Gene Epstein joins us for a much-needed bit of optimism, particularly regarding the economy, as we look toward post-virus America. Guest’s Debating Society The Soho Forum Guest’s Book Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers Guest’s Twitter @GeneSohoForum Free Resources! 1) Free guide on how to start your blog or website. Click here to get it. Plus, check out my step-by-step video… Read More
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Ep. 1659 What Just Happened at the Libertarian Convention?
The online portion, anyway. Washington delegate Miguel Duque joins me to discuss the party’s presidential nominee, where the Mises Caucus stands right now, and what comes next. Free Resources! 1) Free guide on how to start your blog or website. Click here to get it. Plus, check out my step-by-step video… Read More
Ep. 1658 Ex-Marxist Ridicules “Wokeness”
Michael Rectenwald, retired professor at New York University, was a lifelong Marxist until very recently. He’s now repudiated that past and embraced a Misesian future. His new book, Beyond Woke, explores every aspect of so-called “woke” culture and dismantles it mercilessly as only someone intimately familiar… Read More
Ep. 1657 These Libertarians Are Carrying on, Virus or No
Carla Gericke, president emeritus of the Free State Project, joins me to discuss PorcFest — it’s still on this year! — and other goings-on among New Hampshire libertarians. Guest’s Website Carla Gericke for Senate Guest’s Book The Ecstatic Pessimist: Stories of Hope (Mostly) Related Sites Free State Project PorcFest Free Resources! 1) Free guide on how to start your blog or… Read More
Ep. 1656 Shenanigans in the Libertarian Party?
Michael Heise of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party joins me to discuss some developments at the party’s highest levels that have even people who haven’t been our traditional allies crying foul. Sponsor At PolicyGenius.com , you can get quotes and compare rates on life… Read More
Ep. 1655 Why Does the Left Favor Lockdowns?
It’s been quite remarkable to me the extent to which the lockdowns have divided people along ideological lines. A left-wing case against lockdown seems so easy to make and so obvious, and yet a vanishingly small number of people are making it. Thaddeus Russell, an… Read More
Ep. 1654 The Two COVID Americas
Pete Quinones and I have a wide-ranging discussion of the ongoing COVID-19 problem and the state response, and the parallel nations emerging out of all this: (1) people who are simply giving up life passions in the face of the virus, and (2) people prepared… Read More
Ep. 1653 Economic Historians Are a Train Wreck
Most American historians are atrociously bad at economic history, and the fallacies they peddle about how they think events occurred in the past go on to inform terrible decisions about economic policy in the present. Jeffrey Herbener joins me for a fallacy-free gallop through American… Read More
Ep. 1652 Reagan Admin’s David Stockman on Lockdowns and the Economy
David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, joins me for a discussion of the wisdom (or otherwise) of the response to COVID-19, and what the economic ramifications are. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes… Read More
Ep. 1651 Owner of Capitalism.com on 21st-Century Entrepreneurship
Ryan Daniel Moran, a libertarian who operates Capitalism.com , is a highly successful entrepreneur who first came on my radar when he made a video about the taxes he was paying — which in turn reminded me of when Peter Schiff asked some progressives how much… Read More
