Podcasts

David Glasner shares his perspectives on the famous Sraffa-Hayek debate, a topic on which he has expressed disagreement with Bob in print.

Government spending does not reflect true economic value the way personal spending does.

Interest rates, inflation, home prices, and federal spending all pose big challenges to a Trump administration that is ill-prepared to deal with the deep-seated problems in the US economy. 

Bob reacts to Bryan Caplan's current views, arguing that the history of economic thought is indeed important, and the Misesian approach to praxeology is crucial.

In What Has Government Done to Our Money? Murray Rothbard changes your whole view of the world—not just money.

In this episode, Ryan McMaken takes a look at how the domestic and commercial rituals of the Thanksgiving holiday are things that communists really don‘t like. 

Bob discusses common talking points that pro-free-trade economists often use when making the case against tariffs.

The gold standard hampers the growth of government power, which helps people more effectively fight bad policy.

Ryan and Zachary Yost look at some of the ways Trump's foreign policy might actually be a step in the right direction. 

Amy LePore joins Bob to talk about FEMA's poor track record in recent disasters but also going back to Hurricane Katrina.