Recent Podcast Episodes

George Gammon warns that the Fed won't have to force the public to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Instead, the public might clamor for it.

Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost look at the many factors behind Ukraine's failure to defeat Russia or move closer to NATO membership. Ukraine is sadly caught between a cynical NATO and a Russia that is in it for the long haul. 

Mark Thornton joins Ryan and Tho on Radio Rothbard to take a closer look at the state of the US dollar and how price inflation and economic crises are likely to play out in the months and years ahead. 

Whether political elites promote outright socialism or interventionism, they are advocating a failed economy.

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.

In today's political climate, many people act against their own interests to avoid being attacked by others.

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.

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

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

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.

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."

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.

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

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.