Podcast Episodes

Marx Was Wrong About the “Necessary” Ruin of Small Landed Property

Karl Marx not only misunderstood value and production, but he also was wrong about large-scale and small-scale property owners.

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On The Duty Of Natural Outlaws To Shut Up

Who would join a radical minority movement, and commit him- or herself for life to social obloquy and a marginal existence, for the sake of 20% more …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Depopulation Won’t Save Us or the Planet

The recent death of Paul Ehrlich reminds us that his crackpot overpopulation theories still are with us, even as they are being regularly discredited…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hobbes’s State: “Why Are You Hitting Yourself?”

To complain against the state’s actions, argues Hobbes, is to ultimately complain against yourself because you originally authorized the state throug…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to Change the World: Entrepreneurship versus Politics

Entrepreneurship is a voluntary undertaking that causes change by providing value. No force, no threats, and no coercion are involved. It is market a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Where California Went Wrong

California has been seen as the nation’s “Promised Land” for many years, but in the past 25 years, people have left due to high housing costs and hig…

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The President Goes to War

Of course the president, like everyone, frequently protests his desire for peace. Everyone does this. And I think we may assume he is quite sincere a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

The MBS Slope n’ Swap

If executed perfectly, this swap allows the Fed to neutralize a shrinking money supply by swapping $2 trillion in mortgages for $2 trillion in govern…

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Fukuyama Was Wrong; History Did Not End

Francis Fukuyama wrote The End of History more than 30 years ago, believing that the fall of the communist bloc would lead to a more peaceful world. …

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Vote Harder? Why Secession Is the Only Answer to the American Megastate

The populist “victory” of the Trump administration is perhaps the best evidence yet that a strategy of “vote harder” is simply not going to lead to a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago