turn, have criticized Rothbard’s criticism. So what are we to think? About the Guest Gene Epstein is economics and book review… Read More
Ep. 703 Social Justice Warriors: Who They Are, and How to Deal With Them
What exactly is the ideology of the “Social Justice Warrior”? What do you do when you’re targeted by one, whether at work or in general? Vox Day — popular blogger, author, SJW slayer, and polymath — joins me for background and strategy. Special Offer Learn… Read More
Ep. 702 The Media Says There’s Nothing to See in the 28 Pages; Here’s What They’re Not Telling You
The infamous 28 pages from a joint congressional intelligence inquiry regarding 9/11 were finally declassified, and the media told us there was nothing to see in them. Not true. Award-winning reporter Larisa Alexandrovna joins me for the real story. About the Guest Larisa Alexandrovna is… Read More
Ep. 701 President of College Republicans Goes Libertarian: Plus, Why Milo Matters
Tom Ciccotta is president of the Bucknell University Class of 2017 and president of the College Republicans. He is also a staff writer for Breitbart News and the Producer and Co-Host of the Milo Yiannopoulos Show. Special Offer The Mises Institute’s Mises University summer program is what made me… Read More
Ep. 700 How to Create 100 Octane Austrian Economists
Jeff Deist, Ron Paul’s former chief of staff, joins me to discuss current events as well as the coming week’s Mises University summer program, which can boast many illustrious graduates and is my favorite week of the year. About the Guest Jeff Deist is president… Read More
Ep. 699 The Inane Campus Campaign Against Fossil Fuels
Now the fashionable trend on college campuses involves campaigns for university administrations to divest from investments connected to fossil fuels. Pierre Desrochers blasts this to smithereens. About the Guest Pierre Desrochers is a professor of geography at the University of Toronto. Special Offer The Mises… Read More
