Brett Venoitte on the Prussian Roots of US Education and Assessing Experts on the Coronavirus
Brett Venoitte explains how Horace Mann drew from authoritarian Prussian in designing public education in the US.
Recent Podcast Episodes
US Employment Stalls as Trillion-Dollar Deficits Mount
Tax revenue declined again in June, and new jobless claims increased by more than a million for the seventeenth week in a row.
Edward Leamer: Is Econometrics a Con?
Dr. Leamer is a Professor of Economics and Statistics at UCLA who comes on the show to discuss the recent arrival of econometric analyses in medicine.
What the Supreme Court Got Right in Its Indian Tribe Ruling
The Supreme Court this week limited a state government's control over what is supposed to be a sovereign Indian tribe. The next step lies in limiting federal control over the tribe also.
The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique
The Left has an enormous desire to "do good to" the mass of other people. But since many people often resist, the leftist inevitably ends by reaching for the big stick with which to push the ungrateful masses around.
Krugman’s Keynesianism Has Made Him Wrong about Much More Than Economic Theory
Paul Krugman famously predicted in 1998 that the internet would prove to be no more important than the fax machine. This error proceeds straight from his lack of economic understanding.
The First Socialists: The Saint-Simonians and the Utopians
While collectivism was implied in Sismondi’s idea of a “general interest,” Owen and Fourier offered the first formal expression of full socialist collectivization.
Modern Monetary Theory’s Connection to Soviet-Era Money
MMT starts to make a little more sense when thinking of it as comparable to money systems used under the USSR and the old Soviet Bloc.
Why Savings Are So Critical to Improving the Standard of Living
Without a monopolist central bank, market forces would restrain the issuance of bank notes. But once central banks monopolize money creation, wealth is systematically transferred to the central bank and the privileged few who are favored by the state.
Why the EU Keeps Fighting Brexit
EU membership is a sort of bait-and-switch for states that were sold on membership as an opportunity to join a free trade bloc and a chance to participate in a more cooperative Europe.
Rohan Grey Does a Deep Dive on Legality and Theory of MMT, Debt Ceiling, and Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
In a very comprehensive discussion, Bob talks with Rohan Grey, Assistant Prof. of Law at Willamette University. Rohan is an expert on the history of US fiscal and monetary legislation, as well as Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).
The Dangers Posed by State-Controlled Digital Currency
If we choose to break the state monopoly of money and allow private digital currencies to compete, a myriad of different solutions will emerge to serve a myriad of different needs.
How Central Banks Destroy Money’s Purchasing Power
Without a monopolist central bank, market forces would restrain the issuance of bank notes. But once central banks monopolize money creation, wealth is systematically transferred to the central bank and the privileged few who are favored by the state.
