Episodios

  • 476 Fiat money and the Covid Regime
    Oct 17 2022

    Michael Esfeld says the covid regime would not have been possible without fiat money. Post modern tyranny is different because of little narratives. If covid gets debunked they move to climate change and then social injustice. We need to use reason, question and resist the regime in order to stay free. If you question the narrative, you are a heretic.

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    29 m
  • 475 Wanted Economic Literacy
    Oct 15 2022

    Per Bylund of AIER and Mises says that we can’t blame politicians for promising the impossible. The real problem is economic illiteracy with people in general. We discuss his new book How to think About The economy: A Primer. Economics is the least ideological science and teaches how the world works.

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    21 m
  • 474 Agriculture Land Use
    Oct 12 2022

    Kristoffer Hansen of Mises says celebrating less land use for agriculture is not a good thing is malinvestment of capital. There is plenty of land, but the state prevents people from using it. The Green revolution is not all it is made up to be.

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    34 m
  • 473 China's Social Credit Scores
    Oct 10 2022

    Sarah Lilly of Red State Abroad discusses China’s social credit score system. Things people are punished for include eating junk food, playing video games, visiting unauthorized websites, making frivolous purchases and criticizing government. The system is corrupt, rich people simply buy scores. China teaches the west why having social credit scores is a bad idea.

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    26 m
  • 472 Digital Identity, The Elites and Defending Your freedom
    Oct 8 2022

    Robert J. Burrowes says digitalizing your identity is a fast-track to slavery. Every detail of your personal life is being accumulated and stored and you will have to comply in order to buy and sell things. Facial recognition technology and cameras can track your every move. Elites want to micro-chip you and end freewill. We discuss how to defend your freedom.

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    37 m
  • 471 Volker and the Great Inflation
    Oct 5 2022

    Alex J. Pollock discusses Paul Volker and the great inflation and the similarities to today. Volker raised interest rates to an all time high and defeated run away inflation. His predecessor Arthur Burns anguished over inflation and central bankers are facing a similar anguish today.  We discuss the knowledge problem and how central planners are a menace to society.

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    31 m
  • 470 Does the American University Deserve to Survive
    Oct 3 2022

    Lee Trepanier of Law & Liberty discusses the 1971 paper education in a free society. We need to privatize universities or than will be no innovation. The American universities have been nationalized. We discuss how to bring change. Little has changed in 50 years.

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    31 m
  • 469 The Swedish Labor Market
    Oct 1 2022

    Charlotta Stern says countries like the US shouldn’t emulate the Swedish labor market. Sweden became rich after liberalizing their economy. Today the labor market uses coercion and is heavily unionized. However, Sweden is better than most EU countries and will be hurt by EU labor laws. It works for Sweden

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    20 m