- Unbiased America Live #54 with Dr. Robert Murphy
We will discuss the impact of "Brexit" on Britain and the EU, as well as differences between neoclassical economics and Austrian economics with respect to methodology.
- Free Association — Orlando
- Unbiased America #53
- The Tatiana Show — Gene Kavner of iPayYou & Shidan Gouran of The Blockchain Event
Tatiana and Josh interview Gene Kavner of iPayYou & Shidan Gouran of Gulf Pearl.
Gene is the CEO of iPayYou, "The World’s Easiest, Safest & Most Useful Bitcoin Wallet". Gene also served as an executive at Amazon.com where he was the world-wide leader of the Amazon Associates program. Gene was also one of the chief architects of Microsoft MSN from its inception to becoming the #4 web site in the US. This experience has led Gene to get deeply involved with bitcoin and build products that makes this unique online currency more accessible to the rest of us.
Shidan is a serial entrepreneur who founded one of the first Canadian CLECs to offer VoIP service, designed an award winning PBX system and developed a live video DRM solution acquired by Microsoft. He is the CEO of Home Jinni Inc, a software development firm who are core contributors to various opensource projects, including the Linux kernel and Android operating systems. He has been interested in and involved with cryptocurrencies since 2010 and is the organizer of The Blockchain Event, a premier conference and trade show in this space. Shidan studied Pure Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Western Ontario.
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- Between the Covers — Broken Worlds
Tracy interviews Mike Ghere, author of the Broken Worlds series: "Classic Fantasy with a Techno-Twist!"
Innocent blood is spilled, unfathomable magic is called, and lightning arcs across the sky. The boundary between worlds is broken and a teenaged boy falls through the crack.…
Check out the first book in the series right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093KDUXC
- The Tatiana Show — Gary MIliefsky of Cyber Defense Magazine & Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift
Tatiana and Josh interview Gary MIliefsky of Cyber Defense Magazine & Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift.
Gary is a Counterveillance expert and founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gary Miliefsky, is the Founder of SnoopWall and the sole inventor of the company’s technologies. He has successfully advised two White House administrations on cyber security, filed more than a dozen patents of his network security inventions, and licensed technology to major public companies, including IBM, BlackBox Corp. and Computer Associates International. Gary is a recent Editor of Cyber Defense Magazine. He also founded NetClarity, Inc., an internal intrusion defense company, based on a patented technology he invented. He also advised the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in their development of The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.
Erik, CEO of leading digital asset exchange ShapeShift.io, is among the top-recognized serial Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs, understanding Bitcoin as one of the most important inventions ever created by humanity. Erik’s former project, the groundbreaking gaming phenomenon SatoshiDICE, was, at its peak, responsible for more than half of all Bitcoin transactions on Earth and popularized the concept of “provable fairness.” Having been a featured guest on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC, BBC Radio, The Peter Schiff Show, and numerous Bitcoin and industry conferences, Erik humbly suggests that there is no such thing as a “free market” when the institution of money itself is centrally planned and controlled.
- Unbiased America #51
- UA spotlight with David J. Shestokas: Constitutional Sound Bites Part IIII
David J. Shestokas, author of Constitutional soundbites will Join Will Ricciardella of Unbiased America to discuss what the constitution means and why it still matters. The topics in part IIII will deal with Volume III of his book and many of the questions and topics he covers (like the Bill of Rights) and ending with the epilogue. Buy the book and follow along!
- UA spotlight with David J. Shestokas: Constitutional Sound Bites Part III
David J. Shestokas, author of Constitutional soundbites will Join Will Ricciardella of Unbiased America to discuss what the constitution means and why it still matters. The topics in part III will deal with his books introduction to volume II and Volume III and many of the questions covered in the second and third volume of his book. Buy the book and follow along!
- UA spotlight with David J. Shestokas: Constitutional Sound Bites Part II
David J. Shestokas, author of Constitutional soundbites will Join Will Ricciardella of Unbiased America to discuss what the constitution means and why it still matters. The topics in part II will deal with his books introduction to volume II and many of the questions covered in the second volume of his book. Buy the book and follow along!
- Free Association
May 24, 8 pm EST
- The Tatiana Show — Ned Scott of Steemit & Dr. Mary J. Ruwart
Tatiana and Josh interview Ned Scott of Steemit & Dr. Mary J. Ruwart.
Ned has invested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain development for over three years. Prior to founding Steemit, he worked as an Analyst at the Gellert Global Group.
Dr. Ruwart serves as Chair of the International Society for Individual Liberty and Secretary of the Foundation for a Free Society. She has been an At-Large member of the Libertarian National Committee, served on the Board of both the Heartland Institute and the Fully Informed Jury Amendment Association.
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- The Tatiana Show — Laura Lopez of Such Wow TV & Kirsten C. Tynan of The Fully Informed Jury Association
Tatiana and Josh interview Laura Lopez of Such Wow TV & Kirsten C. Tynan of The Fully Informed Jury Association
Laura is a Los Angeles-based reality tv editor. She thinks cryptocurrency micropayments are the way forward for content creators and teaches an introductory bitcoin class.
Kirsten is the Executive Director of the The Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), an organization focusing on issues involving the role of the jury in our justice system, FIJA seeks to preserve the full function of the jury as the final arbiter in our courts of law by informing everyone about their rights, powers and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors.
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- Between the Covers — Liberty Fiction Jamboree
Tracy Lawson welcomes George Donnelly, Lyssa Chiavari and Mike DiBaggio to celebrate the GIANT 99-cent libertarian book sale
- The Tatiana Show — Perry Despeignes / Joey Krug of Augur & Ashe Whitener of The Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast
Tatiana and Josh interview Perry Despeignes and Joey Krug of Augur & Ashe Whitener of The Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast
Joey took a leave of absence from Pomona College to focus full time on Augur. He conducted the first Bitcoin transaction via sound as well as the first Bitcoin transaction via iOS-Android Bluetooth LE. As a prelude to Augur, Joey and Jack completed Sidecoin, which allows new cryptocurrency distributions based on "snapshots" of Bitcoin account balances. He works on Augur’s backend codebase which interfaces with Chris's math functions. He is currently making Augur’s consensus implementation faster and more accurate. Joey worked on bitcoin merchant solutions and enjoys hardware tinkering and game development. He was his high school valedictorian and a senior officer of his college investment club.
Perry worked as an economics correspondent for the Financial Times, Fortune Magazine and Investors Business Daily after majoring in economics at Harvard. Before the 2007 crash, he uncovered heavy insider selling by homebuilder executives, used futures markets to gauge the surprising extent of Wall Street's dependence on the Fed, was first to report the Fed's formal brainstorming over unconventional stimulus options and how the U.S. government's future financial challenges were massively underestimated. He developed regressions to assess which nations might outperform or underperform going forward based on which were "underpriced" or "overpriced." He manages special projects for Augur, including strategic initiatives involving the financial sector and artificial intelligence.
Ashe Whitener is the founder and co-host of Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast which aims to provide an alternative perspective to achieving individual freedom through the creative entrepreneurial process rather than through the tried and failed process of politics. Ashe is also an original member of Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank and is currently the Head of Business Development which manages 1000+ B2B referral partnerships worldwide. Much of Ashe’s experience has come during his time living abroad and he continues to consult global teams on various projects including tech startups and offshore asset protection.
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- We the Individuals — Excuse Me, Professor
Lawrence Reed joins the Individualists for a conversation about his book, Excuse Me, Professor, and the enduring grasp of progressivism on university life.
- Unbiased America #46—Charles Peralo
Charles Peralo is running for Chairman of the Libertarian National Committee. The Unbiased Americans talk to Peralo about his campaign, his plans to grow the libertarian movement, and his positions on philosophy + policy.
- The Tatiana Show — Judd Weiss
Tatiana and Josh interview Judd Weiss.
- The Tatiana Show — Pamela Morgan of Empowered Law
Tatiana and Josh interview Pamela Morgan of Empowered Law
Pamela Morgan is an attorney, educator, entrepreneur, and public speaker. She has spent almost her entire career working in and advising small businesses. She is a widely respected authority on multi-signature governance and legal innovation using digital currencies. She is a founder and CEO of Third Key Solutions, LLC, a key management firm that provides operational consulting, audit preparation, and recovery services to companies working with digital currencies. Third Key Solutions is the culmination of her work advising bitcoin startups in multi-signature governance processes and key management.
- Free Association — Voting, Democracy, and Other Ills
Lucy Steigerwald and Sheldon Richman are back again to engage in many thoughtful tangents coming off of the issue of voting. Steigerwald rants about bathroom bills and praises Trump, Richman once voted for a man named Elvis Presley, and they both flirt with anarcho-monarchism, if only for a minute or two.
- Unbiased America #45 — Mohammed Shaker
Wednesday, April 27, 8 pm Eastern
- The Tatiana Show — Blake Miles of The Green Beret Foundation and Adam House
Tatiana and Josh interview Blake Miles of The Green Beret Foundation and Adam House
Blake Miles is a former Army Special Forces soldier who spent time at 1st Special Forces Group and 20th Special Forces Group between 2004 and 2008. He is currently the Director of Communications and Social Media for the Green Beret Foundation, a non-profit charity focused on supporting wounded and killed Special Forces soldiers and their families. He is also a contributor to SOFREP.com and TransitionHero.com.
Adam House is an Afghanistan war veteran and former licensed minister (UPCI), who has become an outspoken skeptic, peace advocate, and involved himself in many other issues which he believes affect the individual freedoms of the people whose constitutional rights he took an oath to defend.
- Politics after Dark — LP Debate + Zootopia + Cake Freedom
Rachel Mills welcomes the one and only Jeffrey Tucker. They talk about the recent Libertarian Party debate, cake baking, and the insightful new movie Zootopia.
- Jeffrey Tucker Interviews Sheldon Richman — "America’s Counter-Revolution"
Jeffrey Tucker interviews his old friend and mentor Sheldon Richman about his new book — America’s Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited.
From Jeffrey's foreword:
This much I can assure the reader: after reading this book, you will never think about the U.S. Constitution and America’s founding the same way again. Sheldon Richman’s revealing and remarkably well-argued narrative will permanently change your outlook.
The Constitution, far from limiting government, was actually designed to bring about a new one that betrayed the ideals of the Declaration of Independence itself. The ratification of the Constitution was a counter-revolution.There is a reason it has done a poor job in protecting freedom: it was never intended to do so.
- The Tatiana Show — Elizabeth McCauley of Coinsecure
Tatiana and Josh interview Elizabeth McCauley of Coinsecure.
Elizabeth works as Global Business Development Head for Coinsecure, the lead Indian Bitcoin exchange. She also serves on the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors and on the Board of Code to Inspire, the first Girls’ Coding School on Afghanistan. She previously handled non profit and political outreach at BitPay. Elizabeth also served as Director of Operations and Outreach for Bitcoin Magazine, the first international print publication dedicated to all things Bitcoin. Having previously served as the Scheduler and Policy Assistant for a US Member of Congress, she has a background in public policy, grassroots activism, and a keen desire to promote decentralization and individual liberties
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- The Tatiana Show — Stephanie Murphy
Tatiana and Josh interview Stephanie Murphy.
Stephanie Murphy, PhD, is a voiceover artist, talk show host, and former research biochemist, who has been using bitcoin since 2011. She is a host of the popular podcast Let’s Talk Bitcoin, and of the nationally syndicated radio show Free Talk Live. Stephanie is Chief Operations officer at Fr33 Aid, a bitcoin-based charity.
- The Tatiana Show — Ed Eykholt of LivelyGig & Kirk Phillips The Bitcoin CPA
Tatiana and Josh interview Ed Eykholt of LivelyGig & Kirk Phillips The Bitcoin CPA
Ed is CEO and Co-founder of LivelyGig, which is creating a decentralized freelance marketplace that allows any two people to directly connect, contract with escrow, and settle payment worldwide. He is an experienced software product leader, with over 25 years of experience growing and cultivating productive teams and creating great software products in a range of industries, from legal, electric utilities, developer tools, and others.
In the Bitcoin space, Ed is co-organizer of the Seattle Bitcoin Meetup, was helpful in the Factom project, and contributed edits to Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos. He is also actively collaborating with the Synereo team, who are creating a decentralized social platform, leveraging the same technology as LivelyGig, known as SpecialK.
Kirk Phillips, aka the TheBitcoinCPA, is an entrepreneur, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a self-taught woodworker therefore an artist of sorts in all areas of life. He brings the same attention to detail necessary for creating finely crafted furniturre into the business world. He is fanatical about technology, business processes, fraud prevention, time management, learning and peace of mind. When Kirk discovered Bitcoin at the end of 2013 it magnified and extended his passions leading him down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole, an experience described by many Bitcoiners. A friend of his asked for advice saying, "Kirk, my husand and I want to invest $800 in a computer to mine bitcoin and make some money. What do you think?" to which he responded, "I don't know anything about Bitcoin, I'll have to get back to you." This simple question was the birth of 'The Ultimate Bitcoin Business Guide.'
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- We the Individuals — Christopher Chase Rachels
- Scotch and Scholars — Walter Block: Libertarians for Trump?
Tune in for the latest shock from Block.
