Recent Podcast Episodes
Bob Murphy Analyzes “The Hunt” and “The Purge” Movies as an Anarchist
Bob offers his commentary on the movies “The Hunt” and “The Purge”—both produced by Blumhouse Productions—and focuses on whether The Purge storyline offers a challenge to Rothbard’s depiction of anarcho-capitalism.
Pandemic Follies: Tyranny Won’t Keep Us Safe
Hoppe’s Democracy: The God That Failed
Jayant Bhandari joins the show to discuss Hoppe's controversial thesis concerning monarchy and democracy. This is a must-listen show for anyone interested in Hoppe's most famous work and its application to the problems western states face today.
If We Want to Increase Demand in the Market, We Must First Increase Production
An individual’s demand is constrained by his production of goods. The more goods an individual produces, the more of other goods he can secure for himself.
Mises’ Theory of Socialist Destructionism: The American Reality
What we are now witnessing in the larger society is the result of decades of work within academia and government to destroy the private-property system of the West and replace it with a new socialist order.
What “Experts” Miss about Economic Inequality
Many of the "solutions" peddled by today's experts are more likely to increase wealth inequality than decrease it.
A Critique of the Labor Theory of Value
In contrast to the classical cost (labor) theory of value, the so-called marginal revolution ushered in the modern, subjective theory, whereby market price is determined by the marginal utility of a good.
Trump Continues the Never-Ending War on Cuba
The embargo continues, partly because the Cuba situation has indirectly exposed the corrupt sham of the entire Cold War and the corrupt machinery of the US national security establishment.
The Jacksonians’ Bank War: Liberty versus Power
The Jacksonians saw central banking for what it was: a way of making the rich even richer, while ripping off ordinary people.
Hoppe’s Localist, Decentralist Strategy Is Working in Brazil
In Brazil, the most effective reforms seem to be accumulating at the state and local levels. There has been real success in pushing back against tax increases and more.
3 Ways to Make Democracy Less Bad
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss some strategies for lessening the damage democracy can do.
Despite Big Budgets, Police Are Catching Very Few Real Criminals
Can the Stock Market Protect Wealth Better Than Gold and Silver?
Trying to stay ahead of the government printing press is the modern citizen’s constant worry.
“Build Back Better”: Why Are Both Biden and Boris Now Using This Phrase?
The Imposers and the Imposed Upon
There are two distinct classes in America, and we have to break up. And we have to break up sooner rather than later. If we are to avoid a disastrous conflict, each side has to let the other go.
Covid and the Escalation of Medical Tyranny
Covid has exposed how easy it is for government to weaponize healthcare. How long will the doctor-patient relationship remain sacred?
The Absurdity of Covid “Cases”
Central Banking and the Constitution
The US Constitution says nothing about central banking, so it does not authorize the existence of a central bank. Yet, "the Constitution has been tortured and twisted even as we speak to allow big government to control our lives."
The Second Act Will Be Worse Than the First: Lockdowns Are Not the Answer
Given the overt hostility that progressives have toward private enterprise in the first place, politicians will take shutdown-caused shortages and empty shelves as “proof” that private enterprise has failed.