Recent Podcast Episodes

The government wants to make gas cars a lot more expensive. But electric vehicles are so expensive in the longer term that gas cars still look like a better deal.

A generation ago, the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR collapsed. Today, US monetary authorities are bringing down our own country.

Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the politicians who destroy wealth instead of creating it.

As governments create a housing crisis, Marxists call for policies that will make the crisis worse.

Market watchers have kept a keen eye on Apple as it heads for a new all-time high, but Mark has concerns.

The bipartisan RESTRICT Act—marketed as a "Tik Tok ban"—is properly named because it will restrict freedom, empower the state, and expand government surveillance. 

David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent. 

President Biden pushes a wealth tax as a measure of "fairness." Not only is it unconstitutional, but it's also bad for the economy.

Should the latest version of chatbots even be called "intelligent"? Per Bylund joins Bob to debunk the worries over AI taking your job. 

Even a partial weakening of the dollar's global demand will limit the US regime's ability to throw its weight around internationally. Yet Washington is unwilling to do what's necessary to prevent it. 

Ryan and Tho look at common American history myths baked into government school curricula. 

With the government foolishly handicapping the oil and gas industries and pushing other alternatives, the future is not very bright.

Ryan and Zachary talk about how wars are not nearly as cheap or economically harmless as many Americans seem to think.

Like Bentham's panopticon, modern cancel culture is built upon fear and online bullying, making people police their own thoughts.

Democratic politicians and supporters are cheering the Trump indictment, but the entire process has been so politicized that its legitimacy is easily called into question.

Violent crime is on the rise in Canada, and its progressive democracy is helpless to stop it. Further empowerment of the state makes things worse.

Mark takes a look at the good news on price inflation and why it is better than reported, but probably short-lived.

Bob and Jonathan Newman break down Krugman's incorrect notion that we shouldn't be paranoid about CBDCs.

Ryan and Tho discuss recent reveals about new lows for the FBI.

Part I: Economics, Chapter 3: How to Do Economics