Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss current events from a libertarian perspective. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.
Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the horrific consequences of America's adoption of the federal income tax in 1913. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss some of the intellectual giants in Austrian economics who inspired them to hew to a principled case for freedom and free markets. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the tyranny of the TSA as well as the root causes of such tyranny. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the concept of inflation in the context of the enormous increases in the prices of oil and gas. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the causes of poverty and wealth in societies. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the disastrous consequences of U.S. interventions in the two world wars. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's and the Pentagon war on Iran. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss President Trump's tariff scheme and his threat of war against Iran. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's oil siege against Cuba. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the 20-year prison sentence that Communist China just meted out to Jimmy Lai — and the ramifications for the American people. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the potential ramifications of yet another military intervention — this one against Iran again. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the Justice Department's decision to launch a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's and the U.S. national-security establishment's abduction and rendition of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the relationship between Christmas and America's welfare-state way of life. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the latest developments in the ongoing deadly and destructive morass in Ukraine. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss President Trump's welfare plan for American farmers who have been economically decimated by Trump's trade war against China. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the developing U.S. drug-war regime-change operation against Venezuela. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the relationship between socialism and Thanksgiving. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter Ron Paul shares his perspectives as the sixtj presenter in our six-week series on "The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties."

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the "shutdown" of the federal government and President Trump's and the Pentagon's military interventionism against Venezuela. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter Judge Andrew Napolitano shares his perspectives as the fifth presenter in our six-week series on "The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties." Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter Michael Glennon shares his perspectives as the fourth presenter in our six-week series on "The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties." Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter John Whitehead shares his perspectives as the third presenter in our six-week series on “The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties.” Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter Radley Balko shares his perspectives as the second presenter in our six-week series on “The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties.” Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this special episode of Libertarian Angle, guest presenter Jim Bovard helps us launch our six-week series on “The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties.” Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the so-called shutdown of the federal government and the meaning of President Trump's increasing militarization of American society. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard welcome prominent libertarian historian and author David T. Beito to discuss his new book FDR: A New Political Life. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of the Charlie Kirk murder. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's decision to send U.S. warships off the coast of Venezuela. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications and consequences of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss President Trump's decision to continue supporting Ukraine and his threat to impose sanctions on Russia. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's trade agreement with the EU and his threat to impose sanctions on Russia. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob, Richard, and special guest Jim Bovard discuss the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and other aspects of the Trump presidency. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the consequences of having converted the federal government to a national-security state. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard examine some of the specific socialist programs of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the real significance of the Declaration of Independence. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the historical context and potential consequences of President Trump's bombing of Iran. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the nature and consequences of President Trump's drug war. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the out-of-control spending and debt under the Trump administration. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss two issues: the real lessons of Memorial Day and President Trump's use of immigration controls to vet foreign students. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the relationship between economic liberty and civil liberties. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the Vietnam War and North Vietnam's victory over the United States in that conflict. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's war against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

n this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard show how income taxation converted the American people into serfs and lowered their standard of living in the process. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of Columbia University's capitulation after President Trump threatened to terminate $400 in federal funds to the university. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss President Trump's assault on civil liberties in the context of America's immigration-control system. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss why freedom does not consist of efforts by President Trump, Elon Musk, and the DOGE to make the federal government more efficient. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the big White House implosion involving President Trump, Vice-President Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard examine the enormous consequences of the Mexican War and the Spanish-American War on the United States. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the virtues of free trade–with respect to both freedom and people's standard of living. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.

In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss one of the most infamous acts in U.S. history — President Franklin Roosevelt's executive order making it illegal for Americans to own gold. Please subscribe to our email newsletter FFF Daily here.