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This episode should White Pill you about the coming generation.
I spent time conversing with Matthew Geiger, a teacher at the Menger Institute for Market Economics and host of the Menger Institute’s podcast.
He is also a PhD candidate in Economics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, where his research examines the economics of suicide. His work explores how monetary and political institutions distort individual sovereignty.
Matthew is a Hazlitt Fellow with the Foundation for Economic Education.
Matt mentioned the Menger Institute’s launching of its new program “The Economics of Anarchic Order”. This will take place at Descanso Gardens in Los Angeles on October 3rd, 2026 from 11am - 2pm.
Links: The Menger Institute
Matthew’s book and Master’s Thesis, “An Economic Analysis of Suicide”
Also mentioned in this episode: Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner
The Politics of Obedience by Étienne de La Boétie’
Matt mentioned Dr. Thomas Szasz. One of Dr. Szasz’s most popular books is The Myth of Mental Illness
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Since some may be new to libertarian perspectives, here is a short list of links you may find helpful. I’ve classified them based on the different ways people ponder issues:
Want to know how important things would get done without government?
* Reading material: “The Machinery of Freedom” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “Legal Foundations of a Free Society” by Stephan Kinsella
* Video: “The Case for Privatization, of Everything”, “Law without Government: Principles”, “Law without Government: Conflict Resolution”, “Law without Government: The Bargaining Mechanism”
Want a comprehensive overview?
* Reading material:
“The Voluntaryist Handbook” by Keith Knight
“The Consent Principle” by Shepard the Voluntaryist
* Video: “Anarchy 101”, “The Philosophy of Liberty”
Want to get down to the root of it, without sugar coating?
* Reading material: “Anatomy of the State” by Murray Rothbard, “The Most Dangerous Superstition” by Larken Rose
* Video: “The Fundamentals”, “The Whole Problem”, “The State is Too Dangerous to Tolerate”, “The Tiny Dot”
Want to focus on economics?
* Reading material: “I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read, “Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt
* Video: “The Attractiveness of Austrian Economics”
Want to focus on the absurdity of politics?
* Reading material: “The Problem of Political Authority” by Michael Huemer
* Video: “Election Day”, “I’m Allowed to Rob You”, “If You Were King”, “The Jones Plantation”
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