Ep. 272 More on Voluntary Law, and Comments on the Open Borders Controversy
Bob elaborates on law enforcement in a voluntary society, and then offers commentary on Dave Smith’s Twitter feuds regarding Open Borders. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s previous discussion of voluntary law. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.
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. 183 Ben Powell Argues that Immigrants Don’t Threaten Liberty
Standard economic analysis suggests that even large-scale immigration doesn’t hurt native citizens economically. But couldn’t the newcomers change the culture and political climate to hurt liberty? In his latest book, economist Ben Powell argues that this too is a baseless fear. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Ben…
Ep. 91 Bryan Caplan Defends Open Borders and His Critique of Austrian Economics
Bob conducts a friendly but challenging interview of Bryan Caplan, focusing on his new book making the case for open borders. They also discuss Bryan’s essay, “Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist,” and close with some brief remarks on pacifism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube video of this…
Ep. 47 Economist Ben Powell Reports on His Worldwide Tour of Socialist Countries
Ben Powell, head of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, discusses his newly released book Socialism Sucks (co-authored with Robert Lawson). Powell and Lawson toured countries around the world to observe firsthand life under ACTUAL socialism–in places like North Korea and Venezuela–versus places that merely have large welfare states (like Sweden). They concluded that, well, socialism…