Ep. 503 How Is the Progressive Analysis of Jeffrey Dahmer Like the Libertarian Analysis of Putin?

About this episode

The episode discusses the parallels between progressive and libertarian analyses of criminal justice and international politics.

Adam Haman returns, for the first in a series on "Challenging and Defending Liberty." In this one, Bob plays clips from a progressive who uses the Jeffrey Dahmer case to challenge the "prison-industrial complex." Bob argues that this is similar to how antiwar libertarians analyze Putin and the Iranian regime.

People in this episode

Host: Bob Murphy

Guest: Adam Haman

Topics covered

• liberty
• criminal justice
• antiwar analysis
• progressive politics
• libertarianism

Keywords

• Jeffrey Dahmer
• Putin
• libertarian analysis
• prison-industrial complex
• antiwar libertarians

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