Recent Podcast Episodes

Massachusetts voters approved yet another tax hike for high-income residents, while California voters rejected a similar proposition. The current tax fever does not bode well for economic growth.

Ryan and Zack take a look at the Biden administration's new National Security Strategy.

Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood.

For families and friends gathering for Thanksgiving this year, many will assemble in a room called the "dining room." This is a modern luxury made possible by the bourgeois merchants of old.

Governments are demanding there be "proportional" representation of women in professions that women historically have avoided. Those efforts will be unsuccessful.

It is easy to think of the Fed as a good institution that simply lost its way. In truth, it was a bad idea and a bad institution from its beginning.

Spain's government is attempting to levy a wealth tax ostensibly to be "in solidarity with the poor." Because wealth taxes ultimately help lower real wages, there will be more poor people to share in the "solidarity."

As inflation ravages the economy, easy money is disappearing, with political and legal consequences to follow.

For all the positive talk, Americans are piling on more debt just as real wages are falling, job losses are mounting, and debt costs are rising. Thanks, Fed! 

Liz Truss sought to be another Margaret Thatcher, but her ballyhooed budget numbers did not add up.

Federal Reserve officials, for all of their alleged wisdom and education, have a knowledge problem. Hayek and other Austrians could have told them their grandiose plans will fail.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the topic of nationalism and the role it can play in political decentralization.

A serious political discussion at the federal level would center on structural problems of war and peace, debt and the dollar, and entitlements. But America in 2022 is a deeply unserious country.

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

Supporters of US microchip policy against China claim the policy is "strategic," but in reality, it is old-fashioned protectionism with all the usual economic damage.

Is there a case to be made for universal basic income? David Gordon examines the pro-UBI arguments by philosopher Matt Zwolinski.

Biden wants to roll out yet another "assault" weapons ban. Supporters claim it will reduce crime, but it will do no such thing.

American political, educational, and economic life is increasingly dominated by "experts." We should not be surprised that they fail most of the time.

The woes of Britain's financial sector have been exacerbated by UK financial regulators' failures.

Ending the string of economic crises that have occurred the past two decades will happen only when economies can depend upon sound money.