The “happiness” literature purports to speak about levels of happiness in various countries. Popular journalism then purports to explain why the happiest places are happy — and it’s always because… Read More
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Ep. 982 Ordinary Libertarian Fired After Antifa Tweets “Nazi!” at Employer
Well, this was bound to happen. Brandon Navom of Software Engineers for Liberty was fired from his job for planning to take part in a free speech rally that had nothing to do with… Read More
Ep. 981 Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
The brilliant Scott Horton, a one-man libertarian foreign-policy think tank, joins me to discuss the Trump policy in Afghanistan, the real history of the war, and why the only sensible… Read More
Ep. 980 Moral Injury: War’s Undiscussed Casualty
Peter van Buren returns to the show to discuss his novel Hooper’s War, set during World War II. Beneath all the casualty figures and the news reports is something profound and… Read More
Ep. 979 Liechtenstein: The Closest Thing to a Libertarian Country?
The small country of Liechtenstein is run by Prince Hans-Adam II, who is a friend and correspondent of the libertarian economist and philosopher Hans-Hermann Hoppe. In today’s episode we tell… Read More
Ep. 978 Charlottesville Once More: Left-Anarchist Keith Preston Discusses
Keith Preston, whose writing I always find interesting and challenging, wrote an excellent overview and analysis of what happened in Charlottesville last weekend. He does the impossible here: this is… Read More
Ep. 977 Left, Right, and Charlottesville, with Paul Gottfried
In the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Paul Gottfried returns to the show to discuss the present state of the American ideological spectrum, from Antifa to the alt Right.… Read More
Ep. 976 Boom, Bust, and Government in American History
Today’s episode takes a brief look at economic downturns dating back to the 19th century, and argues that they weren’t spontaneous occurrences of the free market. Fun! I delivered this… Read More
Ep. 975 Radical Libertarian Architect: Privatize Public Spaces, Housing, Everything
Patrik Schumacher, a prominent architect in London, stunned the architecture world last year when he came out against housing subsidies and state-funded art schools, and in favor of privatizing, parks,… Read More
BONUS Ep. 974 Libertarian Turns Passion into Online Business
Antony Sammeroff, who co-hosts the Scottish Liberty Podcast , joins me to discuss how he’s taken a personal passion and begun to monetize it online. Website Discussed Be Yourself and Love It Course Surviving to Thriving: A Personal Transformation in Six Lessons Guest’s Twitter @AntonySammeroff Previous Appearance Ep. 860 Skeptics… Read More
