This episode features an interview of chemist Mary Ruwart from 2018 by Jeff Diest, host of the Human Action podcast (formerly Mises Weekends). They discuss the sobering reality of our medical cartel, and what all of us must do in the fight for health freedom in the US. How does government thwart radical research that might eliminate cancer, HIV, and chronic diseases like diabetes? Who really funds the FDA? Why do doctors go along with it? Can we measure how many deaths the FDA causes each year, rather than prevents? And will health supplements or alternative health modalities remain legal and widely available in the US?
Category: Free Market Voices
Nicholas Hooton: Agorist Living (11m)
This episode features an audio essay written by Nicholas Hooton in 2012, which comprises Chapter 16 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012.
David Friedman: How to Make Economics Fun (54m)
This episode features a lecture by economics professor David Friedman from 2015. He is speaking to a group of teachers who grade the AP Economics exam.
Walter Block: Defending the Fat Capitalist-Pig Employer (25m)
This episode features an audio essay written by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 1976, and which comprises Chapter 29 of Defending the Undefendable.
Daniel Ikenson: How Free Trade Creates Wealth (58m)
This episode features an interview of trade policy researcher Daniel Ikenson from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. He explains how trade between countries increases wealth all around—and why restricting that trade is harmful to economic growth.
Thomas Sowell: Economic Facts and Fallacies (1h6m)
This episode features an interview of economics professor Thomas Sowell from 2008 by Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk. They discuss the misleading nature of measured income inequality, CEO pay, why nations grow or stay poor, the role of intellectuals and experts in designing public policy, and immigration.
Walter Block: Defending the Moneylender (15m)
This episode features an audio essay written by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 1976, and which comprises Chapter 17 of Defending the Undefendable.
Donald Boudreaux: Market Failure, Government Failure and the Economics of Antitrust Regulation (1h6m)
This episode features an interview of economics professor Donald Boudreaux from 2007 by Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk. They talk about when market failure can be improved by government intervention. After discussing the evolution of economic thinking about externalities and public goods, the conversation turns to the case for government’s role in promoting competition via antitrust regulation. Boudreaux argues that the origins of antitrust had nothing to do with protecting consumers from greedy monopolists. The source of political demand for antitrust regulation came from competitors looking for relief from more successful rivals.
Catherine Semcer: Poaching, Preserves, and African Wildlife (1h4m)
This episode features an interview of PERC Research Fellow Catherine Semcer from 2019 by Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk. The conversation discusses how allowing limited hunting of big game such as elephants and using revenue from hunting licenses to reward local communities for habitat stewardship has improved both habitat and wildlife populations while reducing poaching. Semcer draws on her experience as former Chief Operating Officer of Humanitarian Operations Protecting Elephants and also discusses recent efforts to relocate lions in Mozambique.
David Friedman: A Consequentialist Theory of Anarcho-Capitalism (1h47m)
This episode features a lecture by economics professor David Friedman from 2013. He looks at anarcho-capitalist political theory from its consequences in the economy and to society.