Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years
Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.
Recent Podcast Episodes
Wokism, Marxism and the Failures of Academic “Liberalism”
The academic world is supposed to serve as a beacon of enlightenment. Instead, as Wanjiru Njoya demonstrates, it promotes a failed liberalism.
Can There Be Justice Outside of the State? Yes
People have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts unjustly, perhaps it is time to look outside of the state.
The UK Is Reverting to Railway Socialism
Great Britain are shifting back toward railway nationalization. Of course, the vaunted railway privatization of the 1990s wasn’t real privatization at all.
The Great Chocolate Crisis
In this week's episode, Mark examines the Chocolate Crisis of 2024. Should chocolate lovers panic?
Did the MMT Camp Correctly Predict the Post-Covid Economy?
Did Stephanie Kelton correctly predict that government debt would be benign back in May of 2020? Bob and guest Jonathan Newman discuss.
Abolish the CIA and FBI
Ryan and Tho discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's dangerous "security" agencies.
Chapter 13. If America Splits Up, What Happens to the Nukes?
Chapter 13 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 18. When Immigration Policy Was Decentralized
Chapter 18 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 1. More Choices, More Freedom, Less Monopoly Power
Chapter 1 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 6. Nationalism as National Liberation: Lessons from the End of the Cold War
Chapter 6 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 11. How Small Is Too Small?
Chapter 11 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 16. How Early Americans Decentralized Military Power
Chapter 16 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Postscript: A Tale of Two Megastates: Why the EU Is Better (In Some Ways) than the US
Postscript to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Preface
Preface to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 4. Why the Classical Liberals Wanted Decentralization
Chapter 4 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 9. From Taxes to Trade, More Secession Means More Freedom
Chapter 9 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 14. Why “One Man, One Vote” Doesn’t Work
Chapter 14 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 19. Why Indian Tribal Sovereignty Is Important
Chapter 19 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
Chapter 2. Political Anarchy Is How the West Got Rich
Chapter 2 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.
