Ryan McMaken

Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is editor in chief at the Mises Institute, a former economist for the State of Colorado, and the author of two books: Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities and Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre. He is also the editor of The Struggle for Liberty: A Libertarian History of Political Thought. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in public policy, finance, and international relations from the University of Colorado. Send in your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. 

Ryan is a cohost of the Radio Rothbard podcast and the Loot & Lobby podcast, has appeared on Fox News and Fox Business, and has been featured in a number of national print publications including Politico, The Hill, Bloomberg, and The Washington Post. 

He’s been married for 26 years and has four children. 

Journalists seeking comment: Email Ryan at rwmcmaken@mises.org.

Articles

Power & Market Ryan McMaken

 The campaign worked, and now the anti-Massie elderly GOP voters will get what they wanted:  a pro-Israel, pro-federal, pro-welfare, pro-war, and pro-Epstein Congressman who will never question federal power or the status quo. 

Publications

Ryan McMaken
The Fight over Economics Is a Fight over Culture The Left long ago figured out how to get ordinary people interested in economic policy. The strategy is two pronged. The first part is to frame the problem as a moral problem. The second part is to

Media

Tho Bishop Ryan McMaken Connor O'Keeffe

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the results of the most expensive Congressional race in American history. What does the defeat of Thomas Massie tell us? What does this mean for libertarian strategy? Should we blackpill? Tune in for this and more.