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What’s Wrong with National Conservatism?
The underlying ideas articulated by National Conservatism are of value to libertarians because they present a way of seeing the world that is a stark difference from the way we see it.
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Postmodernism & the Free Society
Despite what you may have heard, postmodernism is not a threat to a free society, and the two aren’t necessarily enemies.
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Gandhi: A Champion of Freedom Who Defied Political Labels
Gandhi saw civil resistance as a way to accept suffering and sacrifice in order to make the other side realize the justness of the cause.
Everything Wrong with the Presidents
Everything Wrong with the George H.W. Bush Administration
Hailed at his passing as “the most successful one-term president in the nation’s history,” George H.W. Bush has a far better claim to being the most destructive.
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Young Radicals in the Age of Trump (with Robby Soave)
Robby Soave joins us to discuss his new book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump.
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8chan and Reacting to Online Radicalization
Timothy McLaughlin joins us to describe the history of 8chan and its association with recent mass shootings.
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Why 1619 Matters in 2019
The most prominent of America’s contradictions is that its Founding documents were written by white men who owned black human beings as farm equipment, yet they expressed a commitment to liberty.
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Social Media’s Moral Panic (with Milton Mueller)
Milton Mueller joins us to discuss how social media is not a medical addiction that requires government intervention.
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A Smarter Kickstarter (with Alex Tabarrok)
Alex Tabarrok explains that dominant assurance contracts can help markets provide more public goods.
Everything Wrong with the Presidents
Everything Wrong with the Van Buren Administration
Although Van Buren himself was an effective politician, his years as president prompted scholars to rank Van Buren’s presidency as average, grouped among some of the least-effective and forgettable presidents in U.S. history
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How We Polarize Ourselves
Why do we demonize those with whom we disagree?
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The Ethics of Surrogate Pregnancy
When it comes to surrogacy, libertarians and communists may be able to agree more than you might think.
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Remaining Grateful with Steve Horwitz
Steve Horwitz returns to the show to discuss how we should be grateful for how much better the world has gotten in the last 1000 years.
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Prices Are Too Damn High (with Alexander Tabarrok)
Why is my smartphone cheap while my healthcare is crazy expensive? Alex Tabarrok explains the Baumol Effect.
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Henry Clarke Wright: Abolitionist, Non-Resistant, Libertarian
Henry Clarke Wright was a radical among radicals, driven by a religious conviction in the equality of all people.
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Hayek vs. Beveridge on the Welfare State: In Dialogue
Beveridge’s and Hayek’s dispute over expert control of economic and social policy was a manifestation of a much deeper disagreement, known as the “Knowledge Problem”.
Everything Wrong with the Presidents
Everything Wrong with the Clinton Administration
Clinton was an internationalist and believed in an activist American presence abroad, but he was unable to create a comprehensive doctrine to guide the United States into the 21st century.
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Education in the Marketplace (with Kevin Currie-Knight)
Kevin Currie-Knight joins the podcast to talk about how different libertarian thinkers approached the issue of public education.