Free Thoughts

"How we treat addiction in this country, it's not very progressive or even humane or even good medicine." -@drcarlhart libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

From the archives: Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) joined the show to discuss how new security nationalism proposals warrant extreme skepticism, and market‐​oriented policies should be prioritized. Listen here ⬇️ libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

Free Thoughts is a weekly show about politics and liberty, featuring conversations with top scholars, philosophers, historians, economists, and public policy experts. Hosted by @TCBurrus, it's available wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe ➡️ libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"It took WWII to economically recover from the Great Depression." -@GeorgeSelgin libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

Listen again: Michael Huemer joined @TCBurrus to explain the thesis of his new book, “Justice Before the Law.” 👉 libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"When [people] say an unjust law is not is no law at all, what they really mean is, it’s not a legitimate law... or it shouldn’t be enforced or something like that, which actually, I agree with." - Michael Huemer libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"So I went from reading Henry Hazlitt and Senholtz’ lectures to then reading Milton Friedman, and that book is so punchy and condensed with so much great information, and the PBS series is involved and so that my whole world changes." - Peter Boettke libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"If you have a moral goal, either in your own life or for your society or for the world, then that moral goal should entail different choices you are going to make. In other words, it should affect what you actually decide to do." - @jroii libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

From the archives: "Doing your own research, if you do it half‐​way is a very easy way to just convince yourself of your priors." -@normative libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

Listen: @DavidSkarbek joined us to discuss the variety of carceral methods used across the world. libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"Scholars define nationalism as the demand that the people and the state coincide, such that each distinctive people has its own state within its own borders, within which it can conduct its distinctive form of life." -@SWGoldman libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

Daniel Shapiro joined the podcast to discuss how egalitarianism and many forms of liberalism — should converge to reject central welfare state institutions. libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

Jesse Binga recognized that he could arbitrage racism for profit while helping black families buy homes. Learn more about him ⬇️ libertarianism.org/articles/…

"When I was a prosecutor, if you cut a case early, you don’t allow it to go forward, there’s a political price for that, so there’s pressures not to do that, even if the case is on the margins." -Mark Godsey libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"The emancipated individual — and the thriving communities she chooses to cultivate and participate in — win in the end." - @ARossP libertarianism.org/columns/d…

"In general, families should be in a better position to make better educational decisions about their own kids than bureaucrats sitting in offices hundreds of miles away." -@DeAngelisCorey libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"If something is rational, it cannot be immoral." - Michael Huemer libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"The decisions of some people to not vaccinate their children for whatever reason has consequences for others." -Peter Van Doren libertarianism.org/podcasts/…

"So the phrase War on Terror that we started hearing very early on after 9/11 represents something of the social compromise, something that doesn’t name an enemy." - @attackerman libertarianism.org/podcasts/…