Recent Podcast Episodes

Instead of the usual claptrap that characterizes most graduation speeches, someone needs to give a speech that defends liberty and tells the truth about government and capitalism.

Prompted by a listener request, Bob gives the standard economic analysis of tariffs and other types of taxes.

The great train wreck seems to be happening. Mark Thornton shares his latest guesses and outlook.

Ryan McMaken challenges the conventional takes on Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, constitutionalism, and more.

Tho Bishop exposes how central banks, entitlements, and Keynesian ideology have rigged the system against younger generations, and why reclaiming the narrative is key to rebuilding liberty.

Connor O’Keeffe applies Rothbardian insights to expose how the news media distorts reality.

Spencer Morrison and Murray Sabrin debate the economic impacts and ethical implications of tariffs versus free trade policies.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss America's new chapter of late-stage Soviet politics.

This is the Austrian answer to today’s economic controversies. Featuring Paul Cwik, Lucas Engelhardt, David Gordon, Jeffrey Herbener, Shawn Ritenour, and Joe Salerno.

Mises Institute faculty tackle tough questions on policy, economic history, constitutional interpretation, and practical libertarian strategies in this panel discussion.

Jonathan Newman challenges mainstream interpretations of equilibrium, showing how Austrian economics replaces static models with a dynamic, step-by-step view of market coordination.

Utopians are not satisfied with imposing DEI on humans. They also want the state to treat animals as “oppressed” minorities with positive rights. 

When governments seize private firms in the name of nationalization, the moves are usually politically popular. However, it doesn't take long for the nationalized firms to turn into a financial black hole.

Progressives promote civil rights viewpoints as being “good for the whole” of society. Yet most of the modern civil rights movements and accompanying legislation simply promote the "good" of one group at the expense of others.

Human action is not a figment of our imaginations, nor is it a social construct. Praxeology describes real and purposeful actions by people who act on what they know or what they believe to be true.

The Biden administration is determined to do an end run around the courts and ram through yet another student loan forgiveness plan. It is not real “loan forgiveness” but just a massive wealth transfer from lower-income to higher-income groups.

With political turmoil creating anxiety in Great Britain, The Economist chose to describe the political situation as “anarchy.” In reality, this is political chaos, not anarchy, since anarchy is based upon social cooperation and peaceful resolution of conflicts.

It’s finally clear to everyone that President Biden is not running the federal government. Yet the government is carrying on as it always has. It’s important to understand why.

For all of his freedom-loving rhetoric, it is clear that Woodrow Wilson was one of the most antifreedom presidents in U.S. history.

Patrick Newman exposes tariffs as economic distortions that harm consumers and misallocate resources.