Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . The crazies are breaking all their previous records for craziness. The LGBT folks — the politically organized ones, anyway, who claim to speak for everyone — have gone completely off the rails.… Read More
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Ep. 741 David Stockman: What the Fed and the Feds Have Done to Us, and How to Reverse It
David Stockman, himself of the Reagan Administration, recounts the horrific economic policies of recent administrations, describes their consequences, and proposes solutions. Hint: they include abolishing the Federal Open Market Committee, which the Fed uses to make monetary policy. About the Guest David Stockman, a former… Read More
Ep. 728 Can Libertarians Make a Decent Case for Free Trade?
With protectionism on the rise and opponents of trade insisting that international competition is at the root of Middle America’s problems, the libertarian response — to my mind, at least — has been tepid and unpersuasive. Gene Epstein joins me to fix that. About the… Read More
Ep. 704 Adam Smith, Not the Founder of Economic Science
Adam Smith is consistently held up as the great founder of economics and herald of capitalism. Murray Rothbard energetically disputed this characterization. Others, in turn, have criticized Rothbard’s criticism. So what are we to think? About the Guest Gene Epstein is economics and book review… Read More
My Flaws
My 13-year-old has me reading The Mysterious Benedict Society, a New York Times bestselling work of fiction. I sure can relate to the bookish 11-year-old Reynie Muldoon, who, having used the word “enjoyable” to describe a book he was reading, was predictably taunted for the rest of the day.… Read More
Ep. 634 The Economic Freedom of the World: What the Numbers Tell Us
Ep. 587 The Screwed Up GOP
What’s wrong with the GOP? My guest and I agree there’s a lot wrong, but we’re not always agreed as to what that is. We have a freewheeling discussion of populism, noninterventionism, localism, Trump, Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and more. Enjoy! About the Guest Matt… Read More
Ep. 499 What to Tell Your Friend Who Says Saddam Really Did Have WMDs
Every once in a while we hear it said that Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction after all, and that this discovery has been drowned out by antiwar propaganda. Scott Horton joins us to dig out the facts of the matter. About the… Read More
Ep. 479 What Should We Think About Calhoun?
Did John C. Calhoun have anything of value to say, or is his entire career too stained by slavery for him to be worth listening to? I discuss Calhoun, Robert Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, and more in today’s episode. Book Discussed Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan , by Garland… Read More
Ep. 406 David Stockman: Progressive Defenses of Obamanomics Are Laughable
Supporters of Barack Obama say his economic record is actually quite strong, and that right-wingers simply can’t accept that. David Stockman, formerly of the Reagan administration, reduces these claims to rubble, and then destroys the rubble. Among the issues covered: Has Barack Obama been a… Read More