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Latest episodes

Nov 19, 2024 • 10min
Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already | Rhesa Browning
In this review of Scott Horton's book, Enough Already, we see that the wars the US has waged for the past quarter century in the Middle East have been a disaster. Millions of deaths and a massive refugee crisis later, the unmistakable verdict is in.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 9min
Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics | Eduard Bucher
There are numerous critics of the Austrian School of economics, but when their disparagements are closely examined, the so-called experts themselves are wrong. Austrians can do a better job of setting the record straight.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 6min
Nagel on Libertarianism and Other Things | David Gordon
David Gordon takes another look at Thomas Nagel's Equality and Partiality. While he finds some of Nagel's arguments appealing, they still are inferior to Murray Rothbard's systematic interpretation of natural rights.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 11min
If Republicans Are Against Lawfare, They Shouldn’t Have Unleashed It
Had Republicans not vastly expanded federal criminal law during the infamous Wall Street prosecutions 40 years ago, lawfare would not have become such a potent political weapon.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 8min
The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance” | George Ford Smith
Long before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve into Casino Central, there was John Law, France's minister of finance.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 8min
Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others | Frank Shostak
One of the important points made by Carl Menger in his 1871 Principles is that people ordinally rank their preferences, valuing some things more than others. While this seems to be a common-sense principle, it actually has important implications for economic theory.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 19, 2024 • 10min
Kamala Harris and Her Socialism with 1930s-German Characteristics
For all of the talk about Kamala Harris being a socialist, she certainly does not advocate socialism of the kind we have seen under the old USSR or Mao’s China. Instead, her version has characteristics of Italy in the 1920s and the more notorious German version of the 1930s.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Nov 15, 2024 • 10min
The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right
While it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much older story.
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Nov 14, 2024 • 55min
What Trump's New Political Appointees Are Telling Us
Ryan and Tho examine the role that ideology and interest groups will have on Trump's administration and on his political appointees.
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Nov 12, 2024 • 7min
Presidential Elections Are a Lot Closer than You Think
Since 1956, few presidential candidates have managed to get more than 51 percent of the vote in national elections.
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