Philosophy and Methodology

Presented at Mises University 2021.

Menger discovered much more than the principle of marginal utility—he created an entire system of economics based on subjective value and individual choice.

Anticapitalism's origins are not found with the workers. Rather, it came from the aristocrats and middle-class intellectuals who harbored resentment and fear of the rising entrepreneurial and industrial classes. 

The cognitive dissonance of American academia and journalism is on full display in this survey.

Analyzing property rights in Nigeria from a Rothbardian point of view shows that the major reason for poverty in Nigeria is governmental neglect and abuse of property rights.

Negative liberty, which defines freedom exclusively in terms of independence of the individual from interference by others, is defended against contemporary philosophers Charles Taylor and Martha Nussbaum.

Bruno Leoni's Freedom and the Law can be the starting-point for a more "classical" understanding of libertarian natural law actually rooted in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. 

The cognitive dissonance of American academia and journalism is on full display in this survey.

Bob concludes his series on areas where he’s changed his mind. This episode covers the economics of climate change, fractional reserve banking, the US gold standard, and more.

The only relevant thing is that indirect exchange and money exist because the conditions for their existence were and are present.