A weekly show about politics and liberty, featuring conversations with top scholars, philosophers, historians, economists, and public policy experts. Hosted by Trevor Burrus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 4 hours 46 minutes
The Real James Buchanan
Richard E. Wagner joins us for a discussion on life and thought of James M. Buchanan, who was one of the founders of public choice theory.
Show Notes and Further Reading
Wagner’s latest book is James M. Buchanan and Liberal Political Economy: A Rational Reconstruction (2017)...
North Korea 101
Michael Malice joins us to give a primer on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t
Hans Noel joins us this week to share ten insights into how politics, campaigns, and political parties work.
Is there such a thing as “the will of the people?” Why do political parties act the way they do? We also discuss Duverger’s Law, campaign finance, presidential elections, special interests, and grassroots movements.
Show Notes and Further Reading
“Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t” in Volume 8, Issue 3 of The Forum...
Lessons from the Anti-Federalists
William J. Watkins, Jr. joins us for a discussion on the Articles of Confederation and the ideas of the Anti-Federalists.
Were the Articles of Confederation a failure? How did the country work under them and how is the US Constitution different? What can we learn from the Anti-Federalists?
Watkins is a research fellow at the Independent Institute...
What's the Right Number of Koala Bears?
Ryan M. Yonk joins us this week for a discussion about how we think about ecology and the environment. We talk about various environmental regulations including the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Endangered Species Act...
Rights and Radicalism
Grant Babcock joins us this week to talk about an essay he wrote in defense of natural rights-based libertarianism...
Arguments for Liberty: Utilitarianism
Christopher Freiman joins us to talk about his Arguments for Liberty chapter on utilitarianism...
Free Thoughts on Free Thoughts: 200 Episodes and Counting
Our producer, Tess Terrible, interviews Aaron and Trevor for Free Thoughts’s 200th episode. How did Free Thoughts get started, and what have we learned along the way?
Show Notes and Further Reading
We’d like to thank Russ Roberts and his EconTalk podcast for providing some of the inspiration for this show, as well as all of our listeners. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show so far and look forward to another 200 episodes!