Recent Podcast Episodes

In this time of war and uncertainty, we should expect to see the prices of precious metals rise and fall and the only certainty will be uncertainty.

All too often, judges allow sentiment to override the Constitution. While they might refer to a “living Constitution,” what they really mean is that they don’t permit the law to get in the way of their worldviews.

Mises described the problem, Hayek proposed the direction, Kirzner explains why the market will not stop. And the market, as so many times before, has already found the first step.

John Williamson, who passed away five years ago, is known for creating what was called the “Washington Consensus,” which was an attempt to bring a liberal economic order to poor countries looking to transition from socialism to capitalism.

As the Marxians do not admit that differences of opinion can be settled by discussion and persuasion or decided by majority vote, no solution is open but civil war.

Late last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription.

People readily line up on one side or another of great economic debates. How do they choose which side to take?

President Trump’s current war with Iran not only is creating economic havoc around the world, but it is also bleeding US taxpayers. There are no good outcomes here.

War should be good for gold, so why is it falling while oil climbs? Mark Thornton explains.

Parental obligations can't be reduced to a contractual or property-based relationship. Jake Desyllas joins Ryan McMaken to talk about why parents are responsible for the well-being of their children.

After his recent Zero Hedge debate with MMT co-founder Randall Wray, Bob takes a deep dive into the sectoral balance approach. He explains why the MMT argument is technically a tautology, how it's deeply misleading, and why the private sector doesn't need government deficits to save, invest, and accumulate real wealth.

In studying history, it is key to avoid definitional anachronism—failing to note how a word has changed over time and assuming the present meaning was the same in the past. This is often the case with the word currency as used in colonial America.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at the updates on the Iran war front, including whether or not a ceasefire will last and recent reporting on Israel's influence on Trump's war decision. Plus, discussion about a recent Tucker Carlson Show guest and his view that Christianity is inherently socialist.

The New York Times claims that the "administrative state"—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy.

Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today. 

The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution.

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.

The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight.

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point.