Sara Young, a widely respected entrepreneur and teacher, was determined to make her living from her computer so she wouldn’t have to leave her children home alone. That determination yielded her fantastic success, to the point that other moms who lived nearby urged her to… Read More
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Ep. 1214 How Austrian School Economists Predicted the Major Economic Crises
Mark Thornton joins me to discuss his new book — to which I contributed the foreword — on the so-called “skyscraper curse” and Austrian business cycle theory, and how economists of the Austrian School have been able to spot oncoming crises to which other economists… Read More
Ep. 1213 Conservatives ‘Tough on Crime’ Act Goes Wrong Again
Families Against Mandatory Minimums’ Kevin Ring, who saw the problems with mandatory minimum sentences first hand, discusses a major injustice in the present system of sentencing. Sponsor Blinkist lets you read (or listen to) the key lessons and takeaways from 2500+ nonfiction books in 15 minutes or… Read More
Ep. 1212 Michael Malice on Social Media, Alex Jones, and What’s Coming Next
Are things going to stabilize or worsen on the major social media platforms? Michael Malice joins me to discuss the Alex Jones situation, and the nature of social media itself. Is the contentiousness and hostility we find there something that can be fixed, or might… Read More
Ep. 1211 Major Smear Job on Libertarians, One Year Later: Nancy MacLean (Sort of) Responds
Historian Phil Magness joins me to discuss the controversy over Nancy MacLean’s book Democracy in Chains, which claims to trace a massive racist, right-wing conspiracy back to — of all people — academic economist James Buchanan, who is associated with Public Choice economics. The book is… Read More
Ep. 1210 Apple vs. Alex Jones; Plus, My Replies to Left and Right
Alex Jones just got decapitated by Apple and other platforms, so I spend some time in today’s episode unpacking what that means. I also take on left-liberals who think the problem with the Fed and the military is lack of diversity, and right-wingers who think… Read More
Ep. 1209 Traditional Universities Have Competition
Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, discusses his model for very inexpensive, outcome-based online education. We also address efforts by the inspector general of the Department of Education to throw a monkey wrench into the works (surprise). Guest’s Website Western Governors University The Contra Cruise! Join Bob… Read More
Ep. 1208 She Was Brought Before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission
Janice Fiamengo, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa and an outspoken opponent of feminism, found herself brought before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission in a two-year ordeal related to alleged discrimination. She gives us a flavor of what these commissions are like,… Read More
Ep. 1207 Pat Buchanan on Trump, Russia, and What the President Should Do
Pat joins me to discuss the state of Russiagate, how the President should respond, what a President Buchanan would be doing, what’s likely to happen in the fall elections, the state of the Democratic Party, and the kind of candidate Trump should hope for in… Read More
Ep. 1206 The Crisis of ’08: Truth vs. Propaganda
Opponents of the free market had a field day in 2007/8: why, this collapse goes to show how unstable capitalism is! That’s why I wrote my book Meltdown, which (thankfully) wound up spending 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. We needed an Austrian (and not… Read More