Today I look back on the previous 656 episodes and pull out some memorable ones to discuss. I also point out episodes that weren’t listened to as much but that deserved a larger audience. And in general I give you — especially but not exclusively… Read More
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Ep. 656 How the Wholesome Meat Act Gives Us Less Wholesome Meat
Would you believe me if I told you something called the Wholesome Meat Act didn’t in fact make our meat more wholesome? I mean, it’s called the Wholesome Meat Act! Didn’t I read the name? As usual, there’s more to a benign-sounding bill than meets… Read More
Ep. 655 Economist Goes Very Wrong on Business Cycles; We Correct Him
Economist Steve Horwitz recently wrote an article urging Austrians to be not quite so boastful about their business cycle theory. After all, he said, it has serious shortcomings. And we should supplement our view of the Great Depression with the work of Milton Friedman, who… Read More
Ep. 654 How Government Stifles Competition and Helps the Established
The comic-book version of government portrays it as a benign institution innocently fostering the common good In practice, it creates a labyrinth of rent-seeking regulation that often benefits established firms and industries at the expense of upstarts. Connor Boyack and I discuss this phenomenon on… Read More
Ep. 653 The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels: Educating Barbara Boxer
Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels , recently testified before a Senate committee — and as you might guess, sparks flew. About the Guest Alex Epstein is president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress . Special Offer Envious of people who run virtual businesses from a computer, and can… Read More
Ep. 652 That Donald Trump Foreign Policy Speech
Donald Trump’s April 2016 speech before the Center for the National Interest has sparked discussion, controversy, and debate. Was it really a call for an America First foreign policy? Scott Horton walks through it with us. About the Guest Scott Horton is the host of… Read More
Ep. 651 Austrian School Physician on What’s Wrong with Health Care
Dr. Michel Accad, a physician influenced by Austrian economics, says Austrian insights are essential to a proper understanding of health, which mainstream medicine cannot coherently define. Plus: why we don’t need medical licensing. About the Guest Dr. Michel Accad practices cardiology and internal medicine in… Read More
Ep. 650 Fascism: The Career of a Concept
How about that: fascism has a definition after all, and isn’t just a term for whatever people happen to dislike. In his new book, Paul Gottfried traces the meaning of the word and how it’s been used over the years as a polemical device in… Read More
Ep. 649 The Tyranny of Liberalism
Liberalism portrays itself as the ideology of liberty and liberation, as neutral between competing views of the good, and as the position all right-thinking people should adopt. None of this is true, but it is all brutally enforced. Jim Kalb and I discuss the true… Read More
Ep. 648 Entrepreneur Tells Government: Taxes Stop Me from Helping People
Entrepreneur Ryan Daniel Moran recently caused a splash on Facebook with a video showing how much he — a member of the hated 1% — was paying in taxes. Hint: it’s a lot. And of course the haters, who feel entitled to Ryan’s money, were… Read More
