Words as Weapons
Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the linguistic battlefield and the corruption of language as an institution.
Recent Podcast Episodes
To Many, America Still Is a Place of Opportunity (Unless Progressives Destroy That, Too)
People still come to America, but it is because of the foundation created by private enterprise, not because of progressive politics.
Murray Rothbard Was Right: Deposit “Insurance” Is Not Insurance at All
Insurance protects individuals from events that cannot be foreseen. As Murray Rothbard noted, however, deposit insurance exists to "protect" a system that is inherently bankrupt.
Housing Is Getting Less Affordable. Governments Are Making It Worse.
The average new home in America was still well over 50 percent larger in 2021 than in the 1960s. Yet in an age of declining affordability, governments won't let homes get smaller.
Did Alex Jones Get What He Deserved?
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the Alex Jones verdict and the weaponization of defamation law.
Fed Socialist Money Manipulation Cancels Individuals’ Better Judgment
Government inflation makes people’s responses much more delayed, leaving people’s value adding greatly degraded.
“Spend Now, and Deal with the Consequences Later” Is the Worst Policy
Our current deficit policy amounts to "Give me your wallet, and you will deal with the credit card balance later."
An Evening with Dr. Ron Paul
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
The Nobel for Government Intervention: Bernanke and Others Rewarded for Flawed Theories
This year's trio of Nobel winners in economics are short on actual economics and long on government intervention.
The Mises Institute as an Intellectual Home
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
Europe’s Energy Crisis Was Created by Political Intervention
The European electricity market is probably the most state-regulated in the world. More intervention is not going to solve the problems created by politics.
The Bank of England Made Liz Truss a Scapegoat
The only lesson for the United Kingdom is to remember that if you follow Greece’s economic policies, you get Greek debt, unemployment, and growth.
Gold as Natural Money
Gold historically has not been money by government fiat. Instead, gold has been the natural choice of people for money, something governments cannot undo (despite its best efforts).
The Perils of Higher Education: Institutional Failure
As we watch the once proud edifice of higher education in the USA crumble, we realize that we are looking at institutional failure itself.
Higher Education in Crisis: The Problem of Ideological Homogeneity
College faculties historically have leaned left-of-center, but today, a rigid progressive ideology is enforced not only by faculty, but also by higher education administrations.
Why Revisionism Matters
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
A Critique of the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model
While Bitcoin's S2F Model has come under some criticism, the best analysis of its flaws comes from perspective of Austrian economics.
The Legacy of Murray Rothbard
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
