Recent Podcast Episodes

Smuggling has often played a pivotal role in important events and episodes in American history, writes Mark Thornton.

In 1946, as now, the government held up the threat of deflation to justify a policy of ultra-low interest rates, writes James Grant.

Butler Shaffer's contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic.

Although Frédéric Bastiat disproved it years ago, many still believe that natural disasters increase economic growth, writes Frank Hollenbeck.

Peter Klein addresses the frequent criticism that private investors and entrepreneurs have too short of a time horizon.

When governments spend, regulate, and tax, they decrease household take-home pay while diverting savings and investment to the government class, wr

Merely increasing demand does not increase production or produce wealth, writes Patrick Barron.

Entrepreneur and businessman Helio Beltrão talks to Jeff Deist about crony capitalism and the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and why the Liberty Movement

Swiss voters recently rejected a proposal to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage, writes Benjamin M. Wiegold.

Inflation puts a brake on social mobility: the rich stay rich (longer) and the poor stay poor (longer) than they would in a free society, writes Gu

Interviewed by host Tom Woods, Jeff Deist discusses Liberty’s past and future.

Thanks to cheap money and malinvestment, new record-setting skyscrapers are being planned and built as the global fiat-money-induced boom continues

Mark Thornton presents a one-minute primer on the "Skyscraper Curse".

Peter Klein discusses who should make the decisions to best allocate scarce resources and time.

Easy money policy hurts most people, particularly workers and savers, and redistributes their wealth to the ruling elites, writes Mark Thornton.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton discusses the failed War on Drugs, and the current state of the U.S. economy.

Libertarians must never compromise, even if it means accepting partial victories, writes Murray N. Rothbard.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton discusses gun control in the early days of Nazi Germany.