Fountainhead Forum

Ugo Stornaiolo is a law student from Ecuador. He talks about Javier Milei's plans to make the USA dollar legal tender in Argentina. He also talks about Ecuador and how their dollarization has worked there.

Bryan Caplan is (co)-author of eight books and a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is co-author of _Open Borders_ with Zach Weinersmith. We discuss immigration derangement syndrome. We discuss the facts and the myths about immigration. We discuss why borders should be more open than closed. His site is here: http://bcaplan.com/ His blog is here: https://betonit.substack.com/ He is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan His books are on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JSCEV0

Caitlin Peters is a translator and interpreter living in California. She's also a big fan of Ayn Rand and has long been interested in freedom issues in the Americas.

Tim Moen is the former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada. He has his own podcast and is also a fire fighter in Alberta. He talks about life as a fire fighter, along with life in Alberta. He talks about the political differences among the provinces, as well as coronavirus policies. He talks about Canada's libertarian heroes, like Wilfrid Laurier. He is on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Moen His show is here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLEObF9t1hVXC07J-9Bl9yg

Daniel Lacalle is an economist in Madrid, Spain, and has been friends with Javier Milei since 2017. He talks about Milei's rise in Argentina's political culture and the current Presidential election. His personal site is here: https://www.dlacalle.com/ His business site is here: https://alphastrategyconsulting.com/

Born and raised in El Salvador, Evelyn Lemus is now teaching the citizens of her country how to use Bitcoin. She is part of Bitcoin Berlin and talks about life in El Salvador under the current President Nayib Bukele. She talks about the new prosperity and optimism there. She also discusses Bukele's round-up of criminal gangs in the country and his popularity with the public.

Ioni Appleberg is a doctor in Sweden. He is an advocate for psychedelics and Bitcoin. He talks about Bitcoin, psychedelics, and life extension. He is author of the book _Abundance through Scarcity_. He has spoken at several Bitcoin events. His Youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCbs8XRzTUtCx11kw47auk5Q His book is here: https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Through-Scarcity-Ioni-Appelberg/dp/9916723087

Hrvoje Morić holds three citizenships: Croatia, Mexico, and USA. He has lived in Mongolia and Kazakhstan. He has also researched the "color revolutions" supported by the USA in many countries. He was also a professor of international relations. He discusses international relations frequently on his show on TNT Radio (not actual radio): His show on TNT Radio is here: https://tntradio.live/shows/the-hrvoje-moric-show/ His show "Geopolitics and Empire" is here: https://odysee.com/@GeopoliticsAndEmpire:f https://rumble.com/c/GeopoliticsAndEmpire https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Li1M7KirPLcr/

Max Borders is the author of four books. He has worked at the Foundation for Economic Education and has founded Social Evolution. He discusses how liberty can be achieved by building new systems. He talks about Bitcoin and other innovations which made the world a freer place. Max is a voice of optimism for the future. Max has two sites here: https://social-evolution.com/ https://underthrow.org/ Max has books on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07BZW2VKW

Martha Bueno lives in Florida and has lived in Venezuela. She is a successful business owner and has run for office. Her parents fled to America from Cuba, after her mother broke her father out of jail there. Her mother's father was a pharmacist, who lost his business in the Communist revolution (just like Ayn Rand's father). Martha has known Javier Milei for several years and discusses his appeal to voters in Argentina. She also discusses Fidel Castro's meddling in other countries, going back to the early 1970's. She especially discusses Castro's funding of death and destruction in Venezuela and Colombia.

Sean Mitsui works for the Grass Roots Institute in Hawai'i. He talks about how land-use and zoning regulations have made the state very expensive. He talks about other regulations. He also discusses the impact of the Jones Act. He also discussed the state's horrible policies against the big bad corona virus.

Daniel was born in Argentina and moved to Canada with his family as a teenager. He has been following Javier Milei for several years and credits Milei for converting him to libertarianism. He has prefered not to provide his last name because of his unemployment situation. He talks about Milei's appeal and what has made Milei successful.

Avens O'Brien is a second-generation libertarian originally from New Hampshire. She has went to Burning Man nine times and has also spoken at many libertarian events. She discusses the events at Burning Man 2023, where mud made it virtually impossible for people to come and go from the event. She also discusses the culture and principles of Burning Man

Erik Suarez is a political consultant and a writer. We talk about socialism in Peru and Venezuela. We also talk about the 2023 Argentina Presidential election and Javier Milei.

