Recent Podcast Episodes
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.
Jim Bovard: Libertarian Muckraker
How Smugglers Made America
Smuggling has often played a pivotal role in important events and episodes in American history, writes Mark Thornton.
What Henry Hazlitt Can Teach Us About Inflation in 2014
In 1946, as now, the government held up the threat of deflation to justify a policy of ultra-low interest rates, writes James Grant.
A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property
Butler Shaffer's contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic.
Natural Disasters Don’t Increase Economic Growth
Although Frédéric Bastiat disproved it years ago, many still believe that natural disasters increase economic growth, writes Frank Hollenbeck.
Scarcity, Opportunity Costs, and Trade-offs
Peter Klein addresses the frequent criticism that private investors and entrepreneurs have too short of a time horizon.
Why the Cost of Government Is Higher Than You Think
When governments spend, regulate, and tax, they decrease household take-home pay while diverting savings and investment to the government class, wr
Why Central Bank Stimulus Cannot Bring Economic Recovery
Merely increasing demand does not increase production or produce wealth, writes Patrick Barron.
Helio Beltrão: World Cup Cronyism and the Liberty Movement in Brazil
Helio Beltrão: World Cup Cronyism and the Liberty Movement in Brazil
Entrepreneur and businessman Helio Beltrão talks to Jeff Deist about crony capitalism and the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and why the Liberty Movement
The High Cost of Minimum Wages
Swiss voters recently rejected a proposal to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage, writes Benjamin M. Wiegold.
How Inflation Helps Keep the Rich Up and the Poor Down
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
The Role of the Mises Institute
Interviewed by host Tom Woods, Jeff Deist discusses Liberty’s past and future.
The New Skyscraper Curse
Thanks to cheap money and malinvestment, new record-setting skyscrapers are being planned and built as the global fiat-money-induced boom continues