Prolific scholar Walter Block has founded Libertarians for Trump, with the goal of "mobilizing massive support for Donald Trump."
What is the likely outcome of hitching a libertarian wagon to Trump?
Is supporting Trump significantly better or worse than supporting the other candidates in the major parties, or in the Libertarian Party, or just abstaining from the process altogether this cycle?
- Free Association — Let's Talk About Trump
Trump's narrative paints the US as a victim. But this aggrieved-nation shtick is not new.
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- Tucker and Clark: Being Earnest — Don't Trump the Eschaton!
Jeffrey Tucker and Joey Clark discuss the continued march of Trump, the prospects of a Trump or Hillary Clinton Presidency, the faults of political correctness, the humble "uncertainty" of Hayek, and the many competing "Gnostic" movements in the modern world which seek to bring about a "perfect" or "great" society by enforcing their hubristic gnosis through the state.
- Unbiased America #38
- Eye on the Empire #19
- Between the Covers with Tracy Lawson — Radio Sphere
Devin terSteeg's writing is influenced by Ray Bradbury, George Saunders, Miranda July, Feodor Dostoevsky and the incredible Orson Welles.
Radio Sphere, his 2015 novella, is set two hundred years into a post-apocalyptic world, where humanity struggles with diminished resources and shrinking ambitions. Radiation has poisoned minds as well as matter, and people are running out of the critical supplies of civilization.
(http://www.amazon.ca/Radio-Sphere-Devin-terSteeg-ebook/dp/B0121JTRG0)
Meanwhile, a mysterious alien race observes the ruins of humanity and tries to make sense of what it sees.
Join Devin with me, Tracy Lawson, Wednesday night. I can't wait to find out how TerSteeg built the world of Radio Sphere.
- Unbiased America #37
- Eye on the Empire #18
- The Tatiana Show — Coinigy & Perianne Boring of Digital Chamber
Tatiana and Josh interview William Kehl of Coinigy & Perianne Boring of Digital Chamber
William Kehl, President of Coinigy Inc, is an early Bitcoin adopter, miner, trader, developer and designer. He founded iPhoneFreelancer and several other successful startups over the years. Formerly Director of Web Operations for a global VOIP provider, William is a full stack developer with an emphasis on blockchain market tech. Along with his business partner Rob, William founded Coinigy.com in 2014 to provide professional-grade tools and API access for individuals and institutions interested in Blockchain Market Intelligence.
Perianne Boring founded the first DC-based advocacy organization for the digital currency and digital asset community. Prior to forming the Chamber, she worked as a financial services television host and Forbes contributor. She began her career as a legislative analyst in the US House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax and healthcare policy.
- Jeffrey Tucker Interviews — Yael Ossowski (ESFLC)
Jeffrey Tucker talks with Yael Ossowski and Eyð Áradóttir Hammer of European Students for Liberty about their upcoming conference in Prague.
With talks by investigative journalists, economists, and surveillance experts squeezed in between trips to the gun range, a photography tour, live band performances in a private club, and famous Czech beer, the fifth annual European Students For Liberty Conference in Prague, Czech Republic promises to be the most epic conference on the Old Continent.
Held on on March 11-13, 2016, it's the perfect place to meet pro-liberty students and young professionals from all over Europe. It's run by students for students and promises to give as much academic and intellectual rigor as Czech awesomeness. Come celebrate the growing liberty movement in Europe at the biggest meeting of young minds and hearts dedicated to the ideas of freedom! We'll be remembering the students who've fought against socialism in the Czech Republic and more, and promoting the generation making a positive change today.
Register for the conference.
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- Free Ross — The Appeal
Jeffrey Tucker and Tatiana Moroz talk with Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht.
Ross was convicted of 7 felony founts in February of 2015 under the accusation that he created and operated the anonymous online marketplace Silk Road.
Check out the new game where you can explore art created by Ross himself from prison.
His family and friends are now mounting an appeal, and they are raising money for the serious legal fees required. You can donate right here.
For more on the trial and the case, check out Jeffrey's article, "The Deeply Tragic Sentencing off Ross Ulbricht."
- The Tatiana Show — Rik Willard of Agentic Group & Arthur Falls
Tatiana and Josh interview Rik Willard of Agentic Group & Arthur Falls.
Rik Willard is the Founder and Managing Director of Agentic Group. He has over 25 years experience in developing and deploying innovative media platforms as well as identifying, incubating and securing financing for early-stage digital companies.
