Ep. 260 What If Private Property Owners Mimicked Policies of the State?
Due to listener request, Bob explains why a legitimate owner has the right to set policies that would be immoral for the State to implement, and why in practice private owners would be much less likely to do so. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s essays on Private Law and Private Defense.…
Ep. 259 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin Discussion on Libertarianism, Part 2
Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin’s physics analogies that supposedly show libertarianism is akin to Newtonian physics, since it leaves out the need to use violence to establish order. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: BMS ep. 258, which is Part 1 of Bob’s response. The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith. Ben Powell and…
Ep. 258 Responding to the Dave Smith/Curtis Yarvin Discussion on Libertarianism, Part 1
Bob addresses Curtis Yarvin’s claim that free trade policy has hurt America, and that libertarians don’t have a good response to it. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Michael Malice episode featuring Yarvin vs. Smith. FRED charts showing manufacturing employment, index of total manufacturing production, components of manufacturing, and domestic auto production.…
Ep. 257 Bob Murphy Explains His Favorite Hans Hoppe Work
Bob walks through Hans Hoppe’s argument that Mises’ action axiom extended Kantian epistemology by solving the mind/body problem. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Hoppe’s booklet, Economic Science and the Austrian Method. David Gordon’s lecture on the method of praxeology. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided…
Ep. 256 The Rothbardian Definition of the State
Bob explains the Rothbardian approach to defining the State, and then applies it to the recent example of a gas station hiring private security. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Rothbard’s book, The Anatomy of the State. (Bob read from the first chapter during the episode.) A news story covering the Philly…