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Roberts is well-read and diplomatic, but I wouldn’t exactly call what he does with his show thoughtful engagement. The very few instances he has guests that tru

Roberts is well-read and diplomatic, but I wouldn’t exactly call what he does with his show thoughtful engagement. The very few instances he has guests that truly diverge from his ideological dispositions, he mostly dismisses their arguments without the same rigor that he defends those within his biases. His conversation with Elizabeth Anderson on workplaces as a form of private government is a good example of this: https://www.econtalk.org/elizabeth-anderson-on-worker-rights-and-private-government/ https://www.econtalk.org/elizabeth-anderson-on-worker-rights...

specialist 6y ago
Ya. It'd be nice if the Freedom Markets™ advocates would remain mindful of the "freedom from coercion" parts of libertarianism. I remain mystified by the application of different standards for governments and corporations.
refurb 6y ago
Russ isn’t 100% unbiased (is anyone), but what I like about his podcast (been a while since I last listened) is he is willing to bring people on with very different views and let’s them have the floor for a bit. He also does a nice job of “O.K., this is where we have differing opinions”. Unlike a lot of media that covers politics issues, it’s much more civilized to me.