Johan Norberg is a scholar, author, and film maker from Sweden. He talks about Sweden during the time of the corona virus and how their policies worked out for the country. He also discusses the current political situation in Sweden, specifically their reaction to the Russia-Ukraine War. He also talks about what he would say to Greta Thunberg. His web site is here: http://www.johannorberg.net/ His Cato web page is here: https://www.cato.org/people/johan-norberg His Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Norberg

Adam Dubove is a journalist and libertarian activist in Argentina. He has written for _Infobae_ and the _Pan Am Post_. He is the director of financial consulting firm Ichimoku Fibonacci. He talks about Javier Milei's run for President and Milei's political party Avanza Libertad. He discusses his own run for office and how Milei has sold liberty to voters in his country. We also discuss Milei's involvement with a cryptocurrency scam.

Doug Barbieri is an American expat living in a small town in Argentina. He talks about the Presidential campaign of Javier Milei and how Argentines have already been using American dollars and Bitcoin to get around the country's hyperinflation. He talks about the country's culture and how it might move toward more freedom and capitalism. He also talks about his experience living in the Anarchapulco community and the HBO series _The Anarchists_. This includes offering his credit card to pay the hospital bills for an American who was shot there.

Phil Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy--an email encryption tool that he developed in the early 1990's. He talks about encryption and tools used against the modern surveillance state. He talks about the Patriot Act, which was passed after the World Trade Center attacks. He also talks about Edward Snowden. His web site is here: https://philzimmermann.com/EN/background/index.html His Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Zimmermann

Kevin Gutzman is a professor at Western Connecticut State University. He is author of six books about America's founding era and its heroes. His latest book is _The Jeffersonians_, which discusses the terms of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. We discuss the time of American independence in 1776 to the end of Monroe's Presidency. Here is Kevin's site: http://www.kevingutzman.com/index.html He is on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gutzman His WCSU page is here: https://www.wcsu.edu/history/faculty/kevin-gutzman/ His Amazon page is here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-R.-C.-Gutzman/author/B001JP0Z0A

H.G. Tudor has written over 40 books and has made hundreds of videos for his channel "Knowing the Narcissist." His Youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@hgtudor-theultra His site is here: https://narcsite.com/ His USA Amazon site is here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/H-G-Tudor/author/B073G94D38

Murray Sabrin was a professor of finance at Ramapo College for man years. He is also the author of many books and has run for political office for the Libertarian Party. He talks about the changes he has seen in colleges since the late 1960's and early 1970's until 2020. Here are Murray's article on Lew Rockwell: https://archive.lewrockwell.com/sabrin/sabrin-arch.html Here are Murray's appearances on C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/person/?51462/MurraySabrin Here are Murray's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Murray-Sabrin/author/B09FQ6TGS4 Here is Murray on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Sabrin

Chase Oliver is running for President. He is seeking the nomination of the Libertarian Party in 2024. Chase Oliver's campaign site is here: https://votechaseoliver.com/

Eduardo Marty is a long-time professor of economics who has taught in Guatemala and Argentina. He is president of the Fundacion Para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (Foundation for Intellectual Responsibility). He talks about Argentine politics and the philosophy of Javier Milei. Milei is the frontrunner in the country's Presidential election. Eduardo Marty talks about politics and economics elsewhere. He also experesses the influence of the Catholic Church on Argentine politics, along with labor unions. https://www.frilatam.org/

Esteban Hernandez lives in Florida and is originally from Venezuela. He is a part of two sites and channels for news in Spanish: https://factoresdepoder.com/ https://contrapodernews.com/ We discuss the rise of Javier Milei. Milei is the frontrunner in the Presidential election in Argentina. We also discuss the prospects for liberty and capitalism throughout South America. We discuss the socialist influences like the Sao Paulo Forum and communist infiltrators from Cuba. He also suggests that Maria Corina Machado is "controlled opposition."

Claudia Nunes is coordinator of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance in Portgual. We discuss the glory days of Portugal, especially its age of exploration. We discuss Portugal's history in the 20th Century, especially the long rule of Antonio Salazar. We also discuss the current economic situation in Portugal. We discuss why some are going there for a low cost of living and why others are leaving for economic opportunities. Many are going to other countries in Europe and also former colonies like Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique.