https://www.blogtalkradio.com/poleconA show about the theory and practice of economic freedom. Inspired by Friedrich von Hayek, Robert Nozick, John Maynard Keynes and our Lord Jesus Christ!enBlogTalkRadio.com. All Rights Reserved.Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:15:00 GMTThu, 27 Sep 2018 23:00:00 GMTPoliticsBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/c87c4ba7-100f-46ad-b880-1caa5c6555c3_img_1067.jpghttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/poleconA show about the theory and practice of economic freedom. Inspired by Friedrich von Hayek, Robert Nozick, John Maynard Keynes and our Lord Jesus Christ!slarson@hush.comLarsons Political Economypolitics,big government,economic policy,freedom,government debt,liberalism,millennials,progressivism,socialism,socialism marxismLarsons Political EconomynoA show about libertarianism in theory and practiceepisodichttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/27/socialism-on-the-rise-againPoliticshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/27/socialism-on-the-rise-again/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/27/socialism-on-the-rise-againThu, 27 Sep 2018 23:00:00 GMTSocialism on the Rise AgainSocialism is not, and can never be, democratic. It does not matter how much its proponents put the "democratic" prefix in front of it. Their ideology is, and will always be, a roadmap to totalitarianism, tyranny and the destruction of every society where it is applied. Despite all that, a new generation, born after the collapse of the Soviet Empire, is increasingly attracted to the ideas that once oppressed half a billion people from central Europe to the Pacific Ocean. What is it with socialism that continues to attract people to it? 00:27:00Larsons Political Economynosocialism,SOCIALISM MARXISM,totalitarianism,Freedom,capitalismNext year, it will be 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell. Back then, we thought socialism was dead. Yet a whole new generation is attracted to the totalitarian10f1a52e-8c9a-4982-86c3-a834e1df571a14fullhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/21/who-benefits-from-the-welfare-state-anywayPoliticshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/21/who-benefits-from-the-welfare-state-anyway/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/21/who-benefits-from-the-welfare-state-anywayFri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTWho Benefits from the Welfare State Anyway?Read my blog every day! We hear so much about how government programs like temporary assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit, etc., benefit poor and low-income Americans. But is it really true? Does the welfare state really make life better for those who have little? The painful yet honest answer is: no. The welfare state has trapped the poor in poverty. But even worse: the welfare state is not even designed to help the poor. It is there for totally different reasons - reasons that we never hear about in the public debate.   00:30:00Larsons Political EconomynoBig Government,The Welfare State,Progressivism,Liberalism,Economic FreedomIs it true that the poor are better off thanks to the welfare state? No. On the contrary!06f1d8fb-9a97-4a6c-86ee-ed58c7452ae913fullhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/14/robbing-the-millennials-the-nasty-truth-about-the-national-debtPoliticshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/14/robbing-the-millennials-the-nasty-truth-about-the-national-debt/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/14/robbing-the-millennials-the-nasty-truth-about-the-national-debtFri, 14 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTRobbing the Millennials: The Nasty Truth about the National DebtCan you take out a credit card, spend the balance and let your kids pay the bill? Of course not. Yet that is precisely how we are using our welfare state. For more than 50 years, Americans have taken more perks, entitlements, from government than we have paid for. The result is a debt that is now larger than our entire economy. What will this do to our children's future? A lot - for example, it will keep them from every enjoying the same standard of living that we have. Unless we do something right now about our budget deficits and our government debt, we will go down in history as the most egoistic generation in American history. 00:30:00Larsons Political EconomynoGovernment debt,Millennials,Economic policy,The welfare stateBudget deficits have become a permanent funding arm for government. We get the perks, our kids pay the bill.b76fde96-43d8-43a3-aa49-60b0fbe29fb512fullhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/07/larsons-political-economy-first-episodePoliticshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/07/larsons-political-economy-first-episode/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/polecon/2018/09/07/larsons-political-economy-first-episodeFri, 07 Sep 2018 00:02:35 GMTLarson's Political Economy First EpisodeTen years after the Great Recession broke out, the world is once again heading for a debt crisis. Most pundits seem to think that it is caused by emerging-market economies and the banks that have been lending to them. That, however, is not the case. The new debt crisis, which is coming soon, is going to be the work of the same culprits as the last crisis: Europe's and America's welfare states. With profligate spending, governments on both sides of the North Atlantic have driven the world into a debt hole that we will not be able to dig ourselves out of - unless we sacrifice the welfare state.  00:16:00Larsons Political EconomynoThe world is heading for a new debt crisis - but the banks are not to blame for itccbdb269-f0f5-4dbe-b3ef-542811f7acaf12full