Today’s episode focuses in on three major episodes in American labor history: Haymarket, Homestead, and the Pullman strike. These are generally related with a predictable bias, which this episode challenges.… Read More
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Ep. 1022 Myths and Lunacies of Feminism
Karen Straughan joins me to discuss feminism, many feminists’ caricature of men, girls in the Boy Scouts, the enablers of Harvey Weinstein, the left-libertarian Pence/Weinstein comparison, gender-fluid children, and more.… Read More
Ep. 1021 The Nobel Prize and Behavioral Economics: Anything Here for Austrians?
Gene Epstein of Barron’s joins me to discuss Richard Thaler, this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics, who has helped to popularize “behavioral economics,” and how to deal… Read More
Ep. 1020 Statelessness: Another Case Study
Pete Earle, author of the study A Century of Anarchy, joins me to discuss a little-known case study of statelessness. Sponsor Get a free trial set (just pay shipping) from Harry’s… Read More
Ep. 1000 Roast of Tom Woods, Plus a Lot More: Episode 1000, Live from Orlando!
We recorded this episode live in Orlando on September 30, 2017. It features Eric July, Michael Malice, Dave Smith, Michael Boldin, and Tom DiLorenzo, along with some surprise guests (Dave… Read More
Ep. 1019 Labor Unions: Myths and Facts
Haven’t labor unions improved the standard of living of American workers? Why, wouldn’t we not even have the weekend without them? My father belonged to the Teamsters, so I have… Read More
Ep. 1018 Listener Success Stories: How the Tom Woods Show Spawned These New Entrepreneurs
I keep hearing success stories from people who got started in eCommerce at my urging, so I finally decided to make an episode out of a few of them. A… Read More
Ep. 1017 What I Told a Room Full of Doctors
In 2010 I addressed the annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. I spoke about government and health care, yes, but I also spoke about state nullification… Read More
Ep. 1016 Some Libertarians Are Just Too Good for the Nonaggression Principle
It’s fashionable again for libertarians to urge the abandonment of the nonaggression principle, the bedrock of our entire philosophy. It’s dumb, you see. But what they propose in its place… Read More
Ep. 1015 North Korea Update: Will the War of Words Become a Hot War?
With Donald Trump publicly undermining Rex Tillerson and calling Kim Jong Un “Rocketman,” should we be concerned about a potential nuclear conflict? Is there a strategy behind Trump’s comments and… Read More