Vacuous Vocation

In this episode, Matthew discusses his love for breakfast burritos and the economics of price controls. If a price control were to be installed for breakfast burritos to share with poor people, even the rich will have to say goodbye to their beloved breakfast food wrapped in flour tortillas as the resources will be allocated to produce something more profitable like scrambled eggs or omelettes.  M...

In this episode, Matthew discusses the magical holiday season of voting and why he does not vote.

Fauci is a man to be suspicious of as he states that he wants public health to be a gateway to reopening the economy. To allow for public health to establish economic regulations will be to concede whatever part was "free" in a free market economy that America supposedly once had. 

How many Presidents will it take for you to realize democracy is depraved? Would you rather be able to afford something or have a right to something?  What would you think of Santa if his elves were actually hostages working as slave labor?

College Tuition is setting record highs consistently year after year. Who can you thank for these increased prices? You guessed it, the Cathedral, more specifically - the government for artificially creating student loans to increase the demand of people who want to attend colleges and universities which allows the colleges and universities to increase their tuitions. Not only are the high tuition...

This is a little bit darker episode discussing death and suicide in order to discover the value of life and where Matthew's Values come from in his own experience.

The CDC has implemented their "Eviction Moratorium" which allows some 30 to 40 million people from being evicted until the end of 2020. Although this sounds like a good policy and just for some, the implications can be far more severe by resulting in increased rents or housing shortages down the road. 

In this episode, Matthew gives the introduction from Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Lecture titled "What Must Be Done" That was given at the 1997 Mises Supporter's Summit in Newport Beach. Hoppe explains why peaceful cooperation exists among mankind and this is because of self-interest, that is to prefer more over less. With the division of labor peaceful cooperation can emerge out of the greatest social ch...

The Fall of Ancient Rome came from the implementation of price controls and currency debasement resulting in the Autarkies of the Middle Ages, Invading barbarian tribes only expedited the decay of the empire. The United States today plans to implement further controls on prices that will result in shortages of the necessary goods for survival, along with the potential for hyperinflation and curren...

In this episode, Matthew discusses the economic and moral reasons of privatization of the roads. Roughly 35,000 people die annually on the roads and it is the dangers of driving that is the proximate cause of deaths on the roads, but it is the road owners who are the ultimate cause of deaths on the roads, the State in improper maintainability of safety. The economic argument for privatization of r...

In this episode, Matthew discusses some of the aspects of the contemporary democratic and republican party politics in order to discuss that the only viable future for the United States is a return towards liberty and sound economic understanding.

In this episode, Matthew discusses the methodology of Austrian Economics in the Axiom of Action by understanding how individuals ordinary rank their subjective preferences while mainstream economics using cardinal ranking in order to construct indifference curves using utils as the measurement for preferences which is Keynesianism not economics proper. 

In this episode, Matthew discusses the philosophies of collectivism which is the philosophy influenced by Marx, Engels, Kant along with other collectivist philosophers and Individualism which is the philosophy of Libertarianism. 

In this episode, Matthew discusses the ideological differences between the concepts of governance which is the systematic provision of security and protection, and governments which are the State that originates from violence and endures through coercion.

In this Episode, Matthew introduces some of the different schools of economic thought and gives a brief history from Lao Tzu in 300 B.C. to the Spanish Scholastics of the 16th century, the French Physiocrats of the 18th century, and the Austrian Economists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In this episode, Matthew discusses the lockdown theory and why he opposes the lockdowns for reasons dealing with deaths of despair, economic collapse and child abuse and starvation.

In this episode, Matthew discusses the role insurance companies play, resulting in a natural governance in Anarchic Order.

In this episode, Matthew discusses why he is an anarchist and wanted to create this podcast.

In this episode, Matthew gives a brief introduction into the philosophy, politics, and economics of Anarchy. Anarchy is the philosophy of no kings or rulers where services are not provided via coercion. 

In this episode, Matthew discusses why the FDA reviewers try to ensure the problem as if it pertains to some group or entity much like the idea that "benefits accrue to society", as well as discussing how FDA officials are prone to type I errors. 

In this episode, Matthew discusses why he opposes the State for reasons dealing with war, the economics of public choice, and prospects for civilization.