"The number one principle of economics...: the secret of mass consumption is mass production.... What about distribution? Here's what we know from all of human history, all of economic history. Any large increase in production is widely shared. There's no such thing...
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Ep 013 “CG Goes to the Movies: Red Dawn (1984)”
Episode Notes The brilliant John Milius helmed this production in the thick of the cold war waning with the USSR. This will be the first episode where we examine the collision between irregular warfare and popular culture. My Substack Email me at...
ESG and the Big Oil Conspiracy w/James Corbett
James Corbett of the Corbett Report joined me to discuss the ESG index, corporate compliance, and why big oil is silent despite all of the current problems with production, prices, and inflation. The Corbett Report How Big Oil Conquered The World Why Big Oil Conquered...
Law of the Jungle vs. Law of the Market
In the jungle, consumers compete, tooth and claw, with each other for scarce food. In the market, producers compete, peacefully, with each other, producing abundance for consumers. In the jungle, the rule is: eat or be eaten. In the market, it is: serve so that you...
Episode 443: Economic Principles That Have Enriched Your Life w/ Per Bylund
49 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Per Bylund is a Fellow at the Mises Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. Per joins Pete to go over a few economic principles developed over the last 150+ years that have contributed to...
Episode 352: How to Think About the Economy w/ Per Bylund
44 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete welcomes Associate Professor Per Bylund to the show. Per is a Fellow at the Mises Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. Per is going to give a primer on production and demand. He...
The Democratic Debate Dumpster Fire Round 2
In another installment of "I consume content so you don't have to" I did indeed watch both (!) nights of Round 2 of the democratic debates. I discuss some of what was discussed each night, my overall thoughts on the whole production, and what the DNC is doing to keep...
All of Life Is a Beautiful Exchange
Many of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth are enjoying autumn. For me, every year at this time the weather is comfortable, waves are up for surfing, beaches are empty, and for those of us more northern, the leaves of deciduous plants are changing colors, providing...
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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...