- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
Read more
- Unbiased America #38
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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 #10 — Hostility Scoreboard
Join Jeffrey Tucker and Scott Horton for Horton's new hostility scoreboard: What's the status of America's current wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine?
- 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.
- Capitalism & Morality 2015 Livestream (Afternoon)
Governments are made up of three kinds of people: sociopaths, crooks, and those who are after an easy life. Once in a while, well-meaning youth enter the government, hoping to usher in a change. Soon, such an individual, realizes that he has ended up working with those who lack ethics, are manipulative, devoid of any sense of risk-taking, and passionless.
Having learnt his lesson, he either leaves his job, or most likely succumbs to the organizational pressures that slowly and subliminally teach him devious methods. He soon forgets that he had joined the government to contribute. Instead, he starts rationalizing his existence and sacrifices his soul and rationality for what he feels is a risk-free job.
The government is merely the visible aspect of the state. "A state is a disease living in the minds of its victims. It is only there, in the battleground of the mind, that a state is to be truly and totally vanquished."
It is our collective hatred, envy, lack of integrity, and irrationality that feeds and nurtures the state. Only free individuals can make a free society.
Program (Saturday, 1 August 2015):
· 1:20 to 2:20pm: "Confused, Conflated & Misused," by Doug Casey
Mr Casey, founder of Casey Research, is one of the most sought after speakers. He has written two New York Times bestsellers, including “Crisis Investing,” which was #1 for 19 weeks. He frequently contributes to LewRockwell.com and the Liberty. He has recently published two new books, “Totally Incorrect” and “Right on the money.”
· 2:20 to 2:50pm: "Magna Carta: 800 Years of Myth," by Adrian Day
Mr Day is considered a pioneer in promoting the benefits of global investing in the US. A native of London, after graduating with honors from the London School of Economics, Mr. Day spent many years as a financial investment writer, where he gained a large following for his expertise in searching out unusual investment opportunities around the world. He has also authored three books: "International Investment Opportunities: How and Where to Invest Overseas Successfully", "Investing Without Borders", and his latest book, "Investing in Resources: How to Profit from the Outsized Potential and Avoid the Risks."
· 2:50 to 3:10pm: “The Foundation of Liberty,” by Anat van Eeden
Ms Van Eeden will explore the true foundation of liberty.
· 3:30 to 4:15pm: “Living a life of promoting liberty and how I affect change in my students,” by Dr Walter Block
Dr Block is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans and Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, USA. He has written many books, best known among which is perhaps “Defending the Undefendable”. Others include: “Lexicon of Economic Thought”, “Economic Freedom of the World, 1975-1995”; “Rent Control: Myths and Realities”; “Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity”; “Theology, Third Word Development and Economic Justice”; “Man, Economy, and Liberty Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard”; “Religion, Economics, and Social Thought; and Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement.”
· 4:15 to 4:45pm: “The Rise of Anarcho-Capitalism,” by Jeff Berwick
Mr Berwick is seen by many as being the face of the new generation of anarcho-capitalists. He is the founder of the popular financial and economic website, The Dollar Vigilante. He is also the host of the popular anarcho-capitalist podcast, Anarchast and founder of the world’s largest anarcho-capitalist conference, Anarchapulco. In this talk he’ll discuss human action and how anarcho-capitalism is about to explode globally.
· 4:45 to 5:15pm: "Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIGS): Culture—not debts—is the problem,” by Jayant Bhandari
Jayant is a contributing editor of the Liberty magazine and has written for the Mises Institute, the Mises Institute (Canada), Casey Research, Le Québécois Libre, Sprott’s Thoughts, LewRockwell.com, etc.
· 5:15 to 5:30pm: Albert Lu to Interview Walter Block
- Capitalism & Morality 2015 Livestream (Morning)
Governments are made up of three kinds of people: sociopaths, crooks, and those who are after an easy life. Once in a while, well-meaning youth enter the government, hoping to usher in a change. Soon, such an individual, realizes that he has ended up working with those who lack ethics, are manipulative, devoid of any sense of risk-taking, and passionless.
Having learnt his lesson, he either leaves his job, or most likely succumbs to the organizational pressures that slowly and subliminally teach him devious methods. He soon forgets that he had joined the government to contribute. Instead, he starts rationalizing his existence and sacrifices his soul and rationality for what he feels is a risk-free job.
The government is merely the visible aspect of the state. "A state is a disease living in the minds of its victims. It is only there, in the battleground of the mind, that a state is to be truly and totally vanquished."
It is our collective hatred, envy, lack of integrity, and irrationality that feeds and nurtures the state. Only free individuals can make a free society.
Program (Saturday, 1 August 2015):
· 8:25 to 8:30am: Introduction by Jayant Bhandari
· 8:30 to 9:30am: "Raising Children is an Act of Philosophy,” by Roslyn Ross
Ms Ross spent a decade working in behavior modification while contemplating the question: What would parenting look like in a free society? Seven-hundred books on the subject later, Ms Ross had her answer. In her own book, A Theory of Objectivist Parenting, Ms Ross shares her conclusion that our current totalitarian government is a manifestation of modern parenting and that the road to freedom starts with how we raise our children.
· 9:30 to 10:30am: “Why Ayn Rand’s Self-Esteem is Unreasonable,” by Dr Michael Edelstein
Dr Edelstein is a clinical psychologist with an in-person and telephone/Skype therapy practice. He is the award-winning author of “Three Minute Therapy”. He also wrote “Stage Fright,” “Rational Drinking” and his latest, "Therapy Breakthrough." He trained with Dr. Albert Ellis and supervises mental health professionals in the REBT/ CBT treatment of emotional and behavioral problems. He lectures nationally and internationally, and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. Dr Edelstein teaches his clients to go for unconditional self-acceptance rather than high self-esteem.
