Recent Podcast Episodes
Germany Pushes Back against the ECB’s Bailouts
The EU has now become essentially a makeshift, lawless regime designed to prop up bankrupt states. So much so, in fact, that even the German supreme court has become alarmed.
Fevers, Flus, and Viruses: Adam Rodman on the Nosological Challenges of COVID-19
Dr. Adam Rodman, host of the podcast Bedside Rounds, sheds light on the COVID-related challenges that clinicians are now confronting.
Brazils Bolsonaro Becomes Political Target Thanks to Skeptical Approach to COVID-19 Lockdowns
Negative Interest Rates: Rewarding Profligacy
Why would an investor buy a bond that pays a negative interest rate? The answer lies in understanding how central banks manipulate the economy.
Why Has There Been So Little Consumer Price Inflation?
Prices of consumer goods have grown rather slowly in spite of sizable money supply growth. Why is there a gap?
How This Crisis Differs from the 2008–2009 Financial Crisis
In this crisis the money supply has already increased far more than during the last crisis. But it's hard to say when this will produce inflation because we're still in the midst of a demand shock and a collapse in oil prices.
Money Velocity and Prices
Prices and purchasing power are determined by how individual consumers value goods and services. The "velocity of money" won't help us understand prices or the money supply.
Human Action Part Seven with Tom Woods
We've reached the end of Human Action! Tom Woods joins the podcast to discuss Part Seven, "The Place of Economics in Society," and it's a show you don't want to miss.
Governments Are the Real Price Gougers
Although politicians lecture private companies for raising prices, it is governments that have for decades raised the prices of goods and services by limiting supply and raising costs.
Andrew Althouse on Clinical Trial Design and Remdesivir
Dr. Andrew Althouse dissects the recent news of the positive Remdesivir trial.
The Economic Effects of the Government’s Response to COVID-19
Mark Thornton speaks to the Auburn Rotary Club.
David R. Henderson Critiques Stimulus Bill and Organizes Protest of California Lockdown
Money Creation—Not Low Interest Rates—Is Behind the Boom-Bust Cycle
When it comes to understanding business cycles, Austrian school scholars stand on firm ground while critic John Tamny is all at sea.
How All That Extra Stimulus Money Could Lead to Price Inflation
More money creation doesn't necessarily mean higher consumer prices. But, if production is falling while consumers use their stimulus checks to buy food and clothing, we could see noticeable price inflation.
Some Insightful Entrepreneurs Planned for a Pandemic
Facing Economic Disaster, France Turns against Globalism
France faces a future of spiraling debt and declining economic growth. So Emmanuel Macron has now embraced economic nationalism as a way out. It's not likely to work.
America Is a Technocracy, Not a Democracy
Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and “Digital Certificates”
Proponents of mandatory vaccines and enhanced surveillance are trying to blackmail the American people by arguing that the lockdown cannot end unless we create a healthcare surveillance state and make vaccination mandatory.
As Oil Craters, Mexico’s Government Still Bets on Its Oil Monopoly
With oil prices in likely long-term tailspin, corrupt governments can't count on oil sales to bail them out anymore. But Mexico's government didn't get the memo and still clings to the state oil monopoly.