Economics professor, economist for “Current Affairs” (https://twitter.com/curaffairs), and author Rob Larson (https://twitter.com/IronicProfessor); professor of political science at Brown University, writer, and author Alexander Gourevitch (https://twitter.com/alexgourevitch) (https://www.alexgourevitch.org/); and history professor at Princeton University, writer, and author Matt Karp (https://twitter.com/karpmj) join Ben Burgis on Episode 16 of Give Them An Argument. In this clip, they discuss the Civil War–era Republican Party and its philosophies in relation to labor, wealth, capital, and markets. The central question is what ideals we can gather that President Abraham Lincoln embraced and how we would label them today. Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats. Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com Photo Credit, Marx Statue: Flickr user monoceros84 https://www.flickr.com/photos/monoceros84/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Image has been cropped and color has been altered. Photo Credit: William Pei Yuan via Wikimedia Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Image has been cropped and color and image have been altered. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y16h7gTBCc4

Comedian and actor Ethan Herschenfeld joins Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew to review a clip of right-wing hack Ben Shapiro and Christian apologist William Lane Craig defending ancient Israelite slavery on the grounds that (a) it was really just seven-year indentured servitude, not slavery and (b) indentured servitude was actually a wonderful “anti-poverty program”! Government handouts are bad for recipients self-respect, they argue, while selling yourself into slavery for seven years is….awesome for your self-respect? Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosny Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats). Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com Image Credit, Ben Shapiro: Gage Skidmore https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/42913418281/in/photolist-28o7ub6-JvyrJn-2i6DH3t-2i6BdUA-2i6DGTF-2i6DGRB-2i6BdEc-2i6ELaV-2i6Be2z-2i6DHiJ-2i6ELdF-2hiEire-czcNWW-czcNTw-RauRDh-28iPvN3-27hCLfN-q5A9ps-4osYmD-4owVqb-4owKJQ-27hDtXW-28iQpc5-27hDruj-28o7Z5P-JJcrAr-JcFPFG-HGbefH-HGbaHH-JcGg3y-zFYmk-eaC2qP-eaC2yv-eaC2Ce-eaC2mF-nmrcpo-eaC2Ai-eaHEV7-eaC2wH-eaC2wF-eaHESq-eaHEKE-eaHEEG-eaC2A6-eaHEQq-eaHEFE-eaHEDW-eaC2C8-eaHENJ-eaC2 Image has been cropped and color has been altered. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLKxOnjacU