Freedom Adventure Podcast

Michael Esfeld says the covid regime would not have been possible without fiat money. Post modern tyranny is different because of little narratives. If covid gets debunked they move to climate change and then social injustice. We need to use reason, question and resist the regime in order to stay free. If you question the narrative, you are a heretic.

Per Bylund of AIER and Mises says that we can't blame politicians for promising the impossible. The real problem is economic illiteracy with people in general. We discuss his new book How to think About The economy: A Primer. Economics is the least ideological science and teaches how the world works.

Kristoffer Hansen of Mises says celebrating less land use for agriculture is not a good thing is malinvestment of capital. There is plenty of land, but the state prevents people from using it. The Green revolution is not all it is made up to be.

Sarah Lilly of Red State Abroad discusses China's social credit score system. Things people are punished for include eating junk food, playing video games, visiting unauthorized websites, making frivolous purchases and criticizing government. The system is corrupt, rich people simply buy scores. China teaches the west why having social credit scores is a bad idea.

Robert J. Burrowes says digitalizing your identity is a fast-track to slavery. Every detail of your personal life is being accumulated and stored and you will have to comply in order to buy and sell things. Facial recognition technology and cameras can track your every move. Elites want to micro-chip you and end freewill. We discuss how to defend your freedom.

Alex J. Pollock discusses Paul Volker and the great inflation and the similarities to today. Volker raised interest rates to an all time high and defeated run away inflation. His predecessor Arthur Burns anguished over inflation and central bankers are facing a similar anguish today.  We discuss the knowledge problem and how central planners are a menace to society.

Lee Trepanier of Law & Liberty discusses the 1971 paper education in a free society. We need to privatize universities or than will be no innovation. The American universities have been nationalized. We discuss how to bring change. Little has changed in 50 years.

Charlotta Stern says countries like the US shouldn't emulate the Swedish labor market. Sweden became rich after liberalizing their economy. Today the labor market uses coercion and is heavily unionized. However, Sweden is better than most EU countries and will be hurt by EU labor laws. It works for Sweden

Short solo episode on fed hiking the interest rate and coming disaster

Dr. Julie Ponesse of Brownstone says the state is targeting religious people and organizations with covid policy. Followers of the state believe the state can achieve Utopia. Anyone who questions the state is a non-believer. Freedom of religion must be preserved and freedom lovers need to fight the totalitarian state.

Yuri Maltsev of Mises says Gorbachev inadvertently brought the Soviet Union down by taking the fear out of socialism. Gorbachev did not reform socialism. Millions died under Stalin. The Soviet Union should be a stern warning against socialism. People should look to Austrian economics not Marx for answers.

Bretigne Shaffer says Toby Rogers is a hero of the medical freedom movement, but gets classical liberalism and the progressive state wrong. Classical Liberalism was not helped by slavery. Industry capture is a bug, not a feature of the regulatory state.  The State is the biggest monopolist around. Freedom is the answer.

I discuss Constitution Day and the Constitution

Jon Sanders of AIER says the elites want us to eat bugs. Insects are eaten in very poor countries that can't afford meat. The media is trying to normalize eating bugs. There is a yuck factor and bugs will never out compete meat Freedom is the answer.

James Howard Kunstler says the Woke Up elites are destroying western civilization. The money system will fail and people in Europe are going to find it hard to heat their homes. Europe is declaring war on its own people. There will be an uprising against the elite.

Thomas Harrington of Brownstone questions why we adore dogs and despise people. People are using dogs as a coping mechanism. People are losing social skills and worrying about being called out. Social media is making people crueler. College students have a lot of anxiety.

Jack Elbaum of FEE says teacher Unions are politicizing schools and blaming parents. The parents woke up to education after Covid. Monopolies always are bad and we need school choice. The solution is educational freedom. The bad effects of school closures are becoming clear.

Ben Bartee says Sri Lanka is a case study for the World Economic Forum's policies. They took away the means for peasants to farm. They forced organic farming with no training or supplies and equipment. Food production decreased 50% and gas prices soared. The Dutch farmers are protesting. The best way to resist is become part of the parallel economy.

Jonathan Hofer of the Independent institute discussed the pitfalls of automated license plate readers in California. 1 out of 10 reads are in error. Law enforcement has a terrible record of protecting data. There is little evidence in increasing public safety. You can be pulled over at gunpoint.

Talking about California energy policies and requiring all new cars to have 0 emissions

Christopher J. Coyne of the Independent Institute says Pelosi's trip to Taiwan was a clear signal to China, not to mess with Taiwan. Countries need to stop viewing the world as a zero-sum game. We need to look for non-violent solutions. We can no longer afford the empire.

Andre Marques says inflation makes people poorer and it's the government's fault. Inflation is caused by monetary expansion and businesses lose profits. The poor suffer the most and the wealthy save less. It is the government that perpetuates poverty

Kimberlee Josephson says Gen Z should ditch virtue in consumer choices. Consumers should abide the trader principle which promotes progress. Patagonia bashes chemicals and oil products then use these vey products. The thrift store is the most environmentally sound.

short solo episode about ant- depressants

Jan Traflet discusses her book Fearless: Wilma Soss and America's Forgotten Investor Movement. Wilma Soss was a activist for small shareholders. We discuss the similarities between the 69's and 70's and today. We discuss Wilma's views on civil rights, Marxism and inflation.

