Recent Podcast Episodes
Why Timid Reforms of Central Banks Won’t Work
It is now clear that the Fed and the European Central Bank are hard-wired to inflate the money supply while encouraging banks to make excessively r
Early Catholic Social Teaching: The State as Robber
Many Christians call for legislation to regulate, control, and ban activities that they deem as social vices, writes Bryan Cheang.
Dr. Mark Thornton: Wikipedia and Spontaneous Order
Why the Fed Is Nothing to Celebrate
For 100 years, the Fed has served to protect the interests of powerful banks through inflationary monetary policy, writes Benjamin Wiegold.
My Social Justice Is Better Than Yours
Socialism can only be maintained when one group imposes its will by force on all other groups, writes D.W. MacKenzie.
Europe’s Mario Draghi Starring in Bernanke’s Show
ECB’s Mario Draghi has taken over from Ben Bernanke as the world’s most enthusiastic money printer, writes Brendan Brown.
The Fed Distorts Everything
Jeff Deist discusses how the Fed creates a perilous landscape in which there is no honest pricing—everything has been distorted—even at the consumer level.
Government Roads, Subsidies, and the Costs of Fracking
A result of a complex system of subsidies and other government favors, it is unclear that fracking would be sustainable in a truly free marketplace
Limited Government Is a Vain Hope
Given the many failures of the state, many will mistakenly seek a solution in “limited government,” writes David Gordon.
Turning Piketty Right Side Up
In his new book, Capital In the Twenty-First Century, Piketty fails to understand how savings and investment work, writes George Reisman This audio
Even the Feds Admit Minimum Wages Cause Unemployment
A little-known loophole in federal law allows people with disabilities to be employed below the minimum wage, writes Nicholas Freiling.
Eric Peters: Anarcho Road Warrior
You Didn’t Consent to be the State’s Victim
Defenders of government coercion often claim that residence within a state’s boundaries imply consent to be taxed, writes Walter Block.
The European Central Bank’s House of Cards
The European Central Bank’s recent move to negative interest rates is a sign that the ECB is hitting the panic button, writes Frank Hollenbeck.
Higgs, Hoppe, and the Cycle of the State
The vastly greater productivity of a relatively-free populace makes for greater per capita tax revenue, writes Dan Sanchez.
Everything Popular Is Wrong: Malinvestment and Consumers
Any government intervention in the economy, such as, loan programs, regulations, and subsidies, creates malinvestments, writes Dayne Girard.
Why Foreign Politicians Hate Your Freedom
Governments don’t like it when neighboring countries offer freedoms not available at home, writes Ryan McMaken.
Profits Do Not Make Health Care Unaffordable
Government intervention in health care has driven up health care prices.
How Smugglers Made America
Smuggling has often played a pivotal role in important events and episodes in American history, writes Mark Thornton.