https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0hXaZDgucw Empirical proof that The Glass Steagall Act repeal did literally nothing to cause the 2008 crash. The 26% & 7% figure James Corbett Mentions Comes from - The Separation of Commercial and Investment Banking - The...
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What Justin Amash Should Have Told Meet the Press
by Keith Knight | May 9, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/ePIBi2473nc "... my basic motivation for being a libertarian had never been economic but moral. ... While I was convinced that the free market was more efficient and would bring about a far more prosperous world than statism, my major concern was...

How to Spot a Demagogue – Propaganda Analysis
by Keith Knight | May 8, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/cg4TyndOVfg My full interview with Professor Bryan Caplan: https://youtu.be/eBiP_kAlp70 Social desirability bias is the tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others. It can take the form of...

Foreign Aid Can’t Fix Bad Economics
by José Niño | May 6, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
Some myths in politics die hard. We are constantly reminded by the managerial classes that foreign aid is crucial to lifting the developing world out of poverty. With the magic wand of public spending, money is sent to the developing world in hopes of pushing these...
Libertarianism and Externalities – Sam Harris REBUTTED
by Keith Knight | May 5, 2020 | Blog
https://youtu.be/4kUMweevpfs Externalities occur in markets, but they also exist in governments. Government is the ultimate negative externality- they impose costs on non-consenting third parties. The existence of externalities does NOT justify the existence of a...
Coronavirus Lockdown: The Political Versus The Voluntary
by Bradley Thomas | May 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
The government lockdown is mandatory. Re-opening is not. The contrast is stark and worth exploring as it underscores the difference between political and voluntary means of organizing society. Most states have imposed mandatory “stay at home” or “shelter in place”...
Cooperation and Coercion. Antony Davies and Keith Knight.
by Keith Knight | Apr 28, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/ZS35zc8Og1c Dr. Antony Davies is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow at FEE, associate professor of economics at Duquesne University, and co-host of the podcast, Words & Numbers. Get the book here! http://cooperationandcoercion.com/ His...
The Foundation of Political Philosophy
by Keith Knight | Apr 24, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/gI6eF-xMTrA In general, governments claim the right to do things ordinary people may not do. What, if anything, justifies that? BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/rbsxHFKHc5AA/ LBRY:...
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What Full Liberalism Is Not About
"Liberalism is a doctrine directed entirely towards the conduct of men in this world. In the last analysis, it has nothing else in view than the advancement of their outward, material welfare and does not concern itself directly with their inner, spiritual and...
Greeks Refuse to Purchase Fifty Million Dollar Floating Dumpsters From the US Navy
These floating dumpsters cost the American taxpayer 500-600 million per ship. The US Navy is trying to garage sell these malfunctioning ships to Greece and they are onto the scam. The Greek Defense Minister is smarter than the average bear. Glad to see that even...
Aesthetics and Frequencies w/Mano Elia
Mano is back to discuss the image of God in the world.
The Welfare-State Paradox
"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...
The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
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