Michael Douma, Assistant Research Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown, and Director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, joins me to discuss… Read More
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Ep. 1076 Liberty, the Radio Spectrum, and Wireless Technology
Thomas Hazlett, former chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a professor of economics at Clemson University, talks about where regulators have gone wrong and the market has… Read More
Ep. 1074 Libertarians Have a Class Theory, Too (and It’s Better Than Marx’s)
With the idea of class so central to Marxian theory, libertarians might be tempted to ignore class as a category. But there is in fact such a thing as libertarian… Read More
Ep. 1073 How a Historian Saw the Light
Historian Brion McClanahan and I begin by discussing the conservative movement’s wary and sometimes hostile reception of his book criticizing Alexander Hamilton. From there, we trace out how Brion went… Read More
Ep. 1063 Nat Turner’s Rebellion: Why a Historical Novel Was So Controversial
Gene Epstein returns on the 50th anniversary of William Styron’s historical novel The Confessions of Nat Turner, the slave who led a famous revolt in Virginia. Since Styron was a… Read More
Ep. 1061 The Search Engine Manipulation Effect: A Psychologist Looks at Google
Dr. Robert Epstein, former editor of Psychology Today, joins me to discuss his research on how various online services, particularly Google and Facebook, can influence the way people think about a… Read More
Ep. 1059 Against the Social Gospel: J. Gresham Machen Against the Liberals
J. Gresham Machen, whom many listeners have urged me to do an episode about, taught at Princeton Theological Seminary for many years and was a significant figure in American Presbyterianism… Read More
Ep. 1055 The Truth About the Vietnam War, with Gareth Porter
We’ve all heard the usual arguments: the U.S. government entered the Vietnam War because of the domino theory, or because of SEATO treaty obligations, or whatever. The recent Ken Burns… Read More
Ep. 1052 Catalonia, Spain, and Secession: What’s the Libertarian Answer?
Marco Bassani, a professor of the history of political theory at the University of Milan, joins me to discuss a question that has divided libertarians: is the independence of Catalonia… Read More
Ep. 1051 Want to Be Poorer? Defy These Economic Laws
Hunter Lewis, in an amazing book called Economics in Three Lessons & One Hundred Economic Laws, concisely reviews the crucial economic ideas that can help people see the world in a… Read More
