Pete Leeson of George Mason University discusses his new book Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
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Ep. 191 Market Medicine
Charles Sauer of the Free Market Medical Association talks markets and health care.
Ep. 190 State of the Nullification Movement
Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center returns for an update on nullification initiatives, plus his anti-NSA work with Greenpeace. Check out his new report, “ The State of the Nullification Movement 2014 .”
Ep. 189 The American Revolution: The Real Issue
Kevin Gutzman , author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution , James Madison and the Making of America , and (with Tom) Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to Barack Obama , explains the real issues at stake in the War for Independence.
Ep. 188 Iraq: The Chickens Come Home to Roost
Scott Horton discusses what’s happening in Iraq, and who’s to blame.
Ep. 187 Forgotten Conservatives and Libertarians
Brion McClanahan, co-author of Forgotten Conservatives in American History as well as The Founding Fathers’ Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers , discusses curiously forgotten thinkers.
Ep. 186 Human Scale
Jeff Taylor , author of Politics on a Human Scale: The American Tradition of Decentralism , fills in some holes in the standard tale of U.S. history.
Ep. 185 Stockman on War and the Fed
David Stockman, author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of American Capitalism , talks about war and the Fed, plus his impressions of Ronald Reagan, his conversion from leftism, and the current economic picture. Check out David Stockman’s Contra Corner , David’s indispensable website and blog.
Ep. 184 Self-Ownership: Against a Critic
Tom responds to a critic of the libertarian idea of self-ownership.
Ep. 183 Private Defense?
Economist Robert P. Murphy joins Tom to talk “Private Defense,” the second of two essays in his book Chaos Theory . (You can also read that book online .)