Liberty Curious

What has happened to America? How did we get here?The 2008 financial crisis. Cronyism. Globalism vs. Economic nationalism. The rust belt. The rise of China. Lockdowns. The culture wars. The 1619 project. Critical Race Theory. Radical woke ideologies permeating our institutions and our schools. America first. Left vs right. The Age of Chaos. America feels lost. How can we find our common ground again?full video: https://youtu.be/Z4JTYXIyCsQSamuel Gregg is Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research and author of the Next American Economy: Nation, State and Markets in an Uncertain World. He argues that the perennial debates about America’s identity go all the way back to the founding, and that the key to repairing what seems broken lies in the ideas of the Constitution. He believes that there’s still hope for the people of the United States and the American experiment, but first we need to recognize that America is at an economic crossroads. Will you choose liberty or state control?0:00 - introduction: what has happened to America?2:31 - America is at an economic crossroads 6:12 - identity politics & the moral argument for free markets 9:13 - a commercial republic 11:02 - collectivism, individualism, and general welfare 14:48 - what do people mean by capitalism? 18:18 - the rise of China 25:02 - from Tocqueville’s visit, to asking government to solve our problems today29:40 - the moral case for moving back towards the vision of a Commercial Republic33:28 - the crisis of masculinity & “toxic masculinity” 35:40 - soft nihilism 37:20 - what do you say to the economic nationalists? 40:09 - the culture wars 40:40 - ESG, stakeholder capitalism, DEI43:46 - political combat (left vs right)45:06 - consistency in your values 46:04 - mild authoritarianism among some influential conservatives 47:44 - what about the Davos crowd?48:59 - the WEF and Corporatism52:31 - not every corporatist is a fascist, but every fascist is a corporatist 53:58 - what can people do? 55:30 - school boards taking back education 59:25 - rigid stances 1:00:14 - America’s founding principles1:01:25 - the American identity 1:04:15 - ordered liberty 1:06:42 - different views on freedom in liberty movement 1:08:39 - how much should government be involved in all this?1:09:13 - a natural moral code1:10:57 - is moving towards a market economy with ordered liberty possible? 1:11:56 - reasons for hope 1:14:00 - outro: you can read Samuel Gregg’s book intro music: Sufjan Stevens "America"You can follow Sam on Twitter @DrSamuelGreggYou can read his work here: https://www.aier.org/people/samuel-gregg/& here: https://www.amazon.com/Next-American-Economy-Markets-Uncertain/dp/164177276X/If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel  @AIER_  dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

What if the last three years had never happened the way they did? What if there were colossal ideas, events and facts that were purposefully misrepresented or even hidden from the public that could have completely changed the world as we now know it? And what would happen when those truths came to light? Phillip W. Magness is the Director of Research & Education at AIER. He was actually the person who had done the FOIA request on the Fauci emails, the same emails that Fauci is now being questioned about in court by the Attorneys General of Missouri, Louisiana, and the New Civil Liberties Alliance. “On November 23, 2022, Fauci sat for a sworn deposition about his own actions in directing the United States’ pandemic response” and his role in suppressing so-called misinformation. In the FOIA request emails, Phil Magness and his colleagues discovered something wholly unexpected: “In early October of 2020, Dr. Francis Collins, then Director of the National Institutes of Health, ordered Fauci and his trusted lieutenant Clifford Lane to wage “a quick and devastating published take down (sic)” of a declaration written by eminent epidemiologists from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford. The GBD was based on long withstanding, evidence-based pandemic policies, but the problem was, it directly competed with the interests of the top-down, unprecedented response to a respiratory virus. What would the last three years have looked like if we hadn't had lockdowns, masks, mandates? If we hadn't have had the Hunter Biden story and the GBD censored and suppressed through Big Tech, with the involvement of the highest levels of governmental institutions?Is it possible that all of this was in violation of the first amendment?The Twitter files and the Fauci deposition are exposing the collusion between Big Tech and Big Government, and how that symbiotic relationship made it possible to craft narratives that changed the course of history. Phillip Magness has a unique perspective as an insider on the Fauci files. What I really wanted to ask him first, was “what do you see as the thread that ties this together”? #FauciFiles #twitterfiles #faucideposition https://www.aier.org/article/forgetful-faucis-deposition-all-those-lies-are-hard-to-keep-straight/aier.orgIn this video, we're going to be discussing the Fauci Deposition and Twitter Files Reveal Big Tech and Government Collusion. These documents show that the big tech companies have been working collaboratively with the government for years and that there is much more collusion going on than we originally thought.If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Thomas Hogan to discuss the Fed's expanding objectives.We discussed how the Fed is drifting into uncharted territory, dabbling in diversity, equity and inclusion, climate policy, CBDC, and more. Hogan points out how the Federal Reserve is harming the very people it says it is trying to help by implementing these politicized missions. Find out how in this video.If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand speaks with Peter C Earleeconomist at AIER. They discussed FTX, SBF, altruism, virtue signalling, ESG, CBDC, and the thread that weaves them all together. Pete is someone whose perspective you really want to hear on these topics. A former Wall Street guy, he spent over 20 years as a trader and analyst at a number of securities firms and hedge funds in the New York metropolitan area.If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Thomas Hogan, Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research, to discuss the Sam Bankman-Fried / FTX debacle and downfall. They discussed how it came to pass, and what it means for cryptocurrency exchanges & regulation moving forward.If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

