A Rutgers professor suggests it’s time we dropped our emphasis on jobs and work — many jobs are highly undesirable, and with automation the number of jobs is going to… Read More
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Ep. 933 Now James Madison Is Targeted by the Iconoclasts
Now James Madison is under attack, because slavery. We’re going to have to rename an awful lot of places if this catches fire. Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me for… Read More
Ep. 932 Zoning: Do We Need It?
Without zoning, we’re told, the layout of neighborhoods and cities would be hideous and irrational, and residents would be unhappy. Is this so? And would zoning exist in a free… Read More
Ep. 931 Political Representation: Another Bogus Government Concept
We’re supposed to believe that taxes are “contributions,” or that government rests on the “consent” of the people, even when virtually no one has ever granted consent in a non-trivial… Read More
Ep. 930 Bernie Sanders Isn’t Curious About Why Some Places Are So Expensive
Bernie Sanders is saying we need to increase the minimum wage because it’s so hard for people earning the present minimum wage to find adequate housing. Now there are all… Read More
Ep. 929 My Appearance on Michael Malice’s New Show
Michael Malice now has a weekly program called “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice — if you correct his grammar I am going to commit an atrocity; you’re smarter than that… Read More
This May — May, I Tell You — Be a Double Standard
Atlas Obscura, a popular site that helps people find interesting places in particular cities, has this to say about the Lucy Parsons Center in Boston : Originally founded in 1969 as the “Red Book,” this is one establishment that is not… Read More
Ep. 928 Jeff Deist on the Key Libertarian Mistake, and What We Should Do Instead
Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute , on what libertarians (and even progressives and conservatives) ought to aim for, and why handing out U.S. Constitutions in Iraq might not be the… Read More
Ep. 927 Is Trump Going Down?
The Reagan Administration’s David Stockman is convinced Trump will not survive 2018. His analysis is so compelling that I decided we had to discuss it. I won’t give away the… Read More
Ep. 926 Tom and Stefan Molyneux on the Catholic Church, Western Civilization, and Other Forbidden Topics
Not long ago I was Stefan Molyneux’s guest to discuss my book How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, a discussion that brought us through the development of Western science,… Read More