Political Theory

Plato’s philosophy is the foundation of Keynesian economics and Keynes advocated a brand of socialism that was virtually identical to Plato’s.

GMU economics professor Chris Coyne explains how US militarism abroad ends up violating civil liberties on the home front. They also discuss the contributions of James Buchanan that should interest Austrian economists.

Is Trump the “lesser of two evils”? Jeff Deist makes the case that, in terms of centralization, there is almost no difference between Trump and Biden. 

We're building a bridge from Austrian theory to its application in business. This can help us gain a greater understanding of the merits of Austrian economics. 

Hans-Hermann Hoppe has shown in his writings that democracy leads to economic impoverishment and political disaster under certain conditions. But what are those conditions, and are they dominant in electoral institutions in the United States today?

Jayant Bhandari joins the show to discuss Hoppe's controversial thesis concerning monarchy and democracy. This is a must-listen show for anyone interested in Hoppe's most famous work and its application to the problems western states face today. 

What we are now witnessing in the larger society is the result of decades of work within academia and government to destroy the private-property system of the West and replace it with a new socialist order.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss some strategies for lessening the damage democracy can do.

Although the recommendations of the Great Barrington Declaration would be an improvement over the status quo, the declaration grants far too much power to the state to act in pursuit of an alleged "common good."

Jeff Deist discusses Hazlitt's radical and controversial ― and virtually unknown ― 1942 book A New Constitution Now, a how-to guide for remaking the US constitutional system.