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
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Ep. 1035 How Ludwig von Mises Fixed Economics (But Ingrates Won’t Thank Him)
Mises was of course one of the great economists, and casual followers rightly credit him for his work on the problems with socialism, or the origins of business cycles, or… 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. 983 Can We Really Measure the “Happiest” Countries?
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
Ep. 939 Do We Need the State for Defense?
Bob Murphy joins me once again, fresh from our discussion of private law in episode 938, to cover whether it’s possible to imagine even defense services being provided without the… Read More
Ep. 938 Law Without the State?
Bob Murphy joins me to revisit this question: in addition to consumer good and capital goods we see it producing all the time, can the market also provide law itself?… Read More
Ep. 921 The Long History of Presidential Stupidity in Economics
Everyone always thinks the current president must be the worst. Surely President X is the most ignorant when it comes to economics! Well, there’s a lot of competition for that… Read More
Cato VP: Ron Paul Represented a “Hideous Corruption of Libertarian Ideas”
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . “Ron Paul’s xenophobia was a hideous corruption of libertarian ideas.” What kind of person says something so… Read More
Ep. 891 Fiscal Doomsday: When It’s Coming and What It Looks Like
The March 2017 report of the Congressional Budget Office paints a grim picture about the fiscal future of the United States — but don’t we hear a lot of grim… Read More
Ep. 842 Should We Play Nice and Pretend Leftists Aren’t Hypocrites When They’re Suddenly Outraged by Government?
Is there anything to be gained by pointing out leftist hypocrisy — that suddenly they favor limited government, or that they’re outraged by Trump Action A, and said nothing in… Read More
