Recent Podcast Episodes

Once wealthy Argentina has suffered under one interventionist regime after another for nearly a century. What are the prospects for changing things for the better?

The New York Times claims that the "administrative state"—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy.

In an attempt to stymie the spread of covid-19, the Chinese government has imposed reckless and harmful lockdown policies in several cities. This will not end well.

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pundits on the Left have demanded even more centralization of government. But federalism is the best way forward.

Indian tribe sovereignty has long been a much neglected, yet important, tool in decentralizing and limiting government power in the US. 

More than sixty years after being "liberated" by Fidel Castro and communism, Cuba has become a large slave state where people enjoy little freedom.

People often speak of the Constitution with reverence, as though it were infallible. However, the Constitution was a centralizing document that cast aside the decentralization of the Articles of Confederation.

"Repealing the twentieth century" sounds like madness to many. Yet the progressivism that came from that century will be the death knell of civilization if not stopped.

Keynesian economics is a scourge to any nation that tries it, and African countries are no exception.

Paul Krugman denies that the Fed artificially suppressed interest rates. As usual, Krugman neither understands interest rates nor the effects of inflationary policies.

 How would issues like debt, entitlements, and defense be addressed if the US split into two or more new political entities? Ryan McMaken joins Jeff to discuss.

While the economic sanctions against Russia are helping to impoverish people in that country, they are doing a lot of damage elsewhere too.

Groups targeted by class warriors in America will achieve more if they follow the Igbos’ path and ignore the politics of grievance.

Many of the best-known civil rights leaders eschewed entrepreneurship, emphasizing that blacks seek employment in the professions and government jobs.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Jill Biden's "Latinx" outreach and recent polling that illustrates a dramatic shift in political voting patterns.

With his current timid, weak, and prevaricating position on price inflation, Powell is positioning himself as the new Arthur Burns, who did nothing to end 1970s inflation. 

The standard line among the Great Reset crowd is that capitalism exploits poor nations and causes poverty. In reality, capitalism and free markets have reduced poverty around the world.

The relative lack of inflation in Japan doesn't mean real wages haven't fallen.

Tightening the interest rate hurts both bubble and solid businesses. The Fed should just focus on reducing the money supply.

The relative lack of inflation in Japan doesn't mean real wages haven't fallen.