Recent Podcast Episodes

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about this year's Austrian Economics Research Conference.

From economic power to demographics to military spending, Russia simply doesn't have the ability to be a great power that threatens anyone outside its "near abroad."

A central bank whose policies accommodate irresponsible deficit spending by the federal government is a menace to society, unleashing uncontrollable forces.

Zombie companies, which were already a problem in 2019, have not only not been killed off but have multiplied. The zombie apocalypse could be closer than we imagine.

Bloomberg suggests that individuals should not be permitted to make their own stock selections because they are not "qualified" to make such decisions. Instead, governments should help direct their investment choices.

The new cold warriors are gaslighting the public on military spending, claiming spending isn't "keeping up." They want hundreds of billions in new taxpayer dollars.

Socialization of the economy led to immediate disaster. In 1920–21, Bolshevik agrarian policy culminated in a famine with an impact unparalleled in modern European history.

More than critiquing vaccines, this book exposes Anthony Fauci’s career as a case study in crony capitalism. The key players are the government regulatory agencies headed by Fauci.

Progressives will write the history of covid to hide the mistakes of progressive "experts" and to distance themselves from disastrous or pointless policies. They've done it before.

Introduction to Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849. Narrated by Scott R. Pollack

Part II: The Hamiltonian Era, 1790–1801.

Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.

Part V: The Failed Jacksonian Revolution, 1829–1849.

Here in Canada, the trucker protesters (and their supporters) have been civil and maintained the usual Canadian niceness. This civility has not been reciprocated by the political class.

Part I: The Road to Empire, 1607–1790.

Part III: The Failed Jeffersonian Revolution, 1801–1817.

Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.

Ryan and Tho look at the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Part I: The Road to Empire, 1607–1790.

Part II: The Hamiltonian Era, 1790–1801.