Tom discusses child labor, working-hours legislation, the minimum wage, and how to tell your kids their textbooks are screwy.
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Ep. 247 Could the ‘Taylor Rule’ Have Prevented the Housing Bubble?
Mateusz Machaj of the University of Wrocław dismantles the fashionable “ Taylor Rule ” for guiding Fed policy.
Ep. 246 The War on ISIS: Another Round of Idiocy
Scott Horton explains why the campaign against ISIS is counterproductive and makes no sense.
Ep. 245 The State of Freedom in Canada
Redmond Weissenberger of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada talks health care, government spending, political correctness, and more.
Ep. 244 Photography Is Not a Crime
Carlos Miller, creator of PhotographyIsNotACrime.com and author of The Citizen Journalist’s Photography Handbook , talks about documenting police abuse.
Ep. 243 Why Arguments for Government Don’t Work
Michael Huemer, a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey , explains the fallacies of the Hobbesian argument for government and discusses the problems of democracy.
Ep. 242 Murray Rothbard: His Life and Work
Tom discusses the life of Murray Rothbard with Lew Rockwell, founder and chairman of the Mises Institute and publisher of LewRockwell.com . Check out Lew’s guide “ Read Rothbard ” and his latest book, Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto .
Ep. 241 Government and Your Car
Eric Peters of EricPetersAutos.com talks electric cars, government regulations, and how to get the best deal on a new car.
Ep. 240 John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity
Linda Raeder, author of John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity , discusses the iconic Mill’s little-known religious project.
Ep. 239 How Tom Navigated Academia
Tom does another listener Q&A episode, discussing economics, the “perpetual union” of the Articles of Confederation, and his experiences in graduate school.
