Recent Podcast Episodes

Dr. Calton discusses his work on the Mises Wire about higher education, the government capture of student loans, and what can be done to salvage higher education in America.

The FHLB is the latest "weapon" in the government's so-called arsenal to keep the banking system afloat.

Deflation is the hallmark of sound and dynamic economic growth.

The fiat US dollar is being imperiled by reckless actions by monetary authorities.

While everything in the economy seems great, the value of the dollar index has fallen 12% since last October.

Robbie "The Fire" Bernstein joins Bob to walk through the shocking and hilarious moves by Biden officials to downplay recent allegations of corruption.

Do we have a right to sunlight? How do we assert those rights? Murray Rothbard provides some answers.

Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Tho to discuss the larger costs of Fed policy and how official government measures can be gamed with techniques such as "shrinkflation."

How can a bank “create money out of thin air”? We must enter the magical kingdom of “fractional-reserve banking,” where deposits are turned into loans, loans are turned into money, and so on, to find out.

Tho Bishop and Connor Mortell discuss common energy policy narratives.

With each iteration of the banking crisis, the Federal Reserve System and federal regulators gain in power and authority. Maybe the banking crisis isn’t an accident.

Ideologues seldom give way to the facts.

Patrick Deneen writes that the nonaggression principle promotes a liberalism that is harmful to society, as evidenced by John Stuart Mill's idea of the tyranny of public opinion.

Argentina is one of the world's poster children for hyperinflation. Unfortunately, monetary reforms aren't working because the authorities are not serious about having a sound currency.

It's fitting that the G7 recently met in Hiroshima because the policies they are following are blowing up the world economy.

The problem here not that the central bank is "setting" the "wrong" interest rate. The problem is the Fed has long been relentlessly forcing down interest rates to satisfy various politically determined "needs."

After 1820, growing numbers of propertyless squatters were voters, and this was an opportunity for politicians to offer cheap land in exchange for loyalty to the Democratic Party.

On this week's episode, Mark summarizes some problems with taxpayer-subsidized EVs.

Rent control is all the rage with progressives, with several states and localities trying to impose it. However, when people have their property effectively—and legally—stolen, there are long-term consequences.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation supposedly protects people from government data abuse. In reality, it empowers governments.