Does Local Control Actually Work?
Does distributed power check tyranny, or simply empower petty tyrants? What's the relationship between efficiency, scale, and the size of government? In this episode we explore the pro's and con's of ...
20 Apr 20221h 19min
Woke Hysteria Is Actually Class Warfare
Batya Ungar-Sargon says liberal pieties have more to do with the managerial class's disdain for the poor and maintaining elite status than with actual racism in the country. She is the deputy opinion ...
13 Apr 20221h 2min
Why Monkey Groupthink Beats Human Logic
David McRaney is host of the "Your Are Not So Smart" podcast, and joins to discuss how our monkey brains are more wired to promote group cohesion than to think critically or logically--and what to do ...
6 Apr 20221h 16min
Crony Capitalists Are Spoiling Your Food
Scuzzy businesses routinely try to regulate away competitors so they don't have compete in a free and open market. Those cads! Justin Pearson of the Institute for Justice joins to discuss the many way...
24 Mars 20221h 23min
How to Prevent or Provoke Stupid Wars
Are you a Liberal or a Realist when it comes to geopolitics? This episode is a crash course in International Relations Theory: What is the fundamental nature of conflict between states? Naked power, r...
17 Mars 20221h 23min
The Brain Fog of War
As the situation in Ukraine continues to escalate, it's important to keep our tribal impulses in check, and ensure we remain level-headed and credulous when everyone gets excited and starts bandwagoni...
10 Mars 202241min
Ukraine is Backfiring on Putin
Michael Weiss joins the show to discuss Russia's "Potemkin Military" and how a pratfall invasion coupled with global pariah status could lead to Putin's downfall. Michael Weiss on How Putin Thinks: ht...
2 Mars 202253min
Sanctions are the Virtue Signaling of Economics
Jen Briney of "Congressional Dish" joins to discuss sanctions, economic warfare, and the underlying rationale for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Support the show! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton Venmo: @a...
1 Mars 20221h 20min
