Media and Culture
The Anticapitalist Front
The rising generation is brought up in an environment that is engrossed in socialist ideas.
Why Progressives Are Anti-Vaxxers When It Comes to the Alt Right
Bob Murphy deconstructs some contradictory progressive viewpoints.
Lyn Ulbricht on the Absurd Trial and Sentencing in the Silk Road Case
Bob Murphy interviews Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road website.
Franz Jägerstätter: Conscientious Objector
Terrence Malick's new film about conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter is a subtle film. But perhaps too much so, and we need to look deeper to understand why this one man so vehemently resisted the Nazi state at the cost of his own life.
Tareq Haddad on the OPCW Scandal on Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Bob Murphy and Tareq Haddad discuss how US authorities pressured the OPCW to change the report to fit their desired narrative, and how powerful groups control the corporate media.
Pseudo-Psychiatrist “Diagnoses” Trump Supporters with Mental Disorders
The great libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz warned that health officials could use their "expertise" to push a political agenda. We're now living in that world.
Peaceful Market Exchange—Not Politics—Harnesses the Value of Diversity
Whether diversity is a social benefit depends on whether it creates excuses to fight each other for special treatment. Politicizing our differences is far more likely to make diversity a source of conflict.
Lindsay Goldwert on Stand-up Comedy
Bob Murphy interviews journalist and stand-up comic Lindsay Goldwert.
Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature
Rothbard argues that egalitarian theory always results in a politics of statist control, because it is founded on revolt against the ontological structure of reality itself.