Tho Bishop

Articles

Government Statistics Are Always Political

08/18/2025 Mises Wire Tho Bishop

The recent political firefight over Trumps firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer overshadows the underlying question of why we need the BLS at all. Murray Rothbard noted that government statistics provide the main tools for government economic intervention.

How JFK and the CIA Gave NYC Zohran Mamdani (and Obama to the US)

08/04/2025 Mises Wire Tho Bishop

In an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US universities, Sen. John Kennedy and the CIA inadvertently spread Marxism here and abroad. One product of this program was bringing Mamdani's Marxist father to the US.

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Born 116 Years Ago

07/31/2025 Power & Market Tho Bishop

Considered by many contemporaries as one of the smartest men to have ever lived, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was born 116 years ago today.

Publications

Anatomy of the Crash

04/29/2020 Tho Bishop

From the preface : “End the Fed!” Three small words became one of the most improbable and powerful political chants in modern politics thanks to the presidential campaigns of Dr. Ron Paul. With the backdrop of a global financial crisis, the

Media

Intel, MAHA, and Trump’s Similarities with Richard Nixon

08/29/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Tho Bishop Joshua Mawhorter

Assistant editor Joshua Mawhorter joins Tho Bishop and Connor O’Keeffe on the Power and Market Podcast. The three discuss Trump’s acquisition of a stake in Intel, consider how monetary policy contributes to a lot of the national health problems MAHA is focused on, and react to Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech.

Fraud at the Fed, Smithsonian, and DC Council

08/21/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Tho Bishop Ryan McMaken

On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable talks about a new brewing scandal involving the Fed, revisits the conversation on nationalizing Washington, DC, and the new "golden age" of the Smithsonian.

Trump’s DC “Takeover” and the Lessons of the OKC Bombing

08/15/2025 Tho Bishop Connor O'Keeffe William L. Anderson

This week, Connor O'Keeffe, Bill Anderson, and Tho Bishop examine how state overreach and political opportunism shape America’s crises.

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