Podbit · The Ben Shapiro Show
JD Vance argues Milton Friedman's laissez-faire economics only worked in a Christianized America — and now that the guardrails are gone, government must fill the gap. Ben Shapiro fires back: that's not Hamiltonian, it's accidentally Marxist.
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Michael Knowles sets the scene: he was in DC for an unveiling of an American Revolution statue, stopped by the Great American State Fair, and then secured a surprise hour-long interview with Vice President JD Vance covering his book, Iran, and 2028 prospects. Ben Shapiro watched the interview and delivers a mixed verdict — Vance is smooth and well-spoken, but his repeated attacks on MOU critics strike Shapiro as bizarre and unbecoming. [1] — Ben Shapiro "JD Vance argues Milton Friedman's laissez-faire economics only worked in a Christianized America — and now that the guardrails are gone, go…" 18:05 Shapiro has personally criticized the MOU and finds it falling apart — not just in the Strait of Hormuz but because a competing peace plan in Lebanon runs directly against it. He lays out alternatives: walking away from the Strait, bombing Karg Island, arming Gulf allies, or pressing through 'Project Freedom' despite Saudi resistance. Ben Domenech counters that Vance's anti-war language is not Obamian but Trumpian, rooted in Trump's 2016 critique of endless Iraq War. Ben Domenech then reveals he was personally named by Vance on Megyn Kelly's show as someone who just wants to keep bombing Iran — a characterization he finds deeply unfair given his consistent opposition to the Iraq War.
In a clip played on air, JD Vance argued that Milton Friedman's ideas made sense in a 1980s America with strong Christian institutional guardrails — but that in today's secular, globalized environment, laissez-faire economics produces very different results. The panel had sharply divided reactions.
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