Download Episode. Scott interviews Libertarian Institute Research Fellow Jeremy R. Hammond about the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. He and Scott give some historical context to the ruling and the...
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How to See Through War Propaganda w/ Dr. Abigail R. Hall & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/E6oOWBuuS68 In 2018, the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a Joint Concept for Operating in the Information Environment (JCOIE), discussing the role of information in war: “JCOIE recognizes that individuals and groups today have access to more information...
How the National Security Elite Controls the Masses w/ Chris Coyne & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/IICKo3ie24k?si=TBDBQ4S7FD-Y9i45 Repetition and reputation will typically make the message true in the minds of the public. - Christopher J. Coyne & Abigail R. Hall, How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite Dr....
Smashing the UK’s Statist Mindset
Mainstream British political thought processes contain an epidemic of dreadful reasoning. Witness the average political interaction between “popular” British parliamentarians and voters, think through the reasoning of the topics discussed, and you will know exactly...
‘Savings Are Bad’ and Other Keynesian Errors
While it is difficult to choose among them, arguably the most pernicious part of John Maynard Keynes' legacy is his misunderstanding of what savings and interest rates are, and how they related to the rest of the economy. These mistakes were passed on to his followers...
TGIF: Freedom or Power
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, the Austrian-school economist who learned from Carl Menger and taught Ludwig von Mises, speaks to the ages. We ignore his lessons to our peril. One hundred ten years ago, in a journal article titled "Control or Economic Law," he wrote: [J]ust as...
White House Threatens to Strengthen Sanctions on China and Russia
The Biden administration is attempting to rally its allies to strengthen sanctions aimed at disrupting the relationship between Russia and China. Washington has increasingly attempted to use trade and financial blacklists to punish Beijing and Moscow for what the...
Why You Can’t Afford a House w/ Dr. Bryan Caplan
https://youtu.be/ABZFsPh5I28 I know this is hard to believe, but builders try to maximize profits by cutting prices. - Bryan Caplan, Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University...
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Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...