Too Much Copyright
"This disconnect between the public's view of copyright and fair use and what should and should not be prosecuted, versus the 'copyright maximist' view of the law, is our generation's Prohibition," says Ben Huh, CEO and founder of Cheezburger and a loud voice in the recent backlash to SOPA and PI...
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How Drugs Helped Invent the Internet & The Singularity: Jason Silva on "Turning Into Gods"
The Singularity Summit is the premiere futurist conference (it's happening in New York City on October 15 and 16). Among the speakers is Current TV's Jason Silva, the director of the forthcoming documentary, Turning into Gods. Taking a page from Timothy Leary, the folks behind the Whole Earth Cat...
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Experimental Economist Bart Wilson on the Meaning of "Fair"
Politicians and pundits often use the word "fair" to describe policies they favor. But what does "fair" really mean? Chapman University experimental economist Bart Wilson argues that fairness should not be construed as equality of outcome, but as a process in which everyone plays by the rules and...
"Markets Not Capitalism," Says Professor Gary Chartier
"The kind of economic arrangements that we see in our world today, which are dominated by cronies of those with state power, that's not the kind of economic arrangement that anyone who believes in freedom ought to favor," says Gary Chartier, Associate Dean at La Sierra School of Business and co-e...
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The Libertarian Youth Movement: Q&A with Michelle Fields of Students for Liberty
Do college students dig libertarianism? Which libertarian issues play well on campus? Michelle Fields is the campus coordinator for the Los Angeles chapter of Students for Liberty. She sat down with Reason.tv's Tim Cavanaugh at Libertopia to discuss the state of libertarianism on college campuses...
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Consumerism, Sex, Advertising, and Human Nature: A Talk With Evolutionary Psychologist Gad Saad
"The Ferrari is exactly the same in the human context," says evolutionary psychologist Gad Saad, "as the peacock's tail is on the peacock." Saad is an evolutionary behavioral scientist at Concordia University and author of the book The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography...
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Protest in Bell: City Residents Say "Enough!"
Should a city manager from one of Los Angeles County's poorest cities earn twice as much as President Obama? Residents from the working-class town of Bell erupted in outrage after learning that their city pays its officials some of the highest local-government salaries in the nation, including Ci...
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Peter Schiff on the Dismal Future of the US Economy
"We have to cut $1.5 trillion out of this year's budget," says investment advisor, author, and radio host Peter Schiff. Reason's Nick Gillespie sat down with Schiff at July's FreedomFest in Las Vegas. Schiff, whose most recent book is How and Economy Grows and Why it Crashes, says that the econom...
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Sweden's March Towards Capitalism: Economist Andreas Bergh on the "Capitalist Welfare State"
In The Capitalist Welfare State, Lund University economist Andreas Bergh explains how Sweden has managed to increase economic productivity despite its large public sector. Bergh says that despite popular mythology, Sweden is not a socialist success story but instead owes its economic growth to th...
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44 Ways to Say TSA: What do the initials "TSA" really stand for?
What do the initials "TSA" really stand for? Warning: Immature Subject Matter. Viewer discretion is advised Approximately 75 seconds "44 Ways to Say TSA" is produced by Ted Balaker, edited by Austin Bragg, and written by Balaker, Bragg, Hawk Jensen, Alex Manning, Jacob Sullum, and Zach Weissmuell...
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What Happened to the Antiwar Movement?
Even as President Obama maintains close to 50000 troops in Iraq and continues to escalate and expand the war in Afghanistan, the antiwar movement in America continues to shrink. So, what happened? Reason.tv visited two antiwar protests—one left-leaning, one libertarian—in an attempt to answer tha...
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The Foie Gras Fight: Animal Cruelty or Animal Rights Propaganda?
Chicago tried banning it. Now California wants to do the same. But what's so controversial about foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose that many diners consider a delicacy? "Foie gras is universally cruel," says animal rights activist and founder of the Animal Protection and Rescue Lea...
Free the 'Shine! Why it's finally time to legalize liquor
If drinking makes us healthier and wealthier, why is America's liquor policy so screwy? Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in 1978, and that newfound freedom fueled the craft beer movement that continues to lavish beer lovers with endless choices. But in many ways, laws that govern whiskey, gin,...
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Obama vs. Reagan: Ray Griggs on His New Film, 'I Want Your Money'
"It's beyond what you can think of as bankruptcy," says documentary filmmaker Ray Griggs of the current state of US debt. "In our world, you go bankrupt. In the government world, they just keep writing checks." In his new documentary, I Want Your Money , which opens nationwide in more than 400 th...
What We Saw At The "Our Communities, Our Jobs" Labor Rally
On March 26, 2011, the Our Communities, Our Jobs Rally in Los Angeles brought together the Teamsters, AFL-CIO, SEIU, the United Teachers of Los Angeles, and many, many more to protest a local Ralph's grocery store and to show solidarity with public-sector unions in Wisconsin. Reason.tv was on han...
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Adam Carolla on Taxes, Drugs, and More at Reason.tv!
Adam Carolla is coming to reason.tv and reason.com this Tuesday! The Ace Man, host of the wildly popular Adam Carolla Show, and author of the new book, In 50 Years We'll All Be Chicks, rages against cops, drug laws, tax-hiking politicians, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and more in this wide-rang...
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