Arthur falls is a cryptocurrency journalist who has been covering the space since early 2014. His most recent show The Ether Review explores the Ethereum global computing platform and the compatible technologies emerging alongside it.
- The Tatiana Show — DASH Digital Currency
This week, Tatiana and Josh interview Daniel Diaz of Dash.
Daniel is responsible for the Dash cryptocurrency’s business development. Dash (https://www.dash.org/what-is-dash/) is currently the 6th largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap (at approximately $26 million). It is known for being an innovative project that is experimenting with new features and an incentive program for full nodes.
Daniel is a serial entrepreneur with 11 years experience in sales and business development. He owns a SAAS CPQ (configure, price, quote) company based in Los Angeles and Panama City that provides an online multi-tenant sales and proposal management tool. He also owns a commercial distribution business based in Mexico City and Panama City that sells electronics security equipment throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Daniel studied electrical engineering in Panama City, where he currently lives and works.
- Eye on the Empire #17
Jeffrey Tucker and Scott Horton team up to take on the empire.
- The Tatiana Show — Bitseed
This week, Tatiana and Josh welcome John Light.
John is a co-founder of Bitseed, author of Bitcoin: Be Your Own Bank, writer at the okTurtles Foundation, and advisor to cryptocurrency startups and investors. You can check out Bitseed at bitseed.org, findJohn's website and blockchain ID at lightco.in, and follow him on Twitter @lightcoin.
- Jeffrey Tucker — The Prohibition Generation
Jeffrey Tucker interviews Lucy Steigerwald and Liz Jaluague on the incredible corruption afflicting the Prohibition generation — people underage who are not allowed to have normal drinking lives.
Check out Jeffrey's recent article: "3 States Consider Lowering the Drinking Age."
- Eye on the Empire — Jeffrey Tucker's State of the Union
In the hour before Obama's final State of the Union address, Jeffrey gives his own, alternative version of what really matters in our world.
- The Freeman LIVE — The Circus and The Cage
Mike Reid, content impresario of Liberty.me, and BK Marcus, editor of the Freeman, interview Steve Horwitz about his thought-provoking article in the newest edition of the Freeman.
"Why the Candidates Keep Giving Us Reasons to Use the 'F' Word."
Download the Freeman's 2015 Winter issue, The Circus and the Cage in PDF. Or subscribe to get the Freeman in your own two hands four times a year.
- The Tatiana Show — Bitcoin for Fun and Profit
Tatiana Moroz and her handsome co-host, Joshua Scigala, talk with Lisa Cheng of Vanbex and Jonathan Chester of Bit Wage. Cheng is leading the marketing for the upcoming Bitcoin-based videogame, Spells of Genesis. Chester is the founder of BitWage, focused on bringing blockchain technology to the unbanked.
- Liberty Classics — A Deeper Look at The Road to Serfdom
In this special episode of Liberty Classics, Jeffrey takes a deeper look into the hidden themes and lessons of The Road to Serfdom, and how it speaks to us today.
- The Tatiana Show — Nourishing Liberty
This week, Tatiana and her co-host, Josh Scigala, welcome Liz Reitzig — the Farm Food Freedom Media Spokesperson and the founder of NourishingLiberty.com. Join Tatiana, Josh, and Liz to talk about life, liberty, and the pursuit of real food.
Get more of Tatiana at TatianaMoroz.com. Check out what Josh is up to at Vaultoro.com. And don't forget to follow Liz's work at NourishingLiberty.com.
- Jeffrey Tucker Interviews Anthem Blanchard
Jeffrey Tucker conducts an interview with Anthem Blanchard, the founder and CEO of Anthem Vault. Anthem Vault deals in precious metals under the guidance of Blanchard’s expertise in the field. This is sure to be an engaging and informative interview for anyone interested in precious metals and sound money.
- Liberty Classics — The Road to Serfdom
Let Jeffrey Tucker introduce you to (or reacquaint you with) one of the most famous books in the libertarian tradition: Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom.
An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944—when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program—The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production
- We the Individuals — Farming in Fear
The Individuals talk with Sean Malone, director of the documentary Farming in Fear. They’ll talk about the film itself and libertarians in social media. Farming in Fear looks at what happens when a simple organic farm runs afoul of bureaucrats and politicians eager to put it out of business.
- Free Association — Reasons for Optimism
Despite all that seems bleak and bloody, Sheldon and Lucy look at the reasons for optimism.
What makes you hope for the future? Rising technologies? The entrance of the whole world into the global market? The increasing (if occasionally stumbling) acceptance on libertarian ideas?
