Plus: A listener asks if the editors have criteria for what constitutes a good law.

The Reason Roundtable

Goodbye, Navalny

Plus: A listener asks the editors about cancelling student loan debt.

Americans Care About Inflation, but Politicians Don't

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory. 

Where Do Libertarians Stand on the Campus Wars?

Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.

Worst 4/20 Ever

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).

Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.

The White House Lied About Its IRS Funding Only Targeting the Rich

Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.

Trump's and Biden's Terrible Tariffs

Plus: A listener asks about the absurdity of Social Security entitlements.

Biden's Antitrust Case Against Apple Is Truly Stupid

Plus: A listener asks about Republicans and Democrats monopolizing political power in the United States.

The CCP Sucks. So Does Banning TikTok.

Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States. 

The State of the Union Is Shouty

Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.

Rank Choices

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Politik

Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.