Labor and Wages

Adlai Stevenson said that, “A hungry man is not a free man.” Many assume free exchange is invalid unless a basic level of wealth is achieved by the parties, but this is an error.

The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they were worked to death.

Though stories of the masses are valuable and insightful, the lives of magnates of industry, and the lesser magnates—such as the owner of the mine where my grandfather labored—also need to be told.

Despite its many logical flaws, Marxism remains popular in many academic and political circles. However, Marx‘s Labor Theory of Value still undergirds the entire Marxian structure, and debunking it destroys his entire system.

Bob argues that the only way to cripple Mexican drug cartels is through US drug legalization.

Remittances—financial transfers from migrants to their home countries—are often lauded as a driver of economic growth in developing nations. While remittances provide short-term relief for recipient households, their overall impact on economic growth remains questionable.

Amazon faces endless criticism—some fair, some absurd. Is it really an anti-worker behemoth, or is the union fight just another sign of its success? Mark Thornton breaks it down.

Organized labor, which long has been the bedrock of the Democratic Party, is being courted by the MAGA Republicans trying to bolster their image with the “working classes.” But labor unions are no true friend to the working class.

Mainstream economists and the media “warn” us about the dangers of “income inequality.” But is income inequality really an economic and social problem, or is this yet one more false crisis ginned up by intellectual and governing elites?

Jonathan Newman appears on the show to discuss Bob's recent debate on ZeroHedge, which centered on Austrian economics versus Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).