Ep. 258 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin Discussion on Libertarianism, Part 1

Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin’s claim that free trade policy has hurt America, and that libertarians don’t have a good response to it.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith.
• FRED charts showing manufacturing employment, index of total manufacturing production, components of manufacturing, and domestic auto production.
• A previous BMS episode that critiqued Yarvin.
• A Yarvin post that Bob liked.
• Bob’s warning about free traders going too far.
• Bob explains the social function of call and put options.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

About the author, Robert

Christian and economist, Research Assistant Professor with the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute, and co-host with Tom Woods of the podcast "Contra Krugman."