The Austrian Circle

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0010.mp3 There are solutions that don’t involve force, government and law in regards to the environment, climate change, pollution, and other property disputes over the use of our world. How can we save the oceans, save dying species, and avoid ecological disasters while still retaining freedom?

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0009.mp3 The State and the military corporations who benefit from war create their own enemies to perpetuate those wars, whether it be the drug war against it’s own citizens or the foreign wars. Today, Syria is being targeted via attacking ISIS, which manifests itself seemingly coincidentally in areas in which bombing would cause economic harm […]

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0008.mp3 I chat with Chase Rachels of the BRLP on the merits of free societies and why we would want to achieve true personal and political liberty. We also talk about peaceful parenting and how treating children with respect and non-violence can bring about a more peaceful and free world.

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0007.mp3 War is often sold under false pretenses through lies and manipulation. From the Civil War and even before it, politicians have used war as an excuse to curtail freedom, give more power to itself, and to steal life and property from the general population of the world.

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0006.mp3 While most people think that regulations are meant to keep the customer safe, they are actually the means of creating huge, monolithic corporations which are not beholden to their customer’s desires. Regulations destroy competition and create monopolies, since smaller companies can often not keep up with the financial requirements and hiring of legal teams […]

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0005.mp3 Dr. Mark Thornton and I discuss what skyscrapers mean for the global economy, what causes and exacerbates business cycles, what the current economic landscape looks like, why people just aren’t saving money, and what the role and function of interest rates are. Dr. Mark Thornton

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0004.mp3 Consumers are the central, core decision makers about production and all prices of goods and labor. They determine what gets built, how much gets built, what resources are allocated where, how much workers are paid for their labor, and are the motivating factor for producers to meet those consumer’s demands. The idea that business […]

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0003.mp3 On this episode, we chat with Rob McNealy in the midwest about the dangers of Statism and why voluntarism works. We talk about Detroit and the alternative solutions they are putting in place as their government tends towards bankruptcy and also what can be done to bring about liberty on this planet.

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0002.mp3 Politics can only see the world as constant conflict: black vs white, capitalist vs laborer, rich vs poor, old vs young, nation vs nation, etc. In the voluntary society, the only actual conflict occurs between criminals and non-criminals. “In the society based on division of labour and co-operation, the interests of all members are […]

https://24b9eb400710dac81e8d-597f4ed4ea6895a41e2bd2978eb66730.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/austriancircle/Austrian_Circle_0001.mp3 What is libertarianism? Here, we discuss the concepts of free markets, the non aggression principle, and an introduction to true liberty and freedom in human interactions.