• Robert Higgs: The State Is Too Dangerous to Tolerate (58m)
    Apr 8 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a lecture by economist and economic historian Robert Higgs from 2013. This is an intellectual tour de force from Higgs, where he demolishes many of the popular misconceptions about (and justifications for) the state.

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  • Tom Woods: The Calamity of Anti-Capitalism (45m)
    Mar 29 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a lecture by historian and Austro-libertarian Tom Woods from 2008. He talks about anti-capitalist thought and the disasters that flow from it, from American history.

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  • Daniel Lapin: What is Morally Right About Economic Freedom (56m)
    Mar 24 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a talk by Rabbi Daniel Lapin from 2009. He explores the ethics of free markets and economic freedom.

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  • Michele Boldrin: Against Intellectual Monopoly (1h19m)
    Mar 19 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features an interview of research economist Michele Boldrin from 2009 by Russ Roberts, host of Econtalk. Boldrin argues that copyright and patent are used by the politically powerful to maintain monopoly profits. He argues that the incentive effects that have been used to justify copyright and patents are exaggerated--few examples from history suggest that the temporary and not-so-temporary monopoly power from copyright and patents were necessary to induce innovation. Boldrin reviews some of that evidence and talks about the nature of competition.

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  • John Stossel: Freedom and Its Enemies (1h3m)
    Mar 9 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a lecture by journalist and television personality John Stossel from 2016. Stossel looks at reasons to favor freedom and free markets over government control and coercion.

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  • Samuel Konkin III: Counter-Economics and Agorist Strategy (52m)
    Mar 4 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a talk by libertarian activist and organizer Samuel Edward Konkin III (SEK3) from 1975. He discusses the strategy of counter-economics in achieving a free society.

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  • Roderick Long: Praxeology, The Austrian Method (1h1m)
    Feb 27 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features a lecture by philosopher Roderick Long from 2007. Professor Long explores praxeology, the study of human action, and how it relates to economics and the Austrian School.

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  • Walter Block: Defending the Slumlord (19m)
    Feb 22 2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).

    This episode features an audio essay written by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 1976, and which comprises Chapter 20 of Defending the Undefendable.

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