Recent Podcast Episodes
Kevin Dowd: Against Monetary Stimulus
Kevin Dowd explains how policies like negative interest rates not only reflect bad economic thinking, but also pose a danger to the civil liberties.
The Danger of “Public” Education
The key issue in the entire discussion is simply this: shall the parent or the State be the overseer of the child?
The Election of 1860
Chris Calton discusses the political schisms exacerbated in the aftermath of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.
Michael Watson: What is Outside of Economics?
Jeff Deist and Michael Watson discuss the reconciliation of ethical worldviews with value-free economics.
Harpers Ferry, Part 3: The Defeat
Chris Calton concludes the story of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.
The Austrian Economics Research Conference
Incrementalism and Gun Control
The spectacle of anti-gun marches this past weekend provides yet another example that “democracy” does not yield some kind of livable compromise on any given issue.