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The episode features a discussion on Darryl Cooper's views on the labor movement and its historical context.

On this crossover episode, Adam Haman and economist Bob Murphy talk about Darryl Cooper (Martyr Made) and his recent appearance on Jim Webb's podcast. Darryl's take on the history of the labor movement is... um... less than ideal.00:00 — Intro. Darryl Cooper is great and we love his work, but...02:45 — Clip 1: Darryl on the labor movement in the 1870s.08:28 — Clip 2: Who starts the violence in these labor movements?20:00 — Clip 3: Were the Pinkertons et al violent? Or worse?25:27 — Why does Adam hate union labor violence so much? 43:04 — Clip 4: A tale of a company town: Pullmanville.49:42 — Clip 5: Without labor union violence, would we be a nation of serfs and slaves?1:05:10 — Clip 6: Without "Bolshevik" union leaders we'd have nothing but sweat shops?1:14:55 — Outro and final thoughts. Thank you for supporting Haman Nature!Sponsor mentioned: https://ScottHortonAcademy.com/crossover Darryl on Jim Webb's show: Patrick Newman article mentioned: https://mises.org/quarterly-journal-austrian-economics/depression-1873-1879-austrian-perspective FA Hayek book mentioned: https://amzn.to/4pfUPMK Sponsor mentioned: https://TheSwanBrothers.com/crossover Haman Nature Merch Store…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Haman

Guests: Darryl Cooper, Bob Murphy

Topics covered

• economic history
• labor movement
• union violence
• crossover episode
• podcast discussion

Keywords

• Darryl Cooper
• labor movement
• union violence
• economic history
• podcast

Sponsors

Scott Horton Academy, The Swan Brothers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jim Webb's podcast, Haman Nature

Books & works: Patrick Newman article, FA Hayek book

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