Why We Need a Crash Landing
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.
Recent Podcast Episodes
Yellow Trucking Goes Bankrupt, Thanks in Part to Onerous Labor Laws
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 Killing and Destruction Must Stop: It Is Time to End the Ukraine War
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.
Is China’s Economy Hitting a Roadbump or Quicksand?
Peter St. Onge joins Bob to discuss the contrast in leadership between Xi Jinping and Deng Xiaoping, the dollar as global reserve currency, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Jim Rogers' prediction that the 21st century would belong to the Chinese empire.
The State Protects Itself While Crime against Ordinary People Surges
The regime has increasingly been consumed with paranoia over threats to itself—propagandistically termed "threats to democracy"—while real crime against private citizens is clearly not a priority at all.
The Government’s Role in the Maui Wildfire Tragedy with Connor O’Keeffe
Tho and Connor O'Keeffe discuss the role government incompetency played in the horrific tragedy of the Maui wildfires, as well as the bankruptcy of one of America's largest trucking companies.
The Simplicity and Significance of Mutual Economic Exchange
The simplest action of economics—beneficially mutual voluntary exchange—is also its most profound. People serve each other while improving their own lot in life.
Regime Paranoia and the Crackdown on Dissent
Ryan and Tho examine how the US regime is in the midst of its latest panic over public faith in the state's legitimacy.
Statism and the Unmaking of Reality
Murray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism was a war against nature. Statism has become a war against reality.
The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023.
2SLGBTQ+IA and the Law
The activists went from "We want to be left alone to live our lives" to "we want to control your lives too." Now the movement has state power on its side and bullies all opponents.
Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy
Some are claiming that AI can make socialism workable, but even AI cannot take the place of entrepreneurial economic calculation.
Why Government Pollution Control Fails
Mainstream economists are quick to claim that environmental problems are caused by "market failure" that can be "fixed" by government intervention. However, the intervention itself is the problem.
The Government Wants to Turn Blockchain Firms into Servants of the State
Federal prosecutors and other law enforcement agents are turning blockchain firms into government subsidiaries. The real goal is to criminalize what really are lawful, private exchanges.
What Marxists Say about “Market Socialism”
Following the collapse of the USSR, many socialists pinned their hopes upon the development of a "market socialism" that would be economically efficient and create equality. Marxist philosopher G.A. Cohen wisely dissented.
Has World War III Already Begun?
The recent actions of the Federal Reserve are reminiscent of central bank activities in wartime.
Progressives Have Corrupted Not Only Money, but Its History as Well
Social democrats are so desperate to cast off limits on government that they'll embrace anything that justifies their ambitions. So they invent theories of money that are very, very wrong.
