The Liberty Exchange Podcast
1) I, Smartphone: The Power of the Free Market with Lawrence W. Reed
In this episode Jonathan Fortier talks with Lawrence Reed about his essay, "I, Smartphone", which revisits the themes of Leonard Read's famous essay, "I, Pencil" for contemporary audiences. Their conv...Show More
2) Talking Liberty and Milton Friedman: A Conversation with Brad Lips, CEO of Atlas Network
Jonathan Fortier talks with Brad Lips, CEO of Atlas Network, about a network of over 500 liberty-advancing think tanks around the world. Their conversation explores the necessity of decentralized know...Show More
3) The Capitalist Manifesto with Johan Norberg
Jonathan Fortier talks with Johan Norberg, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World. The conversation explores how a simple coffee shop can illustrate the com...Show More
4) Modern Libertarianism with Brian Doherty
Jonathan Fortier talks with Brian Doherty, author of Modern Libertarianism: A Brief History of Classical Liberalism in the United States. The conversation explores some of the main themes in Doherty’s...Show More
5) Open Borders: A Conversation about Immigration with Bryan Caplan
Jonathan Fortier and Bryan Caplan discuss the reissue of Open Borders a graphic non-fiction novel published by Libertarianism.org. Caplan argues for the tremendous power of open migration to unleash e...Show More
6) The Freedom Convoy: The Case of the Canadian Truckers with Bruce Pardy
In this episode, Jonathan Fortier and Bruce Pardy discuss some of the ways that the government response to COVID (both in Canada and abroad) revealed the fragility of individual freedom in the face of...Show More
7) Creative Destruction: A Conversation with John Dalton
Jonathan talks with John Dalton, Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, about his book, Creative Destruction, published by Libertarianism.org in 2024. Jonathan and John di...Show More
8) Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hayek’s Nobel Prize: A Conversation with Don Boudreaux
Jonathan Fortier talks with Don Boudreaux, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, about the legacy of F.A. Hayek. Don provides a quick overview of the background and context of Hayek’s Nob...Show More
9) The Individualists: A Conversation with Matt Zwolinski about the history of Libertarianism
In this episode, Jonathan Fortier talks with Matt Zwolinski about his recent book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (co-authored with John T...Show More
10) Sustaining and Revitalizing Democracies: A Conversation with Brook Manville and Josiah Ober
In this episode, Jonathan Fortier talks with Brook Manville and Josiah Ober about their recent book, The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives (Princeton, 2023). Manville and Ober identify essential q...Show More
Sustaining and Revitalizing Democracies: A Conversation with Brook Manville and Josiah Ober
1:01:41 | Jul 25th, 2024