- Liberty Classics — Machiavelli's The Prince
How to wipe away the illusions promised by political control? An excellent place to start is Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince. Written in 1513, it considered the founding document of what is today called political science. It is an eye opening read, simply because it is such an unvarnished account of the primary purpose of the state. It is a manual for states to do the best possible job at achieving their aims.
And what is that aim? Back in the day, the excuses for power were to secure the population against invasion, to protect the people’s faith against heresy, to control the mob so as to restrain chaos that makes life impossible. Today the exoteric reasons for state control include those but add many others: to being about income fairness, to stop unjust discrimination, to clean up the environment, and so on.
See Jeffrey's new article on Machiavelli and 4 other essential books for liberty lovers.
- Jeffrey Tucker - What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Jeffrey Tucker returns, ready to explore one of the biggest little books in liberty: Murray Rothbard's What Has Government Done to our Money?
Innumerable economists, investors, commentators, and authors have learned from this book through the decades. After fifty years, it remains the best book in print on the topic, a real manifesto of sound money.
Rothbard boils down the Austrian theory to its essentials. The book also made huge theoretical advances. Rothbard was the first to prove that the government, and only the government, can destroy money on a mass scale, and he showed exactly how they go about this dirty deed. But just as importantly, it is beautifully written. He tells a thrilling story because he loves the subject so much.
- Eye on the Empire #12
Could there possibly be anything better than a LIVE show with Scott Horton and Jeffrey Tucker? Of course not. Tune in and enjoy another wonderful hour!
- Jeffrey Tucker — Liberty Classics: The Way to Will Power
Enjoy an evening with Jeffrey Tucker and the greatest works of the libertarian tradition.
Tune in this week for his review of Henry Hazlitt's The Way to Will Power:
Henry Hazlitt’s The Way to Will Power, written in 1922, is a splendid as a manual for the management of personal life. It’s extraordinary to think that Hazlitt not only wrote the best-selling economics text of all time but also wrote a fantastic book on how to manage one’s life with expertise and success.
It is a lucid and entertaining book on psychology, applying common sense to discussions of will, self-confidence, and desires. He applies economic concepts of value-scales, and choice among values or desires. He offers a valuable early critique of psychoanalysis.
- Eye on the Empire #9 -- Jeffrey Tucker Arrested
Jeffrey Tucker was arrested last week!!! Tune in for this special edition of Eye on the Empire in which Scott Horton and Jeffrey Tucker himself will share all about the uncomfortable experience.
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Socialism
Everyone's favorite Chief Liberty Officer, Jeffrey Tucker, is back for another dose of Liberty Classics. This week, he's chatting about Ludwig von Mises's great work, Socialism.
This book is a legendary classic.
This is not a book for the shelves. It is a book to read and engage right now, right where you are. It is a book that explains vast amounts of the reality we are living right now. It was written in 1922, but it works as a decoder to today’s headlines.
How can that be? Most people assume that socialism has somehow been defeated. Not so. It has spread out all over the world in different forms. Mises’s book addresses every conceivable form of the socialist idea. He shows you how to find the errors in Obamacare, QE3, the education bubble, the U.S. imperial wars, environmentalism, and so much more. There are insights on every page.
- Liberty Classics: Against Intellectual Property
In this episode of Liberty Classics, Jeffrey Tucker and Stephan Kinsella discuss Against Intellectual Property.
"Mises had warned against patents, and Rothbard did too. But Kinsella goes much further to argue that the very existence of patents are contrary to a free market, and adds in here copyrights and trademarks too. They all use the state to create artificial scarcities of non-scarce goods and employ coercion in a way that is contrary to property rights and the freedom of contract."
For more by Jeffrey Tucker, check out his book, 25 Life-Changing Classics.
Make sure you also check out Stephan Kinsella's Liberty.me guide, Do Business Without Intellectual Property!
- Liberty Classics: Resist Not Evil by Clarence Darrow
This remarkable book is the most comprehensive, sweeping, compelling, and unsettling case ever penned against what is laughingly called the "criminal justice" system. It is a classic, devastating at its core, that is made newly available to speak to us in our times in which the state is completely out of control.
Clarence Darrow is best known today as the Chicago lawyer who defended John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. But that case actually played a minor role in his life. He was an attorney by training who, from experience, learned that the entire state apparatus of courts, trials, and prisons was the worst single feature of the state. He saw the entire machinery as a gigantic fraud, a purveyor of injustice, a producer of criminality itself, as has noted by many in the legal treatment of the Eric Garner murder.
