Barriers to De-Socialization in the USSR
Presented in 1990, Yuri N. Maltsev describes the miserable standard of living in the Soviet Union and explains how the economy could be fully privatized.
Recent Podcast Episodes
De-Socialization in Poland
Presented in 1990, Krzysztof Ostaszewski offers a critique of Poland's half-way reforms and describes the obstacles the country faces in attempting to become a fully capitalist society.
After the Revolution: American Response
Presented in 1990, Joseph Sobran cautions against all foreign aid, calls for an end to entangling alliances, and suggests that America's most important export is Misesian economics.
Mises on Omnipotent Government
Jeff Deist and Matt McCaffrey discuss Omnipotent Government's absolute relevance today.
Even An-Caps Sometimes Give the State Too Much Credit
Bob Murphy points out a common fallacy among even self-described anarcho-capitalists, when they blame a social problem on "too little government."
The Welfare State is Tearing Sweden Apart
The welfare state is a key ingredient in sowing social mistrust and discord among diverse groups in Sweden.
End School Compulsory-Attendance Laws
Just as people shouldn’t be forced to send their children to church, they shouldn’t be forced to send their children to a state-approved organization for secular education and training.
Scott Horton Discusses Who’s to Blame in Venezuela, and Explains the Carnage in the Middle East
Scott Horton returns to the podcast to share his wealth of knowledge on a variety of topics—including his unhappiness with Bob's recent episode on Ilhan Omar.
Mainstream Media’s War on Julian Assange
The Bill of Rights doesn't mention that freedom of speech is restricted to a special class of establishment journalists. Freedom of speech is a universal property right, regardless of what the establishment-media gatekeepers say.
Why Single-Payer Healthcare Is So Bad
Compared to other types of universal healthcare systems, what we call "single-payer" healthcare is possibly the worst of all.
Can 12th-Century Medicine Save 21st-Century Health Care?
Accad and Koka interview Dr. Victoria Sweet, author of the best-sellers God’s Hotel and Slow Medicine, two of the most important books on medicine in recent times.
Elizabeth Warren Shows Us Why Government Must Get Out of the Student Loan Business
Under Warren's plan for higher education, Warren won’t make you go to college — but she’ll make you pay for it.
Bitcoin, Gold, and the Battle for Sound Money
Bitcoin is a shot across the bow at government’s monopoly control of money. While no one in the US appreciates the direction money is going, others are waking up.
The Unseen Costs of “Medicare for All”
Many of the worst costs that will come with "Medicare for All" won't be calculated in dollars. They'll come in the form of doctor shortages, long wait times, and less access to care.
Tucker Carlson and AOC Are Wrong About Christianity and Usury
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks Christian theology supports her bill on excessive interest. Her position ignores the actual history of Christian views of usury.
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
Andy Duncan joins Jeff to review an overlooked classic by Mises:The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality.
Harvard Astronomy Chair Avi Loeb Explains the Physics of Black Holes
Bob Murphy interviews Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and Chair of the Astronomy Department at Harvard, and founding Director of the Black Hole Initiative.
The Lesson
The whole of economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and that lesson can be reduced to a single sentence.
The Broken Window
The broken-window fallacy, under a hundred disguises, is the most persistent in the history of economics.