Tate Fegley is excited about liberty and the populist right, but disappointed about their views on trade. The founding founders were individuals with different views. Tariffs are a tax and hurt consumers. The populist right needs to understand the destructive effects of tariffs in American history. America benefits from being a gigantic free trade zone.

Raymond C. Niles of AIER says we need to end the gasoline crisis through production, not coercion. Biden is thinking of price fixing, which led to long gas lines in the 1970's. The fair price is the market price, which is telling us we need to increase oil production. Coercion makes people poorer and production makes us wealthy.

Short solo episode saying good riddance to Fauci

Josiah Neely says government can make climate change worst. We need to cut regulatory tape for clean energy sources. States with utility choice can meet green energy demand better. We need to eliminate subsidies. The solutions for clean energy lie in the free market.

Robert E. Wright of AIER says planners fail because of the knowledge problem and perverse incentives. Organizations need to decentralize and bring decision making to the lowest level. Firms need to incentivize their employees. Central planning almost always fails.

Jon Miltimore of FEE says the federal Government's own study concluded its ban on assault weapons didn't reduce gun violence. Jon explains why the do something mentality is harmful. People don't trust and believe politicians, yet still want them to do something. The impulse to use collective force in wake of a tragedy has negative consequences.

Short solo episode explaining why politics is destructive.

Lawrence Reed of FEE say's China's great philosophers would be horrified by what Mao and the CCP created. Rothbard called Lau-tzu the first libertarian. Confucius and Mencius were anti-authoritarian and believe in harmony and peace. Taiwan should be worried about an invasion.

Art Carden discusses which economists should have gotten the Nobels before they died. Ludwig Von Mises was a great economist and his student Fredrick Hayek won the Nobel the year he died. Frank H. Knight the father of the Chicago School. Gordon Tullock should have shared the Nobel with James Buchanan. Armen Alchain, Harold Demsetz, William Baumol, Julian Simon, W.H. Hutt and Aaron Director should also have won the Nobel.

Joseph Soils -Mullen defends defaulting on national debt. Super powers defaulting is a rule not an exception. Nixon defaulted when he reneged on the Bretton Woods system. We can never repay the debt. Defaulting would cause little pain to ordinary Americans and give us huge gains.

Short solo episode about talking liberty

John Staddon says Science is in trouble. The systems include bickering and vacillation over Covid and climate change hysteria. Politics and passion are huge problems. The social sciences have become too niche so scholars don't get the proper criticism. Scientist have become writers.

Jim Sellars says the west are belligerent nations, Countries like Canada are puppet states to America. The Us number 1 export is weapons. We are being lied to and need to stand up for freedom and resist peacefully. Russia has a right to defend it's border.

Dr. Daniel Sutter says that NFL players make a thousand times more than USFL players and that is ok. The NFL makes 10 billion annually and can afford to pay more. Free Agency help drive salaries up. We also discuss Name Image and licensing in college sports.

Short solo episode discussing Ivermectin.

Dr. Laura Williams says many cities are banning Dollar Stores. This is getting rid of the best option for the poor for groceries and essentials. This shows a lack of empathy by wealthy activists and cities. It is an injustice to care more about appearances than the poor.

Craig Eyermann of the Independent Institute says President Biden's record regulation spree is pushing prices higher. Inflation is worse than in the 70's. We are entering a debt crisis and there is no soft landing. The free lunch era is over.

William F. Shughart II of the Independent Institute says the Department of Justice owes tax payers and computer users an apology for the Microsoft Antitrust. Competitors who can't compete force antitrust not consumers. The main complaint was bundling Internet Explorer with Microsoft. Creative destruction took care of Internet Explorer.

I share some Frederick Bastiat quotes

Karen Selick says Edward Snowden is wrong about gold. You can now transmit gold with a tap of a button. There are now crypto currencies some even have debit cards. Karen's choice is Kenesis Money. Karen also gives us an update on Canada's mandates

Tony Francois says there are major changes coming to the Clean Water Act. There has been extreme government overreach and families can lose their homes over normal activities. The problem is compounded by 2 different government agencies enforcing the act. We need to give more authority to local governments.

Vibhu Vikramaditya of Mises Institute says markets promote real equality much more than progressive critics claim. Innovators can't keep a monopoly for long in a free market. Most businesses fail and entrepreneurs take huge risks. Companies lose market share as competitors enter. Maximizing economic efficiency is a result of competition.

I share some quotes by the great Walter Williams

Marsha Familaro Enright is opening Reliance college a liberty oriented liberal arts college based on the Montessori style of teaching. She wants students to enter the world as self-reliant individuals The greatest guardian of liberty is autonomy because autonomous people do not tolerate being ruled. She will bring in mentors, experts in the field of student's interest.

Saul Zimet of FEE says the economic growth numbers are terrible. Economic degrowth hurts the poor the most. 2 strategies to eliminate poverty are wealth transfer and economic growth. The latter is only one effective at reducing extreme poverty for centuries. A small change in economic growth can radically change prosperity.

James Burling of Pacific Legal Foundation discusses the Clean Water Act. There is way to much executive overreach and wetlands is not defined. People lose their homes and go to jail even if given the green light by local authorities. We need to give local governments more or authority or better yet privatze waterways.