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Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
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Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
Plus: Is Veep more realistic than House of Cards?
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about mandatory maternity leave.
Plus: The search for a new speaker of the House continues to be a ludicrous mess.
Plus: Chaos in Congress, and bums in the parks
Plus: A listener asks the editors to weigh in on a hypothetical executive order to establish an American Climate Corps.
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to name America's unsung or undersung heroes.
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Plus: A listener question about the continued absurdity of sports stadium subsidies
Plus: Libertarian lessons in the wake of the Maui wildfires
The answer? Because special interests and government prevent the free market from working the way it should.
Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
Plus: Why don't journalists support free speech anymore?
Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being
Plus: Should libertarians consider employing noble lies when pitching themselves to new potential voters?
Plus: Does Tom Cruise really do all of his own stunts?
Plus: A listener questions last week’s discussion of the Supreme Court's decision involving same-sex wedding websites and free expression.
Plus: A listener question on the potential efficacy of congressional term limits.
Plus: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?
Plus: A rundown of recent nonsensical proposals for constitutional amendments
Plus: A listener question considers the pros and cons of the libertarian focus on political processes rather than political results.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
Plus: A listener asks if the Roundtable has given the arguments of those opposed to low-skilled immigration a fair hearing.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
Plus: A look back at Rochelle Walensky's tenure as head of the CDC
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Plus: A listener question scrutinizing current attitudes toward executive power
Plus: Should committed libertarians be opposed to pro-natalist policies?
Plus: What the editors hate most about the IRS and tax day
Plus: The editors respond to a listener question concerning corporate personhood.
Plus: the terrible case for pausing A.I. innovation
Which sentence in this podcast was generated using A.I.?
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.