Bryan Caplan gives us the case against traditional education and how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Why have decades of growing access to education h

North Korea 101

1 Sep 29th, 2017 47m

Michael Malice joins us to give a primer on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. What’s North Korea like? Do the people there really believe the popular legends we’ve heard about the Kim family?Which is Kim Jong-un: a spoiled heir to a po

Bonus

Coming Soon: The Liberty Exchange

Oct 2nd, 2023 3m 14s

Coming soon, a brand new podcast from Libertarianism.org... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fighting Government Secrecy (with Patrick Eddington)

Oct 21st, 2022 52m 34s

The Jones Act biases American shippers and shipbuilders at the expense of international competition, passing higher prices onto consumers and kneecapping free trade. The Cato Institute (and others) have been urging the government to reform this

When Is Democracy Undemocratic? (with Emily B. Finley)

Oct 14th, 2022 46m 9s

The rise of global populism reveals a tension in Western thinking about democracy. Warnings about the "populist threat" to democracy and "authoritarian" populism are now commonplace. However, as Emily B. Finley argues in The Ideology of Democra

Floods, Nuclear Power, and Wages (with Peter Van Doren)

Oct 7th, 2022 49m 45s

The illustrious, ingenious, notorious PVD is back with us once again. Today, he and Trevor sit down to discuss dilemmas of flood damages following Hurricane Ian, the viability of subsidies for nuclear energy, and minimum wage increase’s effects

How the 14th Amendment Changed America (with Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick)

Sep 30th, 2022 52m 17s

Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barn

Free Market: The History of an Idea (with Jacob Soll)

Sep 23rd, 2022 55m 38s

After two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free market ideology is due for serious reappraisal. In his new book Free Market: The History of an Idea, MacArthur Fellow and USC professor Jacob Soll details how we go

Can Public Schools Work? (with Neal McCluskey)

Sep 16th, 2022 53m 13s

American public schooling was established to unify diverse people and prepare citizens for democracy. Intuitively, it would teach diverse people the same values, preferably in the same buildings, with the goal that they will learn to get along

Why More People Means More Wealth (with Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley)

Sep 9th, 2022 53m 4s

Generations of people have been taught that population growth makes resources scarcer. In 2021, for example, one widely publicized report argued, “The world's rapidly growing population is consuming the planet's natural resources at an alarming

Racial Classification in America (with David Bernstein)

Sep 2nd, 2022 51m 18s

Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, they are ubiquitous in American life. Applying for a job, mortgage, university admission, citizenship, government contracts, and much more in

The Statrix: How Government Warps Our Perception of the World (Rerun)

Aug 26th, 2022 56m 10s

We’re taking a break this week, but in the meantime, enjoy this treasure from the Free Thoughts vault where Trevor explains the “Statrix”, how government warps our perception of the world around us, and how it disproportionately affects the poo

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the Drug War (with Johann Hari)

Aug 19th, 2022 1h 1m

We’re taking a break this week, but in the meantime, enjoy this treasure from the Free Thoughts vault with writer and journalist Johann Hari to discuss his book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs. In it, he seeks to

The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge (with Matt Ridley) (Rerun)

Aug 12th, 2022 41m 45s

We’re taking a break from new episodes for a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, enjoy this treasure from the Free Thoughts vault where Matt Ridley joins us t to discuss his book, The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge (2015). In i

Black Liberation Through the Marketplace (with Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witcher)

Aug 5th, 2022 1h

Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witcher’s new book, Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America, chronicles the achievements and failures of market-based attempts to achievement liberation for the Black com

How Evil are Politicians? (with Bryan Caplan)

Jul 29th, 2022 52m 15s

What is the difference between demagoguery and political strategy? It may be tough to tell, but Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and author of the new collection How Evil Are Politicians?: Essays on Demagoguery ha

Inflation! (with Norbert Michel)

Jul 22nd, 2022 43m 2s

What can hurricanes teach us about supply side shocks? Norbert Michel, vice president and director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, joins the show to explain the Consumer Price Index, how the Federal Reser

What’s Wrong with Zoning (with M. Nolan Gray)

Jul 15th, 2022 50m

One border libertarians might be curious about lies between what zoning is and what zoning is not. M. Nolan Gray, author of the new book, “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It” joins the show to explain the root

Forensic Frauds and Criminal Justice (with M. Chris Fabricant)

Jul 8th, 2022 52m 43s

How did bite mark analysis become one of the most misunderstood forms of forensics evidence in our criminal justice system? M. Chris Fabricant of the Innocence Project is leading the fight to bring accurate scientific analysis to the courtroom.

Conservatism Vs. The Right (with Matthew Continetti)

Jul 1st, 2022 47m 34s

Where has the right gone wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Socialist Temptation (with Iain Murray)

Jun 27th, 2022 43m 27s

Socialism isn’t what is used to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Conversation About Guns (with Clark Neily)

Jun 17th, 2022 48m 10s

Why are gun-targeting policies ineffective and impractical, and what can we do instead to stop gun violence, while still respecting everyone’s rights? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.