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Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley explain how population growth INCREASES resource abundance. Today’s book: Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

Michael Huemer claims he is not a brain in a vat. Today’s book: Can We Know Anything? A Debate by Bryan Frances & Michael Huemer

Chandran Kukathas explains the threat immigration control poses to the freedom of citizens. Today’s Book: Immigration and Freedom

Jason Brennan describes historical and contemporary debates on democracy. Today’s Book: Democracy: A Guided Tour, by Jason Brennan

David Friedman talks about libertarian anarchism. Today’s book: The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

David Lawrence argues that free will has flaws, but determinism has more. Today’s book: Debunking Determinism: Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, and the Crusade Against Free Will

Bryan Caplan extols the virtues candor and authenticity. Today’s book: You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism

Max Borders claims we don’t take “consent of the governed” seriously, but we should. Books by Max Borders

James Tooley shows how the world’s poorest people educate their children without government. Today’s Book: Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education, by James Tooley

Maarten Prak shows how capitalism developed from the bottom up. Today’s Book: Pioneers of Capitalism: The Netherlands 1000–1800, by Maarten Prak & Jan Luiten van Zanden

David Beito exposes the many civil liberties abuses of FDR. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance by David Beito

Sean Mirski reviews the causes and consequences of early US foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus by Sean Mirski

David Schmidtz discusses the inseparability of successful communities and successful lives. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx Today’s Book: Living Together: Inventing Moral Science David’s university page & author page Discussed and recommended: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle; The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith; A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume; Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View by Immanuel Kant; Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society by James Otteson;

Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witcher explain how black Americans have been held down by the state and lifted up by the market. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter. Today’s book: Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America Rachel Ferguson: Twitter, website, Marcus Witcher: Twitter Discussed and Recommended The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy Financial Exclusion: How Competition Can Fix a Broken System The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American economy 1865-1914 The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Black Boom Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

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 the Promise of America by Rachel Ferguson & Marcus Witcher; The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths by Mariana Mazzucato; & The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel

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 Alone and I'll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World, by Deirdre McCloskey & Art Carden Discussed and Recommended: Four Essays on Liberty by Isaiah Berlin; The Conservative Sensibility by George Will; Kathleen Stock & Deirdre McCloskey Debate Issues of Sex, Gender, & Identity Professor McCloskey’s email, website, Twitter, & author page

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 personal website.

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 The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World, by Matt Thornton Woman expresses fear of backlash for agreeing with Billboard Chris

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. Hayek Free Market Fairness by John Tomasi Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jason Brennan Radicals for Capitalism by Brian Doherty The Debates of Liberty by Wendy McElroy