Free Thoughts
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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Episodes (1401)
Coming Soon: The Liberty Exchange
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Fighting Government Secrecy (with Patrick Eddington)
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When Is Democracy Undemocratic? (with Emily B. Finley)
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Floods, Nuclear Power, and Wages (with Peter Van Doren)
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How the 14th Amendment Changed America (with Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick)
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Free Market: The History of an Idea (with Jacob Soll)
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Can Public Schools Work? (with Neal McCluskey)
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Why More People Means More Wealth (with Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley)
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Racial Classification in America (with David Bernstein)
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The Statrix: How Government Warps Our Perception of the World (Rerun)
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Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the Drug War (with Johann Hari)
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The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge (with Matt Ridley) (Rerun)
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Black Liberation Through the Marketplace (with Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witche...
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How Evil are Politicians? (with Bryan Caplan)
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Inflation! (with Norbert Michel)
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What’s Wrong with Zoning (with M. Nolan Gray)
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Forensic Frauds and Criminal Justice (with M. Chris Fabricant)
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Conservatism Vs. The Right (with Matthew Continetti)
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The Socialist Temptation (with Iain Murray)
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A Conversation About Guns (with Clark Neily)
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Why Did America Invade Iraq? (with Michael Mazarr)
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Seven Deadly Economic Sins
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What Broke American Health Care?
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Big Tech & Free Speech
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Real Economics (with Peter Boettke)
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Justice Before the Law (with Michael Huemer)
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Why Privacy Matters (with Neil Richards)
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Free Speech, A History (with Jacob Mchangama)
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The ABCs of Inflation
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Growing up in the USSR
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The DNA of War (with Andrew Heaton)
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Poverty in the Golden State (with Michael Tanner)
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Labor Econ Versus the World (with Bryan Caplan)
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American Terror After 9/11 (with Spencer Ackerman)
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Aaron's Farewell to Free Thoughts
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Is Nuclear Power Worth It? (with Peter Van Doren)
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The Philosophy of Honesty (with Christian Miller)
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The Allure of the “Natural” (with Alan Levinovitz)
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How to Protect Our Elections (with Walter Olson and Andy Craig)
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How Prisons are Governed (with David Skarbek)
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How The Force Can Fix The World (with Stephen Kent)
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Punishment Without Trial (with Carissa Byrne Hessick)
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Rerun: Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
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Rerun: Why Can't You Email Your Doctor?
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Rerun: Lessons from a Bank-Robbing Law Professor
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Tech Panic (with Robby Soave)
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Do Markets Make Us Worse? (with Ginny Choi)
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A Libertarian in Government (with Mark Calabria)
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Rerun: Remaining Grateful with Steven Horwitz
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Nationalism in America
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