What do COVID lockdowns, currency collapses, and hyperinflation all have in common? According to Steve Hanke, they all reveal how central planners manipulate fear, money, and power to control society.
While MMT advocates claim special knowledge, the irony is that they don't understand money at all. Like all progressive statists, they fail to comprehend the economic damage done through their “modern” monetary manipulations.
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.
Mises Fellow Kristoffer Hansen joins Bob to discuss the controversy surrounding Mises' perspective on fractional reserve banking and free banking.
Murphy lays out the various camps in the debate over fractional reserve banking.
Dr. Philipp Bagus explains the main ideas from his new book which defends Misesian business cycle theory from a recent critique.
Bob explains the contributions of Menger and Mises to monetary theory. He then deals with the critique of David Graeber, who argues that the economists' story of the origin of money is bogus.
Money, what it is, where it came from, and why it is essential for just thriving society and economy.
Jason Purcell joins Bob to discuss his historical analysis of yield curves (in both UK and US) going back to the 1870s, which shows that central banks do indeed manipulate short-term interest rates.
