The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families

You've seen him on the ten dollar bill, you have also probably heard the soundtrack from the Broadway musical. All around us in pop culture Alexander Hamilton is praised as a hero. But when we look closely at what he has done, is he a hero or a villain of liberty?

Today, Connor and Brittany are joined by Jeff Deist, the president of the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. They discuss Austrian economics, and why it's so important to the concept of individual liberty and economic freedom.

You've probably heard a lot of statistics thrown around in the last year with Covid. But statistics can be super misleading. In fact, they're notorious for being twisted around by whoever is putting them together.

Logical fallacies are all around us. Building on a previous episode, Emma and Brittany talk about the "appeal to emotions" and how it can be used against you in a philosophical discussion or debate.

Imagine a light company trying to sue the sun for stealing its jobs. Sounds ridiculous, but these types of protectionist complaints actually happen today in real life. In Frédéric Bastiat's "Candlestick Makers Petition" he uses satire to explain protectionism. But his comical piece later turned into a reality when a landscaping labor union tried to sue goats for stealing their jobs.

Today, Brittany and Connor sit down and talk with Austin Craig from the documentary, "Life on Bitcoin." Austin will explain how he was able to live off this crypto currency for several months and the obstacles he faced along the way.

If there is anything the pandemic has taught us, it's the importance of health. But all too often people rely on the government to tell them what health standards to follow. But history has shown us that the government isn't always the best entity to tell us what's healthy and what is not.

In Part I of this two-part episode, Emma and Brittany discuss President Biden's decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan, why this has been such a big deal, and how the entire situation shows that, once again, Ron Paul was right about foreign policy all along.

In Part II of this two-part episode, Emma and Brittany discuss President Biden's decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan, why this has been such a big deal, and how the entire situation shows that, once again, Ron Paul was right about foreign policy all along.

The government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers, but when governments give money to some companies to give them a leg up on the competition, that's exactly what happens.