Big questions are being thrashed out these days. One of the biggest is this: do we want capitalism or socialism? Unfortunately, the online discussions I've witnessed have been, to put it as politely as I can, terrible. (For an example, see this one between Reason...
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Since socialism is "in" today -- even though many people who say they favor it have no idea what it is -- F. A. Hayek's last book, The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (1988), is worth checking out. Hayek, the late great Nobel-laureate economist of the Austrian...
https://youtu.be/sDgfh4qilo4 Whereas Marx rejected chattel slavery and extrapolated a long historical march to an eventual socialist reordering through revolutionary upheaval, Fitzhugh saw a readily available alternative. “Slavery is a form, and the very best form, of...
A common scam involves taking a constant reality that always applies to everyone, then uniquely applying it to one set of people or one set of ideas. Which of the following sounds more greedy to you?: Give me your money or I'll have my employees put you...
https://youtu.be/7S19xsdp074 The next step in the development of what would later become anarcho-capitalism was the radical one taken by Gustave de Molinari, in his essay “The Private Production of Security.” Molinari asked if the production of defense services, which...
https://youtu.be/CAGZsUG2aeE Keith Knight joins me for a classic Keith Knight/Patrick MacFarlane episode. In this one, we dissect a Michael Malice segment from Timcast IRL. We also debunk "23 Things They Didn't Tell You About Capitalism," a book that became popular...
https://youtu.be/66vN8OA6qao Free-market capitalism is a marvelous antidote for racism. In a free market, employers who refuse to hire productive black workers are hurting their own profits and the competitive position of their own company. Murray N. Rothbard Making...
I asked Cotton of The Slurp Gang Podcast to join me for a deep conversation into a topic he brought to my attention, Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher. I crammed for the exam and may have sent the conversation spiraling a few times, but this topic is so in depth and...
https://youtu.be/azBB4iayM7s The difference between free-market capitalism and state capitalism is precisely the difference between, on the one hand, peaceful, voluntary exchange, and on the other, violent expropriation. Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, p....
https://youtu.be/nohK6D99wVc In a socialist state, the government has arrogated to itself virtually all property and power of the country. Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, p. 446 LBRY / Odysee:...
48 Minutes Safe For Work Thomas DiLorenzo is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author of The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's...
59 Minutes PG-13 Tommy Salmons is the host of the Year Zero podcast and a contributor at LibertarianInstitute.org Tommy has been doing in-depth research on what the World Economic Forum is calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He discusses his finding with Pete....
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