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Michael Huemer talks about puzzles and insights in the study of knowledge. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter Today’s book: Understanding Knowledge Discussed and recommended: Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes , An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume , and The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Mike’s blog , author page , and website

James Otteson argues against wealth redistribution. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Should Wealth Be Redistributed? A Debate James’s website , Twitter , author page , university page . Recommended and discussed: From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 by David Beito ; Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and...

Deirdre McCloskey explains how freedom and bourgeoise dignity enriched the world. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter The Bourgeoise Era Trilogy Vol. 1 - The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce Vol. 2 - Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World Vol. 3 - Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World Shorter summary volume: Leave Me...

Bryan Caplan discusses political irrationality, partisan loyalty, and more. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality Bryan’s recommendations: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction & Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? both by Philip Tetlock Bryan’s Twitter , Author Page , Substack , and p...

Peter Boghossian talks about wokeness, scholarly corruption, and how to have impossible conversations. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Find Peter on Twitter , YouTube , Substack , and his website . The Reformers, Part 1 : Explores the Sokal Squared Hoax, aka the Grievance Studies Affair How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide , by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay Th...

Matt Zwolinski reviews 200 years of libertarian intellectual history. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism Find Matt on Twitter and Substack . Matt’s Recommendations: The Elements of Justice by David Schmidtz The Structure of Liberty by Randy Barnett Individualism and Economic Order by F.A. Ha...

Dan Moller makes a novel case for libertarianism. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism Dan’s new book, The Way of Bach, and other info can be found at his website . Dan’s recommendations: Anarchy, State, and Utopia , A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World , and The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequal...

William Nelson describes how the common law shaped early America. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s Book: E Pluribus Unum: How the Common Law Helped Unify and Liberate Colonial America, 1607-1776 William Nelson’s Recommendation: Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution by Gordon Wood Other works by William Nelson

Fernanda Pirie shares her encyclopedic knowledge of law throughout history and around the world. Follow @IdeasHaving Sexx on Twitter. Today’s book: The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World Find Fernanda Pirie: Author Page , Oxford , Twitter Recommended book: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

Robert Bryce explains how important electricity is to modern life. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s Book: A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations Find Robert Bryce: Twitter , Author Page , Substack , Power Hungry Podcast Recommended Works: How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil , Renewable and Nuclear Heresies by Jesse Ausubel

Tibor Rutar analyzes the costs and benefits of capitalism using a straightforward and empirical framework. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Capitalism for Realists: Virtues and Vices of the Modern Economy Recommended and Discussed Books: Social Democratic Capitalism ; Would Democratic Socialism Be Better? ; In Defense of Openness: Why Global Freedom Is the Humane Solution to Globa...

Mike Rinder talks Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, and his own role in the highest ranks of the church. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Mike Rinder’s book: A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Mike’s blog , Twitter , and YouTube Mike’s recommendations: The Sociopath Next Door , Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology , Blown for Good: Behind the Iron...

Jonathan Rauch describes the social norms and institutions that generate knowledge. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth Jonathan’s website , Twitter , and author page . Braver Angels Recommended works: The Logic of Scientific Discovery and The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper; The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt ; Politics...

Jason Brennan argues for less democracy and less politics. Today’s Book: Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Other books by Jason Jason’s upcoming book: Democracy: A Guided Tour Other discussed works: Uncivil Agreement ; Democracy for Realists ; Neither Liberal nor Conservative ; The Case Against Education ; I, Pencil

Jonathan Katz describes the economic motivations behind US interventions around the world. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire Jonathan Katz’s blog & Twitter Jonathan Katz’s recommendations: Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump ; and The Jakar...

Michael Huemer makes the case that governments have no legitimate authority. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Is Political Authority an Illusion? (Little Debates about Big Questions) Michael Huemer’s recommendation: The Problem of Political Authority Other books by Huemer Mike’s web presence: Fake Noûs Blog , Personal Website , University Website Other discussed books: The Propert...

Paul Sherman explains how occupational licensing often violates the First Amendment. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s article: Occupational Speech and the First Amendment by Paul Sherman , as well as Paul’s recommendation: Professional Speech and the First Amendment by Rodney Smolla The Institute for Justice Liberty and Law articles Short Circuit Newsletter Follow @PaulMSherman on Twitt...

Chris Coyne lays out a powerful critique of American foreign policy. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter. Today’s book: In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace Chris Coyne’s twitter and website. Chris Coyne’s recommendations: Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power Is Made and Maintained, by Randall G. Holcombe ; Crisis and Leviathan: Cri...

Matt Ridley describes the processes and preconditions of innovation. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter. Today’s book: How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom . More books by Matt. Matt’s twitter and website . Matt’s recommendations: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress , and The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Pec...

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita presents a novel explanation for western exceptionalism. Today's book: The Invention of Power: Popes Kings, and the Birth of the West Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter Other works by Bruce Contact Bruce: bruce.buenodemesquita@nyu.edu Bruce’s recommended reading: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber , and The WEIRDest People in the World: How the...

Lauren Hall explains how governments cause birth and death to become over medicalized. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter Today’s book: The Medicalization of Birth and Death Also by Lauren Hall: Family and the Politics of Moderation: Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social Individualism Learn more about Lauren Hall Lauren’s recommendations: The Social Transformation of American Medic...

Bryan Caplan discusses feminism, social justice, colonialism, and more. Today’s book: Don't Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter Bryan's twitter Bryan's blog Other books by Bryan Bryan’s recommendation: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say

Elizabeth Nolan Brown claims sex trafficking numbers are wildly inflated. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx and Elizabeth Nolan Brown on twitter. Today’s articles: The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs , Massage Parlor Panic Feminists for Liberty Reason Magazine’s "Reason Roundup" The Feminist War on Crime Individualist Feminism: The Lost Tradition

Stephen Kinzer describes the CIA’s morally dubious search for mind control. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter Today’s book: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control Other books by Stephen Kinzer Follow @StephenKinzer on twitter Stephen’s website Topics: CIA, MKUltra, mind control, Nazis, science, Cold War, torture, assassination, medical experiments, Imperial Japan,...

Michael Huemer tells us why justice should be the central value of the justice system. Today’s book: Justice Before the Law Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter Mike’s blog Fake Nous Mike’s website Other books by Mike Topics: justice system, prison, plea bargaining, jury nullification, punishment, war on drugs, immigration, courts, torture