Robert Higgs, the distinguished economic historian and author of Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government , covers some of the alleged success stories of government intervention. 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 taking you from no blog to a… Read More
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Ep. 1084 Trump’s State of the Union: A Breakdown
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist joins me to discuss last night’s State of the Union address. We discuss policy, style, Democratic reaction, Trump’s ideological confusion, and a lot more. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community with over 16,000 classes in design, business, and more. Get three months… Read More
Ep. 1083 Overlooked History: The Early Development of Libertarian Ideas
The great Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins me to discuss the years surrounding the English Civil War, a critical period in the history of political thought, when many great (and some rotten) ideas — including libertarian ideas like natural… Read More
Ep. 1082 The Truth About F.A. Hayek
F.A. Hayek, illustrious member of the Austrian School of economics, won the Nobel Prize in 1974, and wrote prolifically on both economic and non-economic topics. He has been a source of controversy within libertarian circles because of some aspects of his work. Joe Salerno helps… Read More
Ep. 1081 How to Jolt People Out of Conventional Thinking (and Push Them in Our Direction?)
Mance Rayder, author of Freedom Through Memedom, joins me for some big-picture arguments against the state and for freedom. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community with over 16,000 classes in design, business, and more. Get three months of Skillshare for 99 cents by going to skillshare.com/woods99 .… Read More
Ep. 1080 Down With State Licensing (Including for Personal Trainers and Coaches)
Strength trainer Mark Rippetoe returns to discuss state licensing, its true motivations, and why a free society doesn’t need it. Related Articles “ Should Personal Trainers and Coaches Be Licensed by The State? ,” by Mark Rippetoe “ Government-Approved Workouts? The Fight Against Fitness Licensing ,” by Zach Weissmueller & Mark McDaniel “ Ridiculous licensing rules are holding back people who want to work ,” by Glenn Harlan Reynolds Guest’s Website StartingStrength.com Guest’s Facebook… Read More
Ep. 1079 The (Pernicious?) Idea of Utopia
This episode, featuring Justine Brown, begins with a discussion of Thomas More’s classic work Utopia, trying to get to the bottom of what the author meant to convey with it, and then continues with a discussion of utopian communities and theories, and what may be wrong… Read More
Ep. 1078 Lew Rockwell on the Media, the Regime, and Their Relationship
The media’s opposition to Trump has confused and obscured the true nature of the relationship between itself and the American regime. Do we really have an adversarial press? Lew Rockwell joins me to get to the bottom of it. About the Guest Lew Rockwell is… Read More
Ep. 1077 Dissident Historians
Michael Douma, Assistant Research Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown, and Director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, joins me to discuss what it means to be a classical liberal, or libertarian, historian — do we have… Read More
Ep. 1076 Liberty, the Radio Spectrum, and Wireless Technology
Thomas Hazlett, former chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a professor of economics at Clemson University, talks about where regulators have gone wrong and the market has gone right, from the radio spectrum debate of the 1920s down to the present day.… Read More