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Ep 161: The Economics of Human Flourishing, with Russ Roberts (Re-mastered)

Culture

(Remastered and reissued on 4-26-2024) How does the Economic Way of Thinking affect view of human flourishing? Can we really understand what it means for ourselves and our world by ...

Real Lovers Love Econ

Economics

This guest post is by Sarah Estelle of econisforlovers.com, where this article originally appeared. When I found my name was already taken for a web domain, Sara Aldworth, director of ...

Ep 157: Econ is for Lovers, with Sarah Estelle

Economics

Can love be expressed through economics? Sarah Estelle from econisforlovers.com joins us to talk about the Economic Way of Loving and how being equipped with economic knowledge will help us ...

Ep 151: A Secure Border, Tulsi Gabbard, Doxxing, and other Q&R

Economics

What should be done about doxxing? How does libertarianism differ between various beliefs in human free will? Should we elect Tulsi Gabbard in 2020? All these and more are answered ...

Ep 150: Turn Neither to the Right Nor to the Left, with Eric Schansberg

Economics

Why would a politician change her position on a policy? How do we account for views that “shift” in one direction or another, especially when it appears to be out ...

Christians Should Care About Wealth Inequality – When It’s Caused By The Government

Economics

Some say we are living in a new Gilded Age. The first Gilded Age, you may recall from your old history textbook, reached its peak in the first quarter of ...

The March of History – Mises vs. Marx

Economics

AIER just released an incredible video about the ongoing war of ideas of socialism versus capitalism, exemplified in the persons of Karl Marx and Ludwig von Mises. You definitely do ...

Ep 137: What Does the Bible Say About Government? with Jason Hughey

Christian Worldview

Many Christians believe that the Bible establishes human political authority as a means of ensuring social order. Passages such as Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:17, and Christ’s statement to “render ...

Ep 136: Core Values of Christian Libertarians with Dr. Norman Horn

Christian Worldview

Norman discusses the fundamentals of Christian libertarianism in the context of LCI’s recently released mission, vision, and core values, with an additional emphasis on the kind of character we should ...

Ep 135: But Who Will Build the Roads???

Economics

If you had to let the state do one thing only, what would it be? Roads? Libraries? Primary Schooling? Why or why not? In this episode, Doug and Norman answer ...

The Libertarian Difference

Economics

How different are libertarians from liberals and conservatives? Quite different.

Ep 133: Does Capitalism Encourage Consumerism? with Edd Noell

Christian Worldview

Does capitalism encourage excessive consumption and greed? Why do anti-capitalists seem to have a zero-sum view of global economic resources? Should we be wary of advertising because it causes us ...

Ep 132: Should Libertarian Christians Care About Social Justice?

Christian Worldview

Doug and Norman discuss the issue of social justice. What is social justice? Why do many people have different notions of it? Is there a “libertarian Christian” way to conceive ...

Ep 131: The World is Coming to an End? with Art Carden

Economics

With the death of the VW Beetle and the arrival of the self-checkout, the world is coming to an end. Or is it? Art Carden, an economist to his core, ...

Ep 126: Christian Political Thought with Hunter Baker

Economics

If talking about politics is tough for you, our guest Hunter Baker has some helpful advice and insights about how best to approach the topics of freedom, liberty, justice, and ...

Ep 125: Create Freedom for Yourself and Others with Isaac Morehouse

Economics

Isaac Morehouse is more interested in creating freedom for himself and enabling others to get over obstacles to their own freedom and human flourishing, and it is always worth hearing ...

Ep 124: Moral Arguments for Free Trade with Dan Griswold

Economics

Daniel Griswold of the Mercatus Center joins us to talk about how Christians can make the case for free trade by employing moral, economic, and historical arguments. How does free ...

Democratic Socialism: A Sit Down with the Nanny-State

Economics

Part I: Socialisms on a Spectrum “Democratic socialism is a democracy in which the people control the economy and government, no group dominates any other, and every citizen is free, ...

Don’t Let the Left (and the Right) Steal “Social Justice”

Culture

“There is no sport for the ignoramus like killing a useful word.” –Owen Barfield, World’s Apart, 1963 The meaning of words can be killed in countless ways – overuse, abuse, misuse, to ...

LCI Hot Takes: THE WALL

Economics

Let’s talk about walls, immigration, prohibition, etc. Notes: I mentioned this article in Chemical and Engineering News. The articles on Reason.org don’t typically go up online for a few weeks. Sorry! ...

Ep 102: The Inclusive Economy with Michael Tanner

Economics

The Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner joins me to discuss his book, The Inclusive Economy, and what Americans need to consider if we want to seriously make the world a better ...

Does Commerce Make us Lose our Soul?

Culture

Is there something inherent in the free exchange of goods and services that make it uniquely vulnerable to degradation of our souls? Apparently this is a common outlook on commerce. ...

The Way the Market Ought to Work

Culture

While in downtown Denver recently, I needed to take a cab from the convention center to Union Station in order to catch the train to the airport. I could have ...

Even Good Theologians Do Bad Economics

Christian Worldview

CJay Engel at The Reformed Libertarian has begun a series of articles that address the rising concern that libertarian Christians often have regarding the social/political shift to the left of pastors, ...

Who Cares About Greed?

Economics

One of the benefits of living in the 21st century developed world is that we can look back at why freed markets have succeeded. That is, we can see the ...

Ep 90: The Bourgeois Deal with Deirdre McCloskey

Economics

What explains the wealth of the modern age? Was it capital? Institutions? Slave-holding? Why do some countries seem to have an economic advantage over others? Are the fears of progressives ...

Ep 89: How to Live Free or Die

Economics

Does a libertopia exist? Is such an idea even possible? What would happen if thousands (or tens of thousands) of freedom lovers all move to the same place? Varrin Swearingen ...

Ep 88: Happiness and Social Capital with Jeremy Jackson

Economics

Jeremy Jackson, associate professor at North Dakota State University, joins us to talk about happiness research and social capital. He also tells us what got allured him about economics. Show ...

Ep 85: Promoting Liberty with Larry Reed

Economics

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and has a long history of promoting liberty in the classroom and in think tanks. In this episode he ...

Ep 80: Is America Winning the Trade War? with Art Carden

Economics

Trump told his supporters that they would get tired of all the winning America would be doing if he were president. Now Trump has worked tirelessly to impose tariffs, which ...

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