Recent Podcast Episodes

The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.

The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Steven and Cassandra Torello.

The Friedrich A. Hayek Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Donald and Judy Rembert.

Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his recent talk on secession at Oklahoma State University.

Mark shares the latest episode in the Mises Institute's The Costs of the Progressives video series, "The Drug War," which cites Mark's research on the economics of prohibition.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Marcel Gautreau to discuss the situation unfolding in Haiti.

The “AI” in our present real-world hype is nothing like the sci-fi “creatures” of film; AI machines are nowhere near conscious beings.

Open-borders advocates often point to the alleged openness of borders between the individual states in the USA. However, a closer look shows there are many restrictions most Americans are unaware of.

While fears that AI will morph into something like the Terminator and try to destroy the world, the real threat from AI is that the authorities will use it to produce propaganda and public lies.

The right to be able to enter into contracts with others is fundamental to free markets and a free society. That means people should be able to engage in discrimination.

The United States survived the first Great Depression, although it permanently changed the role of government. Will excessive government spending and money creation lead to Great Depression II?

New York City’s government has imposed draconian rent controls. The natural outcome, as economists note, has been massive shortages, as apartment owners no longer have an incentive to rent empty apartments.

In his State of the Union speech Thursday, President Biden will claim the economy is growing—and that his administration will “crack down” on corporate greed. He will not address the damage his administration has done to the economy.

Artificial intelligence has much to contribute as a consumption good and a producer’s good. However, there also are limitations in what AI can do, given it susceptible to the GIGO rule: Garbage in, garbage out.

"How do I explain why private ownership and decent​ralized ownership of weapons is a good thing without using the Second Amendment?"

Ryan McMaken takes a broad theoretical and international view of the topic of secession.

Mark sees reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Christian Sandström is a Swedish economist who joins Bob to make the case that massive government funding projects aren't necessary to promote science or industrial growth.

On this week's Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho reflect on the fourth anniversary of the political response to covid. 

Few economists—even the free-market advocates—understand what caused the Great Depression. No, the Fed didn’t cause the Depression by failing to inflate the currency. Instead, it was the Fed’s inflation that led to the disastrous early events.