In this episode we speak with Louis James who writes Casey Research's, The International Speculator and also is a regular host of Conversations with Casey, a weekly
Topics include:
- Louis' evolution from a socialist to an anarchist - The two authors that woke Louis up were Ayn Rand (the Fountain Head) and Robert Heinlein - Anarchists need to go back and re-watch movies after they convert to anarchism - Louis' comments on Occupy Wall Street (OWS), "This looks like one of those times when history is about to veer completely in the wrong direction" - OWS has so much potential for good but it likely won't happen - Louis used to protest protesters with his organization, "Bureaucrash" - We (anarchists) can't wish away human nature any more than the communists could - Louis isn't sure anarchy has grown that much because of the internet or if the internet just made it easier to find anarchists - Louis believes Ron Paul cannot win but is spreading education in a great way - 9/11 swayed the pendulum back towards the statists after a long rise in free market understanding - In the US, talking about capitalism is like going into a church and talking about statism - In the old eastern bloc countries, people thirst for knowledge about capitalism - Socialism ultimately always ends once everyone is so impoverished - Louis operates the Casey Youth Conference on Liberty and Entrepreneurship - (ProfitFromFreedom.com) and teaches students in Lithuania about free-market capitalism - Anarchists should focus on reducing government. It doesn't have to go to zero, overnight.
LINKS & REFERENCES
Ayn Rand's, "The Fountainhead" -- Paperback: http://amzn.to/sXf0Xb Kindle version: http://amzn.to/uhcNs3
