Author John Tamny joins me on this episode for a freewheeling back and forth about some of today’s big concerns. John, a free market fundamentalist and original thinker, almost always has a contrarian take on things.
John’s books include Who Needs the Fed, When Politicians Panicked, Popular Economics and The End of Work
Some of the questions we get into:
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter
Why credit’s never there when you need it
What it means when Jeff Bezos says your margin is my opportunity
Has social media censorship been overstated
Have social media companies created a market opportunity for Musk
Should we have more engagement with China, not less
Is the Fed is just an outsourced function of Congress
Why you’re hard pressed to find examples where governments have created much wealth
Are the agendas of big multinational companies and government converging
What it might mean if Elon Musk sells more Tesla stock to buy Twitter
Did Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story matter
Has Wall Street, just like Silicon Valley, taken a hard left turn.
And John’s upcoming book Bringing Adam Smith Back into the American Home
Join in for a fun and of course, contrarian conversation with John who’s favorite phrase is “I am skeptical.”
