Political Theory

"As long as pseudophilosophies retain their undeserved prestige, the average intellectual will go on blaming capitalism for all the disastrous effects of anticapitalist schemes and devices."

Economists and political scientists, from Mises to Robert Higgs to James Burnham to public choice scholars, explain why mission creep and abuse by state agencies is the rule rather than the exception. 

Any political statement made today, by any politician or candidate, can be answered thus: "We don't believe you." 

Has economics fallen to politics? Court economists like Paul Krugman–we might call them "regime economists"–represent a profession in big trouble. Jeff and Bob discuss.

"Paine not only laid bare the roots of monarchy, but provided a brilliant insight into the nature and origins of the State itself."

"The commonly accepted theory that Fascism originated in the conspiracy of the great industrialists to capture the state will not hold. It originated on the Left."

Presented at Mises University 2022.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is to be ineptly defended.

Presented at Mises University 2022.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2022.