Join Jeffrey Tucker on December 28th at 8pm EST for this session in our Liberty Classics series. Jeffrey Tucker will guide you, week by week, through 25 of the most important works in the classical liberal and libertarian tradition, all of which are available free with your subscription to Liberty.me!
- Liberty Classics: Essentials of Economics by Faustino Ballvé
The enduring power of this book is due to the enduring power of economic logic. If it is done well, it applies in all times and places. And this book does economics extremely well. In times when economics is subject to vast political manipulation, when people have abused the science to push political agendas contrary to everything economics stands for, this book stands out as a clear, objective, and rational statement of the core of what economics teaches.
Join us Sunday, December 14th at 8pm EST for Liberty Classics, as Jeffrey Tucker guides you, week by week, through 25 of the most important works in the classical liberal and libertarian tradition, all of which are available free with your subscription to Liberty.me!
- Uncoinventional Living: The Art of Bitcoin-only Travel with Cat Bleish
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What's it like these days to travel... on Bitcoin alone? Fresh off of a November tour of the West Coast during which she and her family used only Bitcoin (their second such trip this year), Catherine Bleish will dish on the prospects, advantages, and downsides of Bitcoin travel. Find out how you can take your own Bitcoin tour! Join Catherine as she shares her unique perspective on travel Saturday, December 13th at 8pm EST!
- Liberty Classics: The Rise and Fall of Society by Frank Chodorov
It might be the greatest book you have never heard of. It is a full-scale manifesto of political economy, one that follows a systematic pattern of exposition but which never slows or sags from beginning to end. The book is not a difficult read in any sense, but there is so much wisdom in its pages that it cannot possibly be fully absorbed in one reading. It covers economic theory, ancient history, political theory, American history, social theory and political reality and has so many asides and pithy statements that you find yourself absolutely stopping as you read: I must reflect on this; I must remember this. Join Jeffrey Tucker as he discusses this liberty classic Sunday, November 23rd at 8pm ET!
- Liberty Classics: The Politics of Obedience by Étienne de La Boétie
Why does the state have power and why does it persist? Renaissance philosopher and public intellectual Étienne de La Boétie explained that it is due to public tolerance. Despite all the coercion used by the government, it is the deference of the people toward public authority that gives tyrants their power. His plea is for people to withdraw that consent and deny the tyrant his authority. This is the way we see state’s collapse. Jeffrey Tucker explains that this is precisely what is happening in our time Sunday, November 9th at 8pm ET!
- The Man of the Century: Mises and His Works, Session #7
If you were going to name the single greatest book in the social sciences from the 20th century, it would be Mises’s Human Action. Jeffrey Tucker discusses the history of how it came to be written and its main themes. Human Action is a book that you can never stop reading. No matter how many times you read it and reference it, there always seems to be more to discover. Join Jeffrey for a discussion of this book and its legacy Thursday, October 30th at 2:30pm ET!
- Liberty Classics: The Art of Being Free by Wendy McElroy
Can we live full, free, and prosperous lives in these times, starting now? McElroy says that we can and we must. She presents a new way of thinking about how to build civilization even when it is so under attack. In her view, the worst mistake we can make is to allow our lives to be consumed by politics and the awful realities that surround us. We must instead surround ourselves by people and things we truly love. The best way to fight back, she says, is to find and build freedom for ourselves. We must discover the art of being free. Join Jeffrey Tucker for a discussion of this book Sunday, November 2nd at 8pm ET and learn how you too can live a freer life!
- Liberty Classics: Economics of Illusion by L. Albert Hahn
L. Albert Hahn's 1949 book, The Economics of Illusion, was a blistering attack on the Keynesian paradigm which then dominated academia. A prominent German banker and economist, Hahn immigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1940 as World War II threatened to expand. As Hahn was a former Keynesian himself, he possessed a keen understanding of the true perils of that system, particularly during war, and sought to tear it down from its foundations. Join Jeffrey Tucker as he discusses this book Sunday, October 19th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism, and the Division of Labor by Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard's classic essay makes the case against egalitarianism, communism, primitivism, and romanticism, and makes the case for liberty, inequality, and the division of labor. In a time in which government policy drives us ever further back, we can look on Murray Rothbard's strong argument for freeing the private sector to push us forward. Join Jeffrey Tucker to discuss this controversial liberty classic Sunday, September 28th at 8pm ET!
