Recent Podcast Episodes

People migrate for many reasons, including moving to a better economy and escaping political persecution. But one thing is certain: people are going to vote with their feet.

The covid restriction machinery is being ramped up in time for fall, despite the fact that covid poses little danger.

While the government promotes CBDCs as tools for "inclusion," it is more likely that they will be another vehicle for federal intrusion.

Peter Lewin joins Bob to discuss his work on uniting Austrian capital theory with mainstream finance.

Economic calculation is not an either-or proposition. Even in so-called market economies like that of the USA, there is plenty of government intervention that distorts market processes.

Matthew Mohlman and Tho discuss the need to build better alternatives to woke financial institutions, and the limit of political solutions to address the problem.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho talk about the Chinese economy. 

For the past fifty years, the US has not had a military draft. Unfortunately, the end of conscription did not mean US military interventions abroad ended.

The "2 percent" inflation target is purely arbitrary, and mainstream economists can't agree on the "right" level. It's all folly, and Austrian economics explains why. 

Ryan and Zachary rank the GOP candidates' foreign policy plans from last week's debate. They range from "least terrible" (Ramaswamy) to "utterly awful" (Haley and Pence). 

The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ protected was higher-cost flying.

Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change.

Too many economic commentators claim that monopolies are the cause of inflation. Austrian economic analysis shows that this is impossible.

In the Gulag, political prisoners were systematically terrorized by ordinary criminals with the encouragement of the authorities. It was hoped this would help the regime liquidate the state's ideological enemies. 

In a free society, political crimes like treason and "seditious libel" are few and far between. Under despotic regimes, on the other hand, political crimes multiply. 

Leonard Read's famous "I, Pencil" explained the workings of the market in terms of the creation of a simple pencil. However, we should not forget that the reviled fossil fuels are involved at every turn.

Yellow Trucking Company has filed for bankruptcy and ceases to exist as a viable firm. Much of the blame is due to the Teamsters Union which has a long a violent history.

The seventy-fifth-anniversary celebration of the British National Health Service masked the real failures of this system, one that only can become worse over time.

Mark explains why an economic Crash Landing is better for workers and savers, and how it would place much of the pain on the rich, politically-connected classes.

The Ukraine war brings death and destruction with no end in sight. Instead of encouraging more fighting, Western political leaders need to face reality and find a way to end this conflict.