A listener wrote to ask if I might do a show covering a few names who will be familiar to many listeners as sympathizers but not quite Austro-libertarians, and take a look at the good and the bad. David Gordon joins me to discuss Sowell, Nozick, and Epstein. Enjoy!
About the Guest
David Gordon holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from UCLA, and is a senior fellow of the Mises Institute.
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Books Discussed
Anarchy, State, and Utopia, by Robert Nozick
Takings, by Richard Epstein
Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws, by Richard Epstein
Marxism, by Thomas Sowell
Guest’s Books
The Essential Rothbard
Resurrecting Marx: The Analytical Marxists on Freedom, Exploitation, and Justice
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Ep. 528 Sowell on Inequality, and Why Equality Is an Impossible Goal
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Ep. 407 Marxism and Its Fallacies
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