- Liberty Classics: The Use of Knowledge in Society by F.A. Hayek
Knowledge is a good, perhaps the most important good, something vastly more important than all physical property combined. It is the driving force of history, the immortal, sharable, reproducible, malleable substance that has built our world and makes possible the forward motion of history. This essay shows why it is not possible for this knowledge to be produced or used by centralized agents in the civic order; rather, knowledge must be generated, extracted, and put to use by real actors using real property and interacting with the world around them. Social complexity grows organically from experience of time and place, and this can never be produced from the outside regardless of the supposed intelligence of the the planning class. Tune in to Liberty.me LIVE Sunday, September 21st at 8pm EDT to join Jeffrey Tucker in exploring this brilliant essay.
- Liberty Classics: Conscience of an Anarchist by Gary Chartier
Professor Gary Chartier's concise, yet beautiful, introduction to the philosophy of anarchism is a modern anarchist manifesto, written to appeal to even the most ardent of statists. This simple but powerful book explains why the state is illegitimate, unnecessary, and dangerous, and what we can do to begin achieving real freedom. Join Jeffrey Tucker to discuss "The Conscience of an Anarchist" Sunday, September 14th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: Socialism by Ludwig von Mises
When he wasn't laying the foundations of the Austrian school of economics or predicting the Great Depression, the greatest economist of the 20th century, Ludwig von Mises, was demolishing the concept that was sweeping the world: Socialism. Join Jeffrey Tucker to discuss Mises's powerful and in-depth discussion of Socialism Sunday, September 7th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: As We Go Marching by John T. Flynn
This 1944 classic by John T. Flynn describes the effect that war has on the rest of society. Historically, wartime planning is often accompanied by fascism at home, with restrictions on economic and civil liberties. Join Jeffrey Tucker for a journey through this essential book Sunday, August 31st at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: The God of the Machine by Isabel Paterson
What is the machine that enables human progress and civilization? Capitalism, individualism, and liberty are all boldly defended in this insightful 1943 book by Isabel Patterson. Join Jeffrey Tucker to discuss one of the most influential liberty texts of all time Sunday, August 24th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: The Law by Frederic Bastiat
"The Law" is one of the oldest, yet one of the most influential, classically liberal texts. Frederic Bastiat's works are still repeatedly cited today. Why is "The Law" still so influential and what can you learn from it? Join Jeffrey Tucker for a discussion of this book and its legacy August 17th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: Anthem by Ayn Rand
Before Atlas Shrugged, before Fountainhead, was Ayn Rand's 1938 dystopian novella, Anthem. In a world where "I" is replaced with "we," what happens to the freedom of the individual?
Join Jeffrey Tucker as he discusses this classic and brilliant novella written by one of the most successful fiction authors of the 20th century Sunday, August 3rd at 8pm EDT.
- Liberty Classics: The Cinder Buggy by Garet Garrett
"The Cinder Buggy" chronicles the transformation of America from the age of iron to the age of steel. Garret beautifully portrays a battle over technology and innovation during a crucial time in American history. It is a wonderful novel for anyone who is intrigued by American history, economic theory, and the place of technology in the progress of society. Join Jeffrey Tucker as he explores this idea-filled story Sunday, July 20th at 8pm EDT.
- Liberty Classics: Denationalization of Money by F.A. Hayek
What if the government let anyone use a currency of his or her own choosing? What if the government permitted entrepreneurs to innovate in the monetary sector, such as by creating digital currencies or minting commodity money? This is precisely what F.A. Hayek argues in this book written in 1974. Join Jeffrey Tucker for a discussion of this book, and of current innovations in monetary denationalization, June 6th at 8pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: Resist Not Evil by Clarence Darrow
This remarkable book is the most comprehensive, sweeping, compelling, and unsettling case ever penned against what is laughingly called the criminal-justice system. It is a classic, devastating at its core, that is made newly available to speak to us in our times in which the state is completely out of control.
Clarence Darrow is best known today as the Chicago lawyer who defended John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. But that case actually played a minor role in his life. He was an attorney by training who, from experience, learned that the entire state apparatus of courts, trials, and prisons was the worst single feature of the state. He saw the entire machinery as a gigantic fraud, a purveyor of injustice, a producer of criminality itself.
Join Jeffrey Tucker on May 25th at 8pm EST for this session in our Liberty Classics series. Jeffrey Tucker will guide you, week by week, through 25 of the most important works in the classical liberal and libertarian tradition, all of which are available free with your subscription to Liberty.me!
B.K. Marcus
Jonathan Garneau
Primal Anarchy (Mike)
Jeffrey Tucker