If a society aims at liberty, can it become more equal? On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Alex Salter, Georgie G. Snyder Associate Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business and the Comparative Economics Research Fellow with the Free Market Institute, both at Texas Tech University. They discussed the history of the Federal Reserve, politics in America, rule of law, equality, the expansion of government, concentrations of power, and their socioeconomic effects. Full Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/JT2oS1XslzgIf you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Phil Magness, Director of Research and Education at AIER, to discuss censorship, fact-checking, the politicization of academia, and how that affects research, corporations, and American culture. Phil also outlines how academia often produces ideologically-driven experts who then take a technocratic approach to the impossible task of designing a perfect world, while quashing all ideas that don’t align with theirs. Full Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/gbVViPNsvFYYou can follow Phil on Twitter @PhilWMagnessYou can read his work here: https://philmagness.com/& here: https://www.aier.org/staffs/phillip-w-magness/If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel  @AIER  dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

What could America’s economic future look like?On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with with Dr. Samuel Gregg, prolific author, Member of the Mont Pèlerin Society & Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research. They discussed his new book, The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World. Full Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/RVKmLvz2sQoThey discussed state capitalism vs. a market economy, economic nationalism, populism, and more.READ: https://www.amazon.com/Next-American-Economy-Markets-Uncertain/dp/164177276XYou can follow Sam on Twitter @drsamuelgregg. If you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel  @AIER  dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism.

In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Barry Brownstein, professor emeritus of Leadership and Economics, writer for AIER and the Substack called Mindset Shifts. They discussed tribalism, and how it relates to historical and modern political ideologies, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and totalitarian systems. Barry explains how tribalism is incompatible with liberty, and how we can move away from tribalism and towards freedom. Video episode: https://youtu.be/LEIAWIV9GWYRead Barry's work here: https://www.aier.org/staffs/barry-brownstein/If you enjoy this podcast, you can also check out the Liberty Curious playlist on AIER here. You can subscribe to this new channel  @AIER  and hit the notification bell to be notified of all new videos. If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/

Did Lockdowns mark the end of the enlightenment era? Two years after the Great Barrington Declaration, Kate Wand sat down with one of it’s eminent authors, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor at Stanford University Medical School, a physician, epidemiologist, health economist, and public health policy expert focusing on infectious diseases and vulnerable populations.They discussed the immense harms and collateral damage of lockdowns, the crushing censorship of scientific debate and scapegoating of perceived opponents, the deification of Science, and the philosophical underpinnings of our societal response. If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Full Video: https://youtu.be/RChf-siETRYIf you enjoy the Liberty Curious podcast and other content by AIER, make sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel @AIER dedicated to short, dynamic videos that explore the topics of sound money, economic freedom, defending freedom & fighting collectivism. Listen and subscribe 👇Apple: https://aier.site/LiberyCuriousPodcastSpotify: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousSpotifyAudible: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousAudiblePlayer FM: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlayerfmYouTube: https://aier.site/LibertyCuriousPlaylistMore about AIER: https://aierdotorg.taplink.ws/