Scott talks to David Stockman about the fate of the economy after the coronavirus-induced shutdown and the multi-trillion dollar bailouts being undertaken by the U.S. government. Stockman is much more concerned about the economic ramifications than about the virus itself, and not because businesses are being forced to close for a few weeks, but primarily because we’ve been living under a crony capitalist regime of corporate welfare and unsound money for decades on end. The only solution any of the central planners understand, he explains, is to pump more money into the financial markets, which provides the illusion of short term relief at the expense of real long term damage. The current stimulus will only inflate asset bubbles even further and eventually bring about an even worse crash. All of this, of course, will be blamed on free market capitalism, which is the system most people think we have. Such a backlash is likely to lead to even greater socialization of our government and economy.

Discussed on the show:

“The Money Printing Gods Have Failed!” (David Stockman’s Contra Corner)

David Stockman is the ultimate Washington insider turned iconoclast. He began his career in Washington as a young man and quickly rose through the ranks of the Republican Party to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House, Stockman had a 20-year career on Wall Street. He is the author of Trumped!, The Triumph of Politics, and his history of the financial crisis, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.

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In this special quarantine edition of Kibbe on Liberty, Matt Kibbe is joined via Skype by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) to discuss the COVID-19 virus and the government’s response to it. Massie points out that no amount of money can stimulate an economy that has been put on pause and that if there isn’t some regulatory relief for farmers and other workers soon, we could start seeing food shortages as well as all the other economic damage this response is causing.

Business leaders and CEOs have recently joined social-justice activists in demanding a new brand of capitalism that serves not only shareholders, but also employees, customers, suppliers, and other “stakeholders.”

Paz Gómez from Ecuador, a policy analyst with Econ Americas and a research associate with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, explains why such a view is misguided and misses the point of Adam Smith’s famous invisible hand analogy.

In our weekly interview with the Discovery Group, Brandon Macdonald, CEO and director of Fireweed Zinc (TSX-V: FWZ), explains how the firm is both saving money and making strides in community engagement at its Yukon zinc-lead-silver project, Macmillan Pass.

Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the New York Times’ continued efforts to bolster the story that Russia both interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to do so in the lead up to the 2020 election. This time around, they allege, Russian actors are working on behalf of both President Trump, and also Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary race. Porter reviews some of the reasons why these claims are spurious, and he and Scott rehash a few of the Times’ other great blunders.

Discussed on the show:

“The New York Times’ Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia & Elections” (Consortium News)

“The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far” (The New York Times)

“Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders” (The New York Times)

“Pompeo and Netanyahu paved a path to war with Iran, and they’re pushing Trump again” (The Grayzone)

Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state, and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.

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Government response to the Coronavirus is shutting down church gatherings. Here’s what you need to know as we venture into a new era of government control over our religious activities.

There has been a lot of reason for the past decade to count middle America out of the economic and technological future of the country. But a new study from Heartland Forward tells a different story, showing that the "Heartland" is doing better at attracting and retaining members of the Millennial cohort in recent years. Ross DeVol, president and CEO of Heartland Forward, joins Underscored to discuss why that is.

We're also joined by Jacob Bruggeman of Young Voices for a preliminary discussion on this. He’s a policy writer with a focus on the heartland of America whose work can be found in the Des Moines Register, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and more.

Read the new report here: http://heartlandforward.org/millennals-find-new-hope-in-the-heartland

John Hunt, MD is a pediatrician, pulmonologist, allergist, immunologist and a former tenured medial faculty at the University of Virginia.

He is the co-author, with Doug Casey, of three novels: Speculator, Drug Lord and Assassin (forthcoming).

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I appeared today on the Disenthrall.me Youtube channel, host Patrick Smith, to discuss libertarian contract theory (Contracts with Stephan Kinsella). We talked about the standard legal view of contracts, the Rothbard-Evers title theory of contract, applications such as bitcoin “smart contracts” and intellectual property, the idea of breach of contract, liquidated damages clauses, and so on. (I was previously a guest — KOL264 | Disenthrall: Stephan Kinsella on Tim Pool Subverse and Trademark.)

From Disenthrall’s shownotes: “In response to a viewer request we bring you a deep dive into Libertarian contract theory. What are contracts? Why are contracts? What are NOT contracts?”

Patrick is apparently taking over Anarchast, on which I’ve been a guest in the past, so we may be doing an episode on that channel soon.

The guys witness the exponential growth of the coronavirus craze.

Kevin Jones is the founder and CEO of Bluewire, a sports podcast network. Kevin has always approached his career with a focus on the future. He started in sports journalism covering high-school sports on the east coast, but with quality work was quickly able to work his way up to cover the NFL and then a number of other sports and teams over a ten-year career.

But as he grew as a journalist he could feel the new opportunities that traditional media wasn't taking advantage of, so he set out on his own to create Blue Wire a venture-funded sports podcast network with close to 100 shows with great talent across all sports.

Isaac and Kevin talk about his journey, the skills he used to build his career as a journalist, and the insights that led him to starting a company.

Follow Kevin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mr_kevinjones

In this episode:

- How Kevin went from a struggling journalist to podcast startup founder

- How Kevin started his career in sports journalism working his way up from high school sports to the NFL

- Getting fired by the Cleveland Browns

- Moving to San Francisco to cover the Warriors and 49ers

- Where the idea for Blue Wire Podcasts came from and why Kevin left his comfortable media job to start a company

- Explore Blue Wire's catalog of podcasts at https://bluewirepods.com/

We also want to hear your story. If you've created an opportunity and found a career that makes you feel alive, send it to Isaac [at] crash.co

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