Logical Anarchy Today

If you open a textbook on western civilization you will see that Democracy is viewed as the crown jewel of human freedom and political organization. But is this true? Hans-Herman Hoppe argues that democracy is actually worse than the aristocracy and monarchies our ancestors lived under. I try to explain this argument in today's episode.Episode 106 – The Forefathers of the Modern StateFrom Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy by Hans-Herman HoppeTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Back in 2013 socialists in the US were cheering for Venezuela and it's implementation of democratic socialism and mass redistribution. Today people are hunting cats and dogs in the streets for food due to the shortages of goods caused by socialism. The Leftists no longer want to celebrate Venezuela but they will still advocate for the policies that have caused a nation sitting on top of oil to reduce itself to hunting pigeons, cats and dogs in it's streets for survival. Those poor people are feeling the Bern... In their empty stomachs.A Salon Article from 2013 Celebrating Socialism in VenezuelaHungry Venezuelans Hunt Dogs, Cats, Pigeons as Food Runs OutVenezuela Spends Millions on Incredibly Dumb Things While Its Economy CollapsesTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support t

When we as libertarians talk about immigration, we are often as divided as the mainstream perception of the issue is. But any free market advocate has to understand that private property functions like closed boarders in certain respects. The two choices of open or closed borders are perverted because the state exists. It makes both decisions work out in it's own favor.The Logical Anarchy Live Podcast EP 22Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

My wife and I have been watching Jessica Jones on Netflix and I realized that the villian Kilgrave shares a lot of things in common with government. This episode is just sort of a stream of thoughts on that subject.Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

I wasn't always an econ nerd that read 1000+ page treatises on economics, philosophy and political thought. I was an stupid and ignorant statist at one point. Today's episode is about the books and resources that have led me down the rabbit hole and completely enriched my knowledge on this stuff.End the Fed by Ron PaulEconomics in One Lesson by Henry HazlittThe Law by Frederic BastiatLiberalism by Ludwig Von MisesHuman Action by Ludwig Von MisesThe Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig Von MisesMan, Economy and State by Murray RothbardTom Woods Liberty ClassroomHonorable Mentions:Meltdown by Tom WoodsThe Rothbard Reader by Murray RothbardThe Road to Serfdom by F.A. HayekFreedom by Adam KokeshInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show w

Recently this week I had a conversation with someone that was trying to deny the economic principles I was talking about by denying logic. The conversation that ensued was pretty funny as they used logic and reason to refute the trustworthy nature of logic and reason and refused to reconcile this circular logic.EpistemologyTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Where did the state come from? What were it's beginnings? In this episode, Jon attempts to show how banditry is the ideological forefather of modern government. Listen and learn more.Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

I had an article tweeted at me last week that became the subject of Thursday's live show. The post linked to another article where this same author was trying to refute the Subject Theory of Value and proclaim the absolute truth of the Labor Theory of Value. Today's episode is dedicated to refuting this article and proving that these collectivists have no clue what they are talking about.Arguing against STVEpisode 91 – Synthetic A Priori Propositions And The Action AxiomTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml 

What will it mean for us when it comes to Trump against Hillary? In today's episode I try to explain what I have been thinking and worried about in regards to this eventuality.Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Today I revisit the Broken Window Fallacy to demonstrate that destruction never creates a net gain for anyone.Episode 96 – Did WWII End the Depression?Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

The School of Salamanca was a very interesting university and school of thought. During the 1500s they formulated the idea of subjective valuations, sound money, and the importance of private property. This makes their school of thought highely interesting for the libertarian and Austrian Economists today.The School of SalamancaThe School of Salamanca: Readings in Spanish Monetary Theory by Marjorie Grice-HutchinsonTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Venezuela ran out of beer! Why has the country seen a shortage of basic goods? Has democractic socialism failed or, as the democratic socialists themselves contend, has Venezuela just not applied socialist principles properly?Venezuela Runs Out of Beer by Ed KrayewskiInflation, Shortages, and Social Democracy in VenezuelaTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Recently I had a discussion on twitter regarding agorism and political action. I am of the mind that voting does absolutely nothing but if you want to vote and you think you can make a change, go for it. I'll be over here engaged in counter economics and spreading ideas. The concept of the state and it's authority rests in the mind of those that believe in the state. Even if you believe in political action, you have to admit that you have to eradicatethe statism from people's brains before they can be of any use in that realm. This person said that because I don't believe in voting and encourage people do avoid politics that I am hurting liberty. With that logic, I can throw it back at them by arguing that convincing people to abandon argorism forces people to rely on their oppressors for change. The two do not have to be exclusive to each other is my point.The Road to Servomechanism by Gabriel OlivaKonkin Replies to Rothbard: In Defense of Agorism by Samuel Edward Konkin IIIAn Agorist Primer by Samuel Edward

Statist economists have, for a while now, tried to claim that deflation and the falling prices associated with it is bad. But should the purchasing power of money increasing be a good thing? Doesn't that mean that the poorest of the poor are now able to have their money go farther? Isn't that progress? As an example, the original Apple 1 computer sold for $666.66 in 1976. Factoring for inflation, that is equivalent to $2,841.11. Today you can by a laptop that is much better that the Apple 1 for $300. Has the economy and tech market collapsed because of that? Of course not.Logical Anarchy Today Episode 93 – How Much Money Does the Economy Need?Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use t

People like to paint capitalism as a violent and coercive system. But capitalism is all about voluntary exchange. Individuals, of their own free will, engaging in trades that both sides find beneficial. It is a thing of beauty really! Statism on the other hand functions under the idea that certain people have the right to use violence in order to control society. How can one expect a system centered around violence to create peace? Only morons can.Did WWII end the Depression?Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

The words "capitalism" and "anarchism" are dirty words in today's culture. Putting the two together to form the term "anarcho-capitalism" is enough to make the most devout statist faint from shock. The left and right like to hurl a lot false descriptions at what anarcho-capitalism or voluntaryism is. Today we show why 3 of those things are not true.Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Did WWII end the depression? People like Krugman would have you believe so. The problem is that people like Kurgman never saw 2008 coming. The statist economists prior to the great depression never saw it coming. Only the Austrian Economists new what was going on. Learn why in today's episode.Crisis and Leviathan By Robert HiggsDepression, War, and Cold War By Robert HiggsWhat the Heck are Interest Rates?Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

I recently had a friend not want to be my friend anymore because of my views on war. Oh well. I have to time for emotive rhetoric devoid of logic and reason.Tom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

This week Obama met with Janet Yellen, the Fed Chair. It was a private meeting with the official statement saying that the president and Yellen were exchanging notes about the economy and it's "growth". But this was right after a secret meeting of the Fed board. Perhaps the Fed is realizing the lose-lose situation they put us all in.What Did Fed Chairman Yellen Tell Obama? by Ron PaulMarch 2016 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®US Retail Sales Tumble Into Recession Territory Driven By Auto Sales PlungeU.S. Industrial Production Fell in MarchUS small business confidence hits new two-year lowThe U.S. education bubble is now upon usWhat the Heck are Interest Rates? by Jon TorresTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Sup

Monetarists that worship Milton Friedman argue that a steadily growing economy needs a steadily growing money supply. They argue that if this does not happen, recessions and depressions will occur. This is all nonsense though. If it were true, third world nations could end poverty easily by simply creating a central bank and printing money until poverty is eradicated. Learn more about this in today's episode.How Much Money Should There Be?Regression theorem Mises WikiSubjective theory of value Mises WikiThe Origin of Money and Its ValueHuman Action by Ludwig Von MisesTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The "Shift" Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subsc