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)
Resisting State Injustice (with Jason Brennan)
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The World is Getting Better (with Marian Tupy)
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Is Wall Street Overregulated? (with Todd Zywicki)
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Why Being Poor is Expensive (with Ryan Bourne)
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Bringing Wealth to the Poor (with Michael Tanner)
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Teaching Economics (with Steve Horwitz)
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Free Thoughts/Power Problem Crossover: Are Libertarians Isolationists? (with Tre...
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What are State Constitutions Good for? (with Hon. Jeffrey Sutton)
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The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System (with Christy Ford Chapi...
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Derailed: The False Promises of Trains, Subways, and Light Rail (with Randal O'T...
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Understanding Impeachment (with Gene Healy)
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Emerging Tech (with Matthew Feeney)
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Regulation Magazine Fall 2018 (with Peter Van Doren)
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Understanding Pakistan (with Sahar Khan)
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The Coddling of the American Mind (with Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff)
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The Many Myths About Adam Smith (with Jesse Norman)
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Laughing about Politics (with P.J. O'Rourke)
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How Superpowers See the World (with Christopher Fettweis)
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Is Public Transportation Worth It? (with Peter Van Doren)
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Was the Buddha a Libertarian? (with Matthew J. Moore)
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Can we ever downsize government? (with Chris Edwards)
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The Moral Collapse of Evangelical America (with Rob Schenck)
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Should We Fear 3D Printed Guns? (with Matthew Larosiere)
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Helping Refugees in an Era of Nationalism (with Adam Bates)
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Cato, Congress, and the Realities of Governing (with Jeff Vanderslice and Matt W...
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The Sad History of the FCC (with Thomas Hazlett)
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When FDR Took Americans’ Gold (with Sebastian Edwards)
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Regulation Magazine, Summer 2018 (with Peter Van Doren)
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown (with Alex Nowrasteh)
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Introducing Building Tomorrow!
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An Ecological Theory of Free Expression (with Gary Chartier)
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Beyond the Sea: The Possibilities of Seasteading
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Our Fragile National Ego: Foreign Policy and the Struggle for Prestige
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Pharmaceutical Freedom (with Jessica Flanigan)
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Hamilton v. Madison (with Jay Cost)
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Tomorrow 3.0: Uberizing The Economy (with Mike Munger)
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The Future of Money (with Diego Zuluaga)
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Trade War! (with Dan Ikenson)
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What’s Facebook Done With My Data? (with Will Duffield)
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Peter Van Doren Vs. MS-13
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Ayn Rand: An Introduction (with Eamonn Butler)
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Speak Freely (with Keith E. Whittington)
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WTF?! Economics (with Peter T. Leeson)
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Understanding Common Law (with John Hasnas)
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Forensics, Pseudoscience and Criminal Injustice (with Radley Balko and Tucker Ca...
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Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man (with Timothy Sandefur)
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Why Are Cops Unaccountable? (with Jay Schweikert and Clark Neily)
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Is the DEA Trippin'? (with Rick Doblin)
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The Pope’s Politics
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The Case Against Education
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