How did the low-fat, high-carb diet become entrenched within nutrition science, to the point that dissenters virtually disappeared? The answer gives us a fascinating glimpse into how nutrition science —… Read More
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Ep. 865 Taxation Isn’t Theft, Because of the Social Contract
I critique an article trying to disprove the libertarian claim that taxation is theft. The social contract makes it all right, the author says…. Article Discussed “ The Ethics of Taxation, the Imperfection of Voluntaryism, and the Transcendence of the Social Contract ,” by ANdy… Read More
Ep. 864 The Bogus Public Goods Rationale for Government
We’re told we need government because only the public sector can give us “public goods,” which are either impossible to produce privately or are produced in the wrong quantities. In… Read More
Ep. 863 Trump and the Budget — More of the Same?
Today I review Donald Trump’s recent speech to Congress — a speech the media loved, I’m sorry to report — in terms of what it’s going to mean for federal… Read More
Ep. 862 The Alt Right
Paul Gottfried, longtime veteran of the American Right and foe of the yawn-inducing “conservative movement,” discusses the significance of what has become known as the “alt right.” About the Guest… Read More
Ep. 861 The Anti-Imperialist League and the Struggle Against Empire
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, an ideologically diverse group of people joined together to fight against the drift of the United States into imperialism, particularly in the repression… Read More
Ep. 860 Skeptics of Capitalism, and How to Persuade Them
Today I talk to libertarian writer Antony Sammeroff of the Scottish Liberty Podcast, who recently gave a talk against the “basic income guarantee” idea to a crowd that liked the… Read More
Ep. 859 The Bureaucrat Kings: The Origins and Underpinnings of America’s Bureaucratic State
How did federal agencies become unaccountable fiefdoms? The story goes back over 100 years, and I discuss it with the author of a brand new study of this most unfortunate… Read More
Ep. 858 How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
Basing myself on the Harry Browne book of the same name, I discuss how in my own life I’ve found freedom: from neoconservatism, from academia, and from povertarianism. Fun! Host… Read More
Ep. 857 Trump and the Deep State
We hear a lot about the opposition of the “deep state” to Trump, and that there’s an effort at work to undermine him from within. What is the deep state,… Read More
