Recent Podcast Episodes

Another round of monetary chaos is coming.

Modern minds are so oriented toward state power that people often fail to understand there is a better way. Instead of “thinking outside the box,” we should think outside the state.

Robert Murphy explains how traders make money in a world of uncertainty and diabolical risk.

President Biden claims that spending money to send weapons and ammunition around the world is good for the US economy.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen of the Libertarian Institute to discuss his new book, The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger.

"Econ Bro" shows how he seeks to help his country, Nigeria, and the world by spreading economic truth.

Is a true populist US government on the horizon? Probably not.

Thanks to the exponential growth of government and regulation, the optimistic society of Back to the Future is fast becoming the dystopian world of Escape from New York or Death Wish.

While most economists admit that value is subjective, they still err by concentrating on scarcity and choice instead of purposeful action by individuals.

Because Federal Reserve policies distort the economy and create perverse incentives, Disney also must deal with intellectual property issues. The combination of the two will ruin the Snow White story.

"Effective altruism" has become a buzzword with modern progressives who seek to combine state power and billionaire-funded nonprofits to redirect resources.

Most people will claim to be political and social “moderates” yet actually accept extreme socialist viewpoints.

Christianity Today magazine enthusiastically endorses government-enforced family leave, calling it “pro-family.” Government coercion, however, is still violence, not something to be championed.

David Gordon explains Murray Rothbard's famous assertion that laws against libel and slander should not be on the books.

Even when Congress tries to restrict government agencies from illegally gathering information on people, the agencies simply exploit legal loopholes or just break the law—without consequences.

The boom-and-bust cycles are not natural to a market economy, contra Keynes. Instead, government through monetary manipulation creates them—and then politicians blame markets themselves.

An ever-inflationary monetary system and depreciating currency lead to moral decay and divisiveness.

Popular economic thinking holds that consumer spending is the most important driver of the economy. Actually, demand can’t exist without something first being supplied.

It's about much more than just price inflation. Ryan and Jonathan Newman look at the many ways that America's central bank causes economic chaos while making us poorer and more unequal. 

Bob critiques Yaron Brook's opening statement from the recent Soho Forum debate on the merits of anarchism .