Recent Podcast Episodes
Colonialism Doesn’t Explain the Developing World’s Problems
It is popular to assume that colonialism explains most modern-day dynamics in the developing world. But what if precolonial institutions are the real deciding factors?
Central Banks Put Wind at Bitcoin’s Back
The central banks can be thanked for all bubbles, including those in cryptocurrencies.
No Privacy, No Property: The World in 2030 According to the WEF
The World Economic Forum and its related institutions in combination with a handful of governments and a few high-tech companies want to lead the world into a new era without property or privacy.
Why Beltway Conservatives Hate the Trump Populists
In 2016, establishment conservatives went "all in" on defeating Trump. But they lost, and as a result lost control of the conservative movement and the GOP.
When Money Dies
Ryan McMaken joins the show to discuss Adam Fergusson's seminal history of Weimar-era hyperinflation in Germany.
Greece Is Setting Itself Up for Another Financial Crisis
The center-right government that came into power in July of 2019 has failed to liberalize the economy and make market-oriented reforms, with the pandemic making things even worse.
Schools Are at the Core of the Left’s Hegemony
One of the silver linings to this year’s lockdowns and cultural revolution, as many commentators here and elsewhere have pointed out, is that many parents are finally waking up to the reality of our educational institutions.
A Nation of Ratfinks
Slavery: The “Broken Window” of American Economic History
The "New Historians" can identify the ostensible economic prowess of slavery, but they have ignored the many unseen costs imposed by slave economies.
Why the Electoral College Matters
Abolishing the Electoral College is likely to worsen national conflict and disunity.
Joe Biden Wants a Huge New Tax on Gun Owners
Biden has proposed a new $200 tax on rifles and magazines, with a $10,000 fine for noncompliance. Registration involves filling out a thirteen-page form, with fingerprints and a photograph of yourself.
“The E Stands for Excellence”: A Tribute to Walter E. Williams
Williams’s impressive ability to speak on wide-ranging issues with unusual clarity derived from his steadfast commitment to the “economic way of thinking.”
Climate Change Policy Isn’t Worth Its High Cost
In most economies, inventories are valued at market prices, while in China they are valued by the authorities and adjusted later. This is just one of many ways China manipulates GDP data.
Gad Saad on Mind Viruses, and the Evolutionary Explanation for SJWs
Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing and holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption. He talks with Bob about his new book, The Parasitic Mind, and its relationship to the culture wars.
The Education of the Modern Socialist
Libertarians often wonder why socialism continues to be so popular, even though it has proved to be such a failure as a political ideology and as an economic system.
There Is No Chinese Economic Miracle
In most economies, inventories are valued at market prices, while in China they are valued by the authorities and adjusted later. This is just one of many ways China manipulates GDP data.
Stephen Senn: N-of-1 Trials and Beyond
Our guest is Professor Stephen Senn, a world renowned statistician whose career has spanned the gamut of activities that involves statistical analysis in medicine, from teaching to research to consultancy.
Biden’s Covid “Supply Commander” Is Bad Medicine
Joe Biden thinks a centrally planned supply chain for healthcare supplies is necessary, because "We can no longer leave this to the private sector." There are many reasons why this is so very wrong.