Capital and Interest Theory

This episode explores the economic implications of deflation, debunking the mainstream fear that falling prices cripple economic growth.

Long-term interest rates are on the rise and there is no shortage of explanations from the usual suspects. One thing the pundits miss, however, is the role of time preference in determining interest. The Austrians do not make that error.

Böhm-Bawerk shows us that the study of human action and the economy in general goes beyond the simple paradigm of the financial and monetary world. Economics is built into all human experience.

One of the unique features of Austrian economics is a coherent and consistent theory of business cycles. To understand business cycles, one must understand the role that interest rates play in the economy.

Bob walks through diagrams from Hayek's famous LSE lectures to explain the Austrian view of the boom-bust cycle.

As the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way. 

The evidence is quite clear. It really doesn't matter who's in the White House long term. Spending will continue to go up, and they'll be using the tax code to manipulate interest rates.

Bob explains how future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term.

Vegas expected Renato “Sound Money” Moicano to lose his UFC fight against Benoit Saint Denis. Instead, he won and used the opportunity to promote the work of another Austrian economist. This time, it was Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

As the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way.