Recent Podcast Episodes

Jeff Deist presents a no-holds-barred discussion of the economy after the coronavirus shutdown and George Floyd protests.

Until interracial marriage restrictions were abolished in the 1950s, Colorado had two sets of marriage laws: one for the northern Anglo-dominated part of the state, and a second rule for the southern state, formerly part of Mexico.

Economists have long tried to use the idea of "public goods" as justification for a wide variety of government interventions. But there is no objective measure for what's a public good and what's not.

Dr. Sunil Rao discusses his perspective on the recent retractions of papers involved in the Surgisphere scandal.

Mary Davenport and George Delgado developed a treatment protocol that can reverse the effects of the abortifacient mifepristone and be given to women who change their mind after a medical abortion. 

The medical profession has long employed the state to pad doctor salaries and influence. Before the Flexner Report, mechanics made more than doctors and the brightest students avoided the profession to enter the clergy.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Dr. David Howard comes on the show to discuss his experiences in America, and more broadly racism in America.

The political machines that run America's cities are likely to keep running them when these protests and riots end. Taxpayers will be worse off, but politicians will be even more powerful.

Mises knew: “Mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order. The young people…forced to remain idle, are the ferment out of which the most radical political movements are formed."

Who has the best claim to government property?

June 5 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Jones Act, a law passed to protect the domestic water transportation industry from outside competition.

George W. Bush has resurfaced to pander to the Left and the media in hopes of getting some attention. Apparently, Bush's brutal history of lies, wars, and torture is all fine now since he said some nice things condemning racism.

GDP can be increased through both government spending and printing new money. So, naturally, once lockdowns end we'll see a big rebound in GDP. But that doesn't tell us if the private sector is actually better off.

Not all (or even most) police are needlessly violent. But it is rational to conclude, upon seeing a person in a police uniform, that this person can—if he wishes to—abuse his power with near impunity.

Free the liquor stores to sell what products they want, what days of the week they want, what hours they want, and to whom they want.

The next time lockdown fetishists demand more coerced social distancing, many will say: "Social distancing didn't matter to these experts very much back during the protests in June. Why should we believe them now?"

COVID lockdowns (1) threw millions out of work, (2) increased police harassment of peaceful people, (3) cut people off from key institutions that reduce social conflict. This made a volatile situation far worse.

Neurosurgeon Chengyuan Wu discusses Elon Musk’s initiative to create a new brain-human interface using implants in the brain that communicate with the environment.

Alex Salter explains discusses his recent article (with Vincent Geloso) criticizing "state capacity" as an explanation for economic development.

Patrick Newman presented this talk at the Mises Meetup at Avondale Brewing Company in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 6, 2020.