Monopoly and Competition

Hunter Hastings joins Jeff for a thoroughgoing discussion of how monetary and fiscal policy distort capital markets and create perverse incentives for financialization rather than real production.

Jeff and Bob break down the good, bad, and ugly behind Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.

Among Mises's contributions was his doctrine of consumer sovereignty in a free market.

Higher education signaling, grade inflation, federal aid and student debt, free speech, and university bureaucracy.

Neoclassical economists have a rigid view of monopoly producers. Austrians recognize that the only monopolies that create problems have been nurtured by government intervention.

Government attempts to limit “monopoly power” cannot improve well-being.

The ruling class is claiming that free markets are nothing more than a "trickle-down" scheme. But a free market system really does serve society best.

The ruling class is claiming that free markets are nothing more than a "trickle-down" scheme. But a free market system really does serve society best.

One of the most controversial areas in Austrian economics, and one where even long-established Austrian theorists differ sharply, is monopoly theory.

Much of what we might call monopoly capitalism (or crony capitalism) can be tied to intellectual property laws.