Since we see current events distorted in the media every day, why wouldn’t we think events from the past were equally distorted? Without historical revisionism, today’s propaganda becomes tomorrow’s history. Two other scholars (Ryan McMaken and Tom DiLorenzo) and I make the case for revisionism… Read More
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Ep. 2221 Status Quo Bias Is Our Worst Enemy
If things are ever going to improve, we need to overcome the very powerful status quo bias that exists among the American population. Most people assume that the way things are is the way they must be, and the best possible way they can be.… Read More
Ep. 2220 How a Free Society Helps the Poorest
Paddy Weeks, chairman of DonorSee, joins me to discuss transparent, effective ways to help the world’s poorest without government involvement. And of course we tip our hat to the late Gret Glyer, who got the whole thing started and who left us too soon. Sponsor… Read More
Ep. 2219 The Absurd Alex Jones Trials
The great Robert Barnes joins me to run through all the irregularities in the Alex Jones trial, and what they mean for the rest of us. Sponsors At PolicyGenius.com , you can get quotes and compare rates on life insurance, disability insurance, renters insurance, and health… Read More
Ep. 2218 The Forces of Tolerance Punish a Dissident
Jack Phillips made news ten years ago when he declined to bake a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage and the couple involved attempted to use state violence to force him to bake it. Phillips is back in the news because the forces of love… Read More
Ep. 2217 To a Great Man
At the Mises Institute’s supporters summit I paid tribute to a great benefactor of our movement, who has (of course) been attacked by pygmies his whole life. Sponsor The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle… Read More
Ep. 2216 Egalitarianism Also Fails in the Workplace
Peter Klein, professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University, explains why the current fad of flattening hierarchies in the workplace is unlikely to deliver good results. Sponsor BetterHelp offers professional counseling online at affordable prices. Get matched with your own licensed, professional therapist, to whom you… Read More
Ep. 2215 The New Transgender Orthodoxy
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins us to discuss the transgender movement, which has ossified into orthodoxy in record time. Sponsor The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore… Read More
Ep. 2214 Who Will Succeed the Disastrous Pope Francis?
Longtime Vatican observer and book and magazine publisher Roger McCaffrey joins us to discuss what we can expect after the Francis pontificate comes to an end. Sponsor CrowdHealth is a community of people who are tired of paying for a broken system. A place where you… Read More
Ep. 2213 Radical Leftist Prefers Romney to Rothbard
Melinda Cooper, who teaches “gender, sexuality, and culture” at Australian National University, tries to take on Murray Rothbard in an academic journal. As usual for a progressive, even though she finds him far more principled, antiwar, and pro-civil liberties than his neoconservative and establishment counterparts,… Read More