Recent Podcast Episodes

The Fed and it’s friends blamed cold weather for much of the year’s lackluster economic growth.

Austrian capital theory explains why creating a more technologically-advanced society is easier said than done, writes Mark Tovey.

US sanctions against Russia are just the latest incentive for the world’s economies to avoid dealing with the dollar, writes Ron Paul.

Economists often rely on the assumption of “other things equal.” The problem arises when politicians ignore the economy and unintended results, wri

When it comes to your local police, there is no shopping around, there is no customer service, and there is no choice, writes Jeff Deist.

An economy cannot be successfully planned with computers and technicians. Mises and Hayek proved this decades ago, writes Nicolás Cachanosky.

Jeff Deist and Marc J. Victor discuss what's happening in Ferguson, Missouri, and our disappearing legal rights.

Dating someone can come with a very high opportunity cost and can lead to great emotional distress and more, writes Julian Adorney.

The Fed and the Treasury are betting on the fact that the dollar will remain the world’s reserve currency forever, and that the US can inflate with

If the payoff is high enough, universities are happy to award degrees based on political connections, writes Predrag Rajšic.

It is now fashionable in some intellectual Catholic circles to disparage free markets at every turn, but this requires the critics to ignore the co

Politicians tell us that tax cuts aren’t necessary for economic growth.

Low interest rates combined with high-risk fractional reserve banking creates a powder keg on which we’re sitting today, writes Frank Hollenbeck.

Many still blame “deregulation” for the financial disaster that was caused by an intricate web of federal laws and regulations, writes Dale Steinre

Hollywood has a long history of joining forces with the US government.

Jeff Deist and David Gordon discuss Murray N. Rothbard's life from an insider's perspective.

The Argentine government has a habit of spending without restraint and then trying to cheat its creditors.

War has been at the heart of much pro-government ideology, and remains so today, writes Lew Rockwell.

With the failure of central planning, many economists see government as an entrepreneurial institution that fosters efficiency and economic growth,