The latest claim — if you can believe it — is that so-called dollar stores make the poor poorer. This isn’t the first time the private sector has been condemned for expanding the choices available to the poor; I discuss three such cases in this… Read More
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Ep. 1312 Trump’s Mistakes
If you say Trump makes political mistakes, you get scolded: why, what do you know, Mr. Know-It-All? He managed to get elected against all the odds! He knows what he’s doing! Now while that cautionary note is valid as far as it goes, the man… Read More
Ep. 1311 Good News in 2019? War on Terror Takes a Hit, and Peterson/Rubin Challenge Patreon
As the new year begins I devote this episode to (1) a review of the decisions by Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin to leave Patreon and build an alternative, and (2) taking stock of the War on Terror, and why we can be cautiously optimistic.… Read More
Ep. 1310 The Ron Paul Revolution: Grassroots Leaders Look Back
In this final episode of the Tom Woods Show for 2018, I’m joined by Michael Maresco (the “Ron Paul rider”), Bryan Thome of the Ron Paul Forums, and Jordan Page, musician of the Revolution. We exchange old stories, talk about what went right and what… Read More
Ep. 1309 The Syria Withdrawal: Three Cheers
Scott Horton joins me to discuss the reality of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, and the hysterical establishment response, from center-left to center-right. We also discuss fears about the fate of the Kurds, whose safety has been used to justify a continued U.S.… Read More
Ep. 1308 Bill Kristol’s Weekly Standard is No More
The Weekly Standard, a neoconservative magazine with a 23-year run, is dead. Longtime neocon slayer Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the magazine, its editorial line, and its demise– and what, if anything, it all means. About the Guest Paul Gottfried is professor emeritus of humanities… Read More
Ep. 1307 The Economist Ron Paul Wants You to Know
Ron Paul says he can’t think of a more prolific free-market economist in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis than my guest today, Bob Murphy. Today we follow Bob’s personal and intellectual trajectory, from a high school student who knew he wanted to be… Read More
Ep. 1306 The Stock Market Demystified
For lots of people the stock market seems hopelessly complicated, and people who discuss it seem to employ a strange lingo outsiders can never master. So today we answered a bunch of questions submitted by my Supporting Listeners . Guests today: Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron’s and… Read More
Ep. 1305 Bitcoin vs. Social Media Purges
Patreon is a platform that a lot of content creators use to raise money from appreciative fans who want to support them. But Patreon has joined the purge bandwagon, too. What alternative do people have? It turns out that cryptocurrency, and a brand new platform,… Read More
Ep. 1304 How I Got into Harvard
Stephan Kinsella, the libertarian theorist and author of Against Intellectual Property, asked me the other day about my college admission experience. We are each the parent of a tenth grader, so the topic of college comes up in our households. I didn’t think I had much interesting… Read More