April 27th 2022.

Without government who would build the roads? Should prostitution, speculating and price gouging be outlawed? In this episode Saifedean discusses these questions with eminent Austrian School economist Dr Walter Block. They cover fundamental issues in economics such as whether there is such a thing as a “public good”, whether economics is an empirical science, and whether it is ethical to outlaw “victimless crimes”. Dr Block also shares the story of he became a libertarian and Austrian economist, including the roles played by Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard in his intellectual journey.

Resources

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Dr Block’s paper “The Minimum Wage Once Again” debunking a well-known 1994 study by Card and Krueger.
Mises Institute article “The Phillips Curve Myth” on the relationship between inflation and unemployment
Dr Block’s book The Privatization of Roads and Highways
Dr Block’s book Defending the Undefendable
Principle of non-aggression explained on Mises Wiki
List of Walter Block’s publications online
Dr Block’s book Water Capitalism (2015)
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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