Coming to you live from the heart of the Free State of New Hampshire—welcome to The Independents (After Hours) with Carla Gericke.
Tonight’s guest is Daniel Rothschild, author of The Economics of Bureaucracy: An Academic View on Why Government Sucks (yes, we leaned into the “Rothschild edition” clickbait—no, he’s not in the Epstein files 😅). Daniel shares how an English major who “hates math” ended up in law & economics, why he asked Walter Block to write the foreword, and what he thinks libertarians get wrong when they talk about “the state” like a comic book villain.
We dig into:
Civil asset forfeiture (and how it flips guilt/innocence on its head)
Mandates vs. choice in schools and association
Borders / immigration and the “the state owns the country” argument
Why politics can make people worse (even when they think they’re being principled)
Culture war energy vs. New Hampshire-first unity
And a few spicy “favorite curse word” moments because… obviously.
Also: Liberty Forum is next weekend—if you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, do it. Concord is about to be full of libertarians, ideas, and whatever fresh weirdness the news cycle serves up.
📚 Daniel’s book: The Economics of Bureaucracy (available on Amazon)
🌲 More from Carla: The Art of Independence
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