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Alex Buxeda

ist Redaktor beim «Schweizer Monat» und betreibt den Podcast Change My Mind zu Freiheit, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft.

Patents are Marxist

Patents are Marxist

Patents attempt to own ideas and fail. They deter innovation and tax our common inheritance.

From Trade to the State and Back

From Trade to the State and Back

The state emerged to fix market failure, it turns out that too much antidote is a poison in its own right. The state behaves very differently, it taxes others, doesn’t pay net taxes and state-owned businesses run on a deficit if costs are properly measured.

Science Tells You How to Live, Not God

Science Tells You How to Live, Not God

Michael Shermer and Alex Buxeda get into where morality actually comes from, and why "God did it" doesn't explain a thing. From the Bible and abortion to evolution, markets, tolerance and demographic collapse, they make the case that ethics comes from human nature, not sacred books.

J.K. Rowling and the Fight for Free Speech

J.K. Rowling and the Fight for Free Speech

Solomon Schmidt, the 22-year-old author of A Pen to Change the World, the only complete biography of J.K. Rowling, sits down with Alex Buxeda for a wide-ranging conversation about the woman behind Harry Potter and the courage it took her to speak out during the trans controversy.

Intellectual Property Doesn't Make Sense

Intellectual Property Doesn't Make Sense

Stephan Kinsella sits with Alex Buxeda to ask whether ideas can be owned. They explore Kinsella’s case against patents and copyrights, scarcity, innovation without IP, pharmaceutical patents, entrepreneurship, pricing, and the philosophical foundations of ownership.

Wir waren schon immer Cyborgs

Wir waren schon immer Cyborgs

Die Gegner des Transhumanismus ziehen eine scharfe Grenze zwischen Natur und Technologie. Doch diese Grenze existiert nicht. Es gab keinen Urknallmoment, in dem der Mensch auf Technologie stiess – nur einen fortlaufenden Prozess der Koevolution.