Ep. 514 Bryan Caplan on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Rothbard’s “For a New Liberty”
GMU economics professor Bryan Caplan discusses his recent substack series going through Rothbard’s classic, For a New Liberty, chapter by chapter. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The cited chapter summaries from Bryan Caplan’s review of Rothbard: nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. This episode’s sponsor,…
Ep. 194 How a Voluntary Society Would Handle Blockades and Immigration
Bob elaborates on two ideas he had when he wrote his novel “Minerva” in grad school. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s archives at Strike the Root, which contain the serialized version of Bob’s novel, Minerva. (Note that the HTML formatting is incorrect for some characters, such as the em-dash turning…
Ep. 192 Extending AnCap Analysis for Vaccine Passports, Court Rulings, and Desegregation
Using a recent Dave Smith interview of Michael Malice as a springboard, Bob elaborates his understanding of anarcho-capitalist principles to the thorny issues of vaccine passports, court rulings, and desegregation of the Old South. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Part of the Problem episode from February 20, 2021, “They Don’t Care…
Ep. 154 Bob Murphy Analyzes “The Hunt” and “The Purge” Movies as an Anarchist
Bob offers his commentary on the movies “The Hunt” and “The Purge”–both produced by Blumhouse Productions–and focuses on whether The Purge storyline offers a challenge to Rothbard’s depiction of anarcho-capitalism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: A National Review article arguing Donald Trump botched his reaction to “Red State, Blue State.” Help…
Ep. 134 David Friedman on Physics, Coase, Anarcho-Capitalism, and Cancel Culture
David Friedman is one of the pioneering theorists of anarcho-capitalism, as laid out in his book The Machinery of Freedom. In this free-wheeling discussion, he discusses physics versus economics, the work of Ronald Coase, his dad’s view of anarchism, and what happened to the SlateStarCodex site. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:…