If you would like to support this podcast, click here. Bitcoin donations at: bc1q3vajy7e79080uzg5j7watdtl2h7ktqx9l7x8w8 Per Bylund is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. His latest book, How to Think about the Economy: A Primer, serves as an introduction to economic reasoning and aims to improve economic literacy. TIMESTAMPS 0:04 - Why economic illiteracy is so prevalent 5:25 - Individualists trying to spread their ideas in a collectivist manner 9:25 - The role of the entrepreneur 12:27 - The primacy of theory in the social sciences 25:07 - The irrationality of “social entrepreneurship” 32:17 - Cospaia 34:52 - Javier Milei 39:13 - The greatest economic fallacy 41:50 - The effects of taxes 43:55 - What advice would Per give his 17 year old self? 45:35 - Could we have cured cancer in the 60s? 49:49 - Final remarks EPISODE LINKS Per’s Twitter: x.com/perbylund Download Per’s latest book for free here: mises.org/primer Arjun’s Twitter: x.com/arjunkhemani Arjun’s newsletter: arjunkhemani.substack.com     

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#22 – Per Bylund: Economic Illiteracy, Entrepreneurship, and The Primacy of Theory

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Ashley St. Clair is the Operations Manager at Babylon Bee and author of the children’s book Elephants Are Not Birds. This interview was recorded on Airchat. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:19 - The immigration crisis in the US 11:08 - DEI and Mark Cuban 14:29 - Anti-humanism and Gen Z 18:17 - The rise of Christian nationalism 22:32 - Elon freeing the bird 27:47 - What the birth control pill represents 33:07 - Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom 35:16 - Should you go to college? 38:37 - Elephants Are Not Birds Follow Ashley on X: http://x.com/stclairashley   

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#29 – Ashley St. Clair: Immigration Crisis, Free Speech, and Birth Control

Matthew Lysiak is an investigative journalist and author of Fiat Food: Why Inflation Destroyed Our Health and How Bitcoin Fixes It. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:49 - Why Matthew wrote Fiat Food 5:29 - Restructuring the American diet after the gold standard 11:25 - The Seventh-day Adventist Church 16:09 - The word “science” has become a shield against criticism 18:19 -  On eating everything in moderation 21:04 - The CPI significantly downplays the effect of inflation 25:53 - The benefits of eating sound good  28:54 - How could a transition to the Bitcoin standard look like? 32:50 - Freedom and raising free children 36:21 - Advice for starting the carnivore diet and closing remarks Follow Matthew on X: http://x.com/Matthewlysiak Get Fiat Food from The Saif House: http://thesaifhouse.com 

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#28 – Matthew Lysiak: Fiat Food, Bitcoin, and Fake Science

Farbood Nivi is the founder of Grockit (acquired by Kaplan in 2013). He has been biohacking for 25 years. Recently, he became one of the first 200 people in the world to receive Follistatin gene therapy. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:39 - Biohacking for 25 years 7:23 - Follistatin gene therapy 11:15 - Farbood’s protocol and results after taking follistatin 15:38 - The FDA’s job is not to keep you alive and healthy 20:58 - Próspera and other startup cities 24:13 - Effective accelerationism 29:27 - On living forever 33:40 - The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m an effective altruist and I’m here to help” 44:40 - Action is always selfish 50:53 - Tips for the average person to get started with biohacking 57:00 - The importance of mobility and flexibility 1:02:14 - Steve Jobs and following your heart Follow Farbood on X: http://x.com/farbood 

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#27 – Farbood Nivi: Follistatin Gene Therapy, E/Acc, and Following Your Heart

Jeremy Shearmur is a fellow emeritus in philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of Hayek and After and The Political Thought of Karl Popper. He also worked as assistant to Karl Popper for eight years. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript on Substack. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - The commonalities (and differences) between Austrian economics and Popperian epistemology 14:34 - Young Popper’s socialism 25:35 - The sociology of philosophy 29:20 - Two different aspects to Popper’s approach to teaching 36:11 - The situation at the Institute for Humane Studies at GMU 45:45 - Popper’s personality, work ethic, and other interests 52:11 - Against the self-expressionist theory of art 56:24 - Why the ideas of Popper and Hayek aren’t mainstream 1:10:03 - Anarcho-capitalism 1:23:02 - Closing remarks If you are interested in Jeremy's Zoom based conferences on Karl Popper's work, you can contact him at: jeremy.shearmur@fallowfield.info 

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#26 – Jeremy Shearmur: Epistemology, Austrian economics, and The Life of Karl Popper

David Deutsch is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity. He works on fundamental issues in physics, particularly the quantum theory of computation and information, and constructor theory. He is known as the father of quantum computing for his contributions to the field. He is an advocate of Taking Children Seriously, a new, non-paternalistic view of children. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript below. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:22 - Happiness is a state of continually solving one’s problems 4:54 - Both free-will and the self exist 12:06 - The principle of optimism 17:28 - Any ultimate explanation is a bad explanation 20:22 - The origins of Taking Children Seriously 25:33 - Why children are the most coerced members in society 31:33 - Anarcho-capitalism 

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#22 – Per Bylund: Economic Illiteracy, Entrepreneurship, and The Primacy of Theory

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