Anatomy Of A Monopoly

Anatomy Of A Monopoly

Anyone who has ever tried to start a business knows the difficulty in just getting it off the ground. Ignoring licensing, etc., consider that most potential entrepreneurs start off in a financial hole. If you have to hire employees this will be your biggest expense. The necessity of a brick and mortar location adds another hurdle to success. Then, most importantly, what are you offering? Most will have to provide a good or service that the public wants or needs to stay in business and climb out of the “red.” This can take months but in many cases the timeline is longer. Much longer.  But...

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Episode 441: The Rise Of The Military Industrial Complex w/ Mike Swanson

Episode 441: The Rise Of The Military Industrial Complex w/ Mike Swanson

59 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences Mike Swanson is the author of "The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963." He joins Pete today to give an overview of the MIC's origins, and how it has grown into the leviathan we see today. The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963 WallStreetWindow.com Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course Donate at the Libertarian Institute Pete's Patreon Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on...

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Episode 440: Why Police Reform Won’t Work w/ Former LEO Pat Watson

Episode 440: Why Police Reform Won’t Work w/ Former LEO Pat Watson

63 Minutes Some Strong Language Pat Watson is former military/law enforcement and is the host of the Uncensored Tactical Podcast. Pete asked Pat to come on to talk about ways to reform modern policing but it quickly turned into an exposition of governmental bureaucracy detailing vast chaos in its "organization" and proving that it cannot be fixed but must be jettisoned. UncensoredTactical.com Uncensored Tactical Podcast Episode 268: From Fighting 'Somali Pirates' to Voluntaryism w/ 'Pat' Watson *Bonus* - Matt from 'Statist Quo' and Pat from 'Uncensored Tactical' Talk Handling Corona...

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Episode 439: The Dubious Origins Of The ‘Lockdown Strategy’ w/ Jeffrey Tucker

Episode 439: The Dubious Origins Of The ‘Lockdown Strategy’ w/ Jeffrey Tucker

50 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You. Since the beginning of the CV-19 "crisis," Jeffrey has been writing articles about the history of pandemics and how they were handled. He has researched the strategy into the "lockdowns" and has come away with a discovery on its origins that are questionable to say the least. Jeffrey's AIER Page The 2006 Origins of the...

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Episode 438: Why Americans Don’t Care About The Warfare Or Police State w/ Scott Horton

Episode 438: Why Americans Don’t Care About The Warfare Or Police State w/ Scott Horton

75 Minutes Some Strong Language Scott starts out commenting on China/US relations and the "report" that Russia is putting bounties on the heads of American servicemen in Afghanistan.  After that Scott tackles whether US foreign policy in the middle east can be traced to racial animus and how that may tie into the way the State governs at home. ScottHorton.org Antiwar.com Fool's Errand Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course Donate at the Libertarian Institute Pete's Patreon Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on...

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Episode 437: Bird From The Friends Against Government Podcast On The Unabomber And Other Societal Anomalies

Episode 437: Bird From The Friends Against Government Podcast On The Unabomber And Other Societal Anomalies

70 Minutes Some Strong Language Bird from the Friends Against Government podcast talks to Pete about a host of topics in a very informal discussion. Friends Against Government Podcast Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course Donate at the Libertarian Institute Pete's Patreon Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on Twitter

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Episode 435: Cronyism From The Constitution To The Mexican-American War w/ Patrick Newman

Episode 435: Cronyism From The Constitution To The Mexican-American War w/ Patrick Newman

46 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Patrick Newman is an assistant professor of economics at Florida Southern College and a Mises Institute Fellow. Patrick is writing a book detailing crony capitalism in America from the early 1600s up through the Mexican-American War and joins Pete to do an overview of it from the Constitution up to 1848. Patrick's Mises Page Are We on the Cusp of a New Progressive Era? Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course Donate at the Libertarian Institute Pete's Patreon Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on...

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Episode 434: Behind The Scenes At Google/YouTube w/ Christian Gruber

Episode 434: Behind The Scenes At Google/YouTube w/ Christian Gruber

81 Minutes Some Strong Language Christian Gruber is a software engineer at Square who spent the better part of ten years working for Alphabet's Google and YouTube divisionsHe talks about the culture there, answers questions about their dealings with China, goes over the James Damore incident and talks about being in the YouTube cafeteria when the shooting started on April 3rd, 2018. He starts out talking about an interaction he had on Twitter with some folks who claimed that Mises' economic calculation problem had been solved by A.I. He explains that their starting premise is faulty and...

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