Recent Podcast Episodes
How Government Regulations Make Housing Unaffordable
The story of how housing became so unaffordable for so many is a tragic one. But this is a story of our own making, thanks to decades of misguided government regulations.
The “Old” vs. the “New” Liberalism
The enemies of the system of free enterprise paid liberalism an unintended compliment when they applied the name "liberal" to their own creed, historically the opposite of what liberalism stood for from the start.
Austrian Economics versus Keynesian Macroeconomics and Modern Monetary Theory
Presented at Mises University 2020.
Stocks Always Go Up. Until They Don’t.
When confidence is extreme, there's no scrutiny. There's always a "this time it's different" mindset, the belief that anything is possible.
Mises on the Velocity of Circulation
In this short essay recently found in the Mises Institute Archives, Mises goes over the basics of monetary theory and shows why the concept of velocity of circulation is useless for understanding changes in the purchasing power of the monetary unit.
What Germany Must Do for a Speedy Recovery
The German "stimulus" package does nothing to actually stimulate true economic growth. If German policymakers were smart, they'd be cutting taxes and spending, while abolishing regulations.
Recollections of Murray Rothbard and the Birth of Austro-libertarianism
Presented at Mises University 2020.
The Social Consequences of Zero Interest Rates
As Japan has shown, ultralow interest rates can greatly affect a society that was once impressively focused on innovation and investment.
