Debunking Bad Arguments for Neoliberal “Freedom Rankings"
A recent book, Capitalism for Realists, tries to respond to some of Ben's criticisms of the Fraser Institute's biased, faulty economic freedom rankings. Ben sets the record straight.
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Ben and special guest RM Brown break down a ridiculous clip in which Ben Shapiro alleges that even aliens would instantly oppose gay marriage.
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Ben Burgis plays Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson a clip of Peterson dismissing Nathan's article about him and Noam Chomsky's reaction to that article...without addressing a single one of the arguments Nathan makes in the article! Dr. Peterson has publicly said that he wants to debate Nathan, but somehow Nathan can't seem to get ahold of him to set it up. What's going on?
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Order the book Ben Burgis, Matt McManus, Marion Trejo-McManus and Conrad Hamilton wrote about Peterson from worker-owned Red Emmas bookstore:
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Murray Rothbard, lunatic libertarian economist, showed his inner racism amongst...other feelings... while describing Malcom X
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We are going back through the archive of Sunday debate breakdowns.
In this clip: Ben, Matt McManus, and Russell Sbriglia watch Chomsky's opening statement from the Chomsky-Foucault debate on Human Nature.
Taken from Sunday Debate Breakdown (#4) which you can watch in full here: https://youtu.be/aJMSAllaKwk
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Left Reckoning's David Griscom talks about Jean-Paul Sartre. Ben, Producer Forrest, and GTAA YouTube Manager Kelly Carey debunk a video made by a YouTube tax-shelter guru who seems very upset about Ben's "Abolish Inherited Wealth" article. Joe Biden is up to various shenanigans (although we might not get to those until the postgame). Nando Vila plugs Ben's new book.
Matt McManus and Russell Sbriglia join Ben to continue the regular Sunday Night Debate Breakdown series by watching and commenting on the first half of Slavoj Zizek's 2019 debate with Jordan Peterson. (The second half will be next Sunday.) At the beginning of the stream they'll play the interview they did with Žižek this afternoon--that part had to be prerecorded since Slovenia is 6 hours ahead of EST.
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“Jacobin” Associate Editor Shawn Gude joins Ben Burgis and gives an overview of an article he wrote about Eugene Debs development as a socialist. (https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/eugene-debs-democracy-antiwar-canton) Harvey Kaye and Daniel Bessner join the show this week, as well.
Watch this week's full episode here: https://youtu.be/nl37AG8tbv8
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Sam Harris tweeted some thoughts about the is/ought distinction on New Years Eve. They don't make....a lot of sense but they are definitely thoughts. Ben Burgis and his wife Professor Jennifer Burgis weigh in.
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Ben, Jason and crew read through a couple of Rod Dreher's strangest articles, which were recently deemed too weird for the American Conservative.
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Ben Burgis, true to his brand, gives Joe Rogan an argument about trans kids going on puberty blockers. He helps Joe to see how going through the wrong puberty might be a bit different than not getting a tattoo. The discussion is particularly vital in light of the recent draconian measures taken by Governor Abbott in Texas to punish trans children. Ben and Joe also discuss the CRT laws and why they are so bad for free speech.
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