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Ep. 1564 Jeff Deist on Libertarianism and Its Deformation

2020-01-08

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Jeff Deist week continues with this discussion of the fundamentals of libertarianism, and how it’s been transformed into a bizarre mutation of its former self. Subscribe to the Tom Woods Show: http://www.TomWoods.com/1564 http://www.SupportingListeners.com http://www.RonPaulHomeschool.com http://www.FreeHistoryCourse.com http://www.TomsFreeBooks.com

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Conservation in the Free Market

2020-01-07

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2020-01-07

It should be no news by this time that intellectuals are fully as subject to the vagaries of fashion as are the hemlines of women’s skirts. Apparently, intellectuals tend to be victims of a herd mentality. Thus, when John Kenneth Galbraith published his best-selling The Affluent Society in 1958, every intellectual and his brother was denouncing America as suffering from undue and excessive affluence; yet, only two or three years later, the fashion...

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Why Paternalists Keep Calling Us “Irrational”

2020-01-06

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2020-01-06

Some economists, such as the 2017 Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler and his colleague Cass Sunstein, have proposed an unusual justification for government interference with people’s choices. They do not intend, they say, to override the preferences that people have. They don’t want to tell people what they “should” want, according to an external standard that people don’t accept. They claim, however, that accepting the actual preferences people have...

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Why the Minimum Wage Is so Bad for Young Workers

2020-01-05

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2020-01-05

In today’s political discourse, the minimum wage is frequently mentioned by the more progressive members of Congress. On a basic level, raising the minimum wage appears to be a sympathetic policy for low-income wage earners. Often kept out of the conversation, however, are the downstream effects of this proposal.

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Understanding Money Mechanics

2020-01-04

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2020-01-04

Dr. Bob Murphy joins the Human Action Podcast to discuss one of the most important issues of all: how money and credit work in today's society. Jeff Deist recently commissioned Murphy to write a series of articles on money mechanics, an exceedingly important topic for critics of the Fed—and today's podcast serves as an introduction to the project.

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Is Greater Productivity a Danger?

2020-01-03

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2020-01-03

It is bad enough that opponents of the free market wrongly blame capitalism for environmental pollution, depressions, and wars. Whatever the failings of their causal theories, at least they are focused on undoubtedly bad things. We have really gone beyond the pale, though, when the market is blamed for something good.

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2019 Was a Bad Year For the “Only Cops Should Have Guns” Narrative

2020-01-02

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2020-01-02

Total New Guns, Homicide Rate, 1986-2018
On December 29, an armed gunman entered the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas and shot two members of the congregation. Within six seconds, a third member of the congregation drew a weapon and shot the gunman dead. The events were captured on live-streamed video, with the dramatic events — in the minds of many observers — highlighting the benefits of privately-owned firearms as a defense against armed criminals.

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Economic Stats Won’t Tell Us What Really Causes Recessions

2020-01-01

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2020-01-01

Most economists are of the view that by means of economic indicators it is possible to identify early signs of an upcoming recession or prosperity. What is the rationale behind this opinion? The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) introduced the economic indicators approach in the 1930s.

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Government, Business, and American Economic History, Part 2 | Murray N. Rothbard

2019-12-31

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The lecture was presented by Murray Rothbard at the 1990 Mises University. Recorded at Stanford University on July 8, 1990.

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Government, Business, and American Economic History, Part 1 | Murray N. Rothbard

2019-12-31

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The lecture was presented by Murray Rothbard at the 1990 Mises University. Recorded at Stanford University on July 8, 1990.

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How to Write and Understand History

2019-12-30

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2019-12-30

[Adapted from Chapter 2 of Human Action.] The study of all the data of experience concerning human action is the scope of history. The historian collects and critically sifts all available documents. On the ground of this evidence he approaches his genuine task.

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To Be Useful, Data Needs Theory

2019-12-29

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2019-12-29

For most so-called practical economists, information regarding the state of an economy is derived from data. Thus, if an economic statistic such as real gross domestic product or industrial production shows a visible increase, it is considered indicative of a strengthening of the economy. Conversely, a decline in the growth rate is regarded as weakening. It seems that by looking at the data one can ascertain economic conditions. Is this the case,...

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Doug French – Dad 2 Summit Event – Influencer – Coparent

2019-12-26

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When Doug started the Dad 2.0 summit 8 years ago, he didn’t anticipate the impact it would have. The conference is now the go to place to network with the top dad influencers, marketers, and a brands. The conference has hosted Michael Strahan, Dax Shepard, and more. They’ve paired dads with brands such as Dove, …

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How Today’s Central Bankers Threaten Civilization

2019-12-26

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2019-12-26

When I was asked to write an article about the impact of negative interest rates and negative yielding bonds, I thought it was a chance to look at the topic from a broader perspective. There have been lots of articles speculating about the possible implications and focusing on their impact in the short run, but it’s not very often that an analysis looks a bit further into the future, trying to connect money and its effect on society itself.

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Abolish the Office of the First Lady

2019-12-26

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2019-12-26

It's almost Christmas time again, and that means its time for White House politicians and staff to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on Christmas decorations and events for the White House.

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Economics and the Revolt against Reason

2019-12-25

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2019-12-25

The Revolt Against Reason. It is true that some philosophers were ready to overrate the power of human reason. They believed that man can discover by ratiocination the final causes of cosmic events, the inherent ends the prime mover aims at in creating the universe and determining the course of its evolution.

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Episode 55 – Dr. Robert P. Murphy | What is Austrian Economics? | OPEC and Free Enterprise

2019-12-24

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Source: We got a chance to talk to Dr. Robert Murphy of the Institute for Energy Research today. Find more of Dr. Murphy’s work here: Bob Murphy Show – https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/ Contra Krugman – https://contrakrugman.com/ Dr. Murphy on Crude Oil Price Controls – http://journal.apee.org/index.php?title=ARTICLES_2018_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_Vol_33_No_1_Spring_parte5

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The Origin and Nature of Money | Murray N. Rothbard

2019-12-24

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Murray N. Rothbard (Mises.org/Rothbard) lectures at the Mises Institute's "First Annual Advanced Instructional Conference in Austrian Economics" at Stanford University; June 21-27, 1987. Mises.org/MisesU87

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The Origin and Nature of Money | Murray N. Rothbard

2019-12-24

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Murray N. Rothbard (Mises.org/Rothbard) lectures at the Mises Institute’s “First Annual Advanced Instructional Conference in Austrian Economics” at Stanford University; June 21-27, 1987. Mises.org/MisesU87

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Failing to Emigrate Does Not Mean You Give Consent to the State

2019-12-24

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2019-12-24

Eric Nelson, a Professor Government at Harvard, has published this year a brilliant and imaginative book, The Theology of Liberalism (Harvard University Press, 2019). Nelson, it should be said, is no leftist, despite what you might expect from his Harvard affiliation. To the contrary, he is a conservative and favors, though not to the fullest extent, the free market and private property rights.

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