· 10:55 to 11:55pm: “The Value of Being Mentored and Mentoring,” by Rick Rule
Mr Rule is one of the most successful investors anywhere. Mr Rule started his career working as a security guard at False Creek in Vancouver. He is currently the Chairman of Sprott US Holdings Inc., one of the biggest and most successful money managers in the resource sector. He is a living proof of what he loves to say, “Your biggest problem is not the state and its tyranny, but what is between your two ears.” In his talk, Mr Rule will emphasize that fulfillment comes from individual achievement, and that advances in the condition of mankind occur through voluntary rather than coercive exchanges.
· 11:55 to 12:25pm: "The Children of Galt's Gulch," by Roslyn Ross
In her first talk Ms Ross explained that a free society is not possible until we relate to children differently. In this talk, Ms Ross draws on history, sociology, anthropology, educational theory, and current neuroscience to show that our idea of children, the role we demand that they play, is not based in reality. Our idea of what children and childhood should be is a product of our current time and place. The road to freedom again starts with how we raise our children, but this time everything we ever thought we knew for sure about children is brought under the microscope.
- 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.
- Jeffrey Tucker - Liberty Classics: The God of the Machine
In this episode of Liberty Classics, Jeffrey Tucker reviews The God of the Machine by Isabel Paterson:
Isabel Paterson (1886–1961) was one of the most erudite and widely educated thinkers to ever grace the libertarian world. This book is her masterwork. Its contents have not been sufficiently absorbed into the current intellectual world. It is one of those lost treasures, a book that you begin and your whole world stops. It is wise. It is prophetic. It has stood the test of time.
For more by Jeffrey Tucker, read his latest article.
- 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!
- FFF Presents: Libertarianism, Social Cooperation, and the Tackling of Strawmen
Not a member? No problem! You can attend too through this link -- click "Enter as a Guest."
Are libertarians self-centered and anti-society? Mainstream critiques of liberty and individualism often portray libertarians as rugged hermits who care nothing for others and idolize self-sufficiency, but Sheldon Richman argues that this is hardly the case. Why did this misconception propagate, and how can we combat it? Join us as the Future of Freedom Foundation presents this frank discussion with Richman Tuesday, December 16th 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 #8
Jeffrey Tucker discusses the book that most deeply influenced him when he was first discovering the depth of the liberal tradition. It is Mises’s neglected classic Theory and History from 1954. Mises argues for his view of “methodological dualism” -- one method for natural sciences and one method for social science. The failure to see the difference, in Mises’s view, is the root cause of most of the great scientific and policy disasters of the 20th century. This book also offers a powerful critique of Marxism in all its variants. Don't miss this session with Jeffrey Tucker Thursday, November 6th at 2:30pm 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 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!
- Author's Forum: Why Not Capitalism? by Jason Brennan
In response to the bad rap capitalism gets in the mainstream, philosopher Jason Brennan makes a stunning moral defense of the economic system. Is capitalism exploitative? Immoral? Destructive? Brennan addresses these criticisms and more.
Join Jason to discuss his book and ask your questions August 6th at 9pm EDT!
Jason Brennan (Ph.D., 2007, University of Arizona) is Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University, where he teaches courses in ethics, political economy, moral psychology, entrepreneurship, and public policy. He was formerly Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Research, at Brown University.
He is the author of Why Not Capitalism? (Routledge Press, 2014), Compulsory Voting: For and Against, with Lisa Hill (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2012), The Ethics of Voting (Princeton University Press, 2011), and, with David Schmidtz, A Brief History of Liberty (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
He is currently writing Markets without Limits (Routledge, under contract, with Peter Jaworski), and Against Politics (Princeton University Press, under contract).
- 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.
- Economic Fallacies, Session #4 with Robert Murphy
Forget everything you've heard about capitalism. It often gets a bad rap today, but economist Robert Murphy begs to differ. In this brilliant and concise introduction to free market economics, Murphy dispels some common myths about capitalism. Join Dr. Murphy for this four-session course following the track of his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, July 28th, August 11th, August 17th, and August 24th at 9:30pm EDT!
- Economic Fallacies, Session #3 with Robert Murphy
Forget everything you've heard about capitalism. It often gets a bad rap today, but economist Robert Murphy begs to differ. In this brilliant and concise introduction to free market economics, Murphy dispels some common myths about capitalism. Join Dr. Murphy for this four-session course following the track of his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, July 28th, August 11th, August 17th, and August 24th at 9:30pm EDT!
- Economic Fallacies, Session #2 with Robert Murphy
Forget everything you've heard about capitalism. It often gets a bad rap today, but economist Robert Murphy begs to differ. In this brilliant and concise introduction to free market economics, Murphy dispels some common myths about capitalism. Join Dr. Murphy for this four-session course following the track of his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, July 28th, August 11th, August 17th, and August 24th at 9:30pm EDT!
- Economic Fallacies, Session #1 with Robert Murphy
Forget everything you've heard about capitalism. It often gets a bad rap today, but economist Robert Murphy begs to differ. In this brilliant and concise introduction to free market economics, Murphy dispels some common myths about capitalism.
Join Dr. Murphy for this four-session course following the track of his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, July 28th, August 11th, August 17th, and August 24th at 9:30pm 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.
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