Recent Podcast Episodes

Is the dollar now unbound, as the dominant political tool of the dominant nation? Jeff and Bob take a look at how strong the US dollar really is. 

President Biden's recent call to "buy American" is doomed to failure, just like all other protectionist schemes.

Would red-state America be a "third world country" without support from the federal government?

Rest in peace, "technolibertarianism." There was a time when many believed tech entrepreneurs would usher in a new era of freedom. Unfortunately, the new tech elites are technocratic collaborators with the regime.

People are innovative—if government doesn't get in the way. Entrepreneurs in developing countries find alternatives for people cut off from commercial banking services.

When we see real bipartisan action in Congress, it usually is for the worst.

At the heart of Keynesian business cycle theory is the so-called liquidity trap. Contra Keynes, however, economies don't falter because a sudden increase in the demand for money.

One of the fundamental tenets of Austrian economics is the ordinal value scale. Augustine articulated the idea more than a thousand years before Carl Menger wrote his pathbreaking Principles of Economics.

In the name of "economic development," San Antonio's government is seeking to seize a thriving business near the Alamo.

Three years after the covid virus hit the world, we are just starting to take a hard look at the damage caused by the covid restrictions. The "experts" not only were wrong; they were scandalously wrong.

Recorded in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2023.

Recorded in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2023.

In 1991, India's political leaders moved away from socialism, embracing markets and improving the economy. But Indian elites continue to push socialism to the detriment of the people.

Recorded in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2023.

Recorded in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2023.

Recorded in Tampa, Florida on February 25, 2023.

The president's SOTU speech has become an annual presentation of a new set of White House lies. But official Washington believes it is worse to publicly boo false statements than to make them.

American and European political elites seem to be wanting the Russia-Ukraine war to be fought to the last Ukranian and have done nothing to bring peace. It's time for a change.

Mark uses Intel Corporation as a barometer of the business cycle.

It's a myth that the "Founding Fathers" made America a republic in 1787. It was the state governments and their constitutions that did this. But the top-down myth glorifying the central government endures.