Day two of Scott Horton Week takes us to Somalia, and Scott’s discussion of how this of all countries came to find itself in the crosshairs of the U.S. War… Read More
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Catching Textbook Propagandists Red-Handed: Somalia Edition
On my Twitter feed the other day, someone posted a photo of a page in a textbook he was forced to use in college. “If you are a libertarian or… Read More
Ep. 192 Pirates, Somalia, Anarchy, and More
Pete Leeson of George Mason University discusses his new book Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Ep. 30 But…Somalia!
Dr. Benjamin Powell , Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech , asks “What’s the real deal in Somalia?”
But…Somalia!!!
Somalia is the great objection to libertarianism — why, these people live in a government-free paradise! You should want to move there! Etc. For one thing, the paradise didn’t last… Read More
Ep. 1139 Anti-Libertarian Cliches Sliced and Diced
Today’s episode covers a wide range of topics: the origins of Trump, fallacies of protectionism, how to respond to critics who say libertarianism has never been tried, plus Somalia, working… Read More
Ep. 1039 WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird
Economist Peter Leeson has just released a challenging new book, via Stanford University Press, that tries to make sense of seemingly irrational practices from far-off times and places — ranging… Read More
Ep. 1037 A War on Terror Scorecard, with Scott Horton
Scott Horton, our great libertarian foreign-policy expert, joins me to review seven countries and discuss the (grim) outcome of intervention in each. About the Guest Scott Horton, managing director of… Read More
Ep. 999 “Limited Government” Isn’t Good Enough
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, discusses society without the state. Book Discussed Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State Related Episodes Ep. 939 Do We Need the State for Defense? (Bob Murphy) Ep. 938 Law Without… Read More
Ep. 939 Do We Need the State for Defense?
Bob Murphy joins me once again, fresh from our discussion of private law in episode 938, to cover whether it’s possible to imagine even defense services being provided without the… Read More
