Podcast

The presence of American companies in foreign nations was once seen as a sign of American superiority and an instrument of American cultural power. Not anymore.

Persistently loose monetary policies always have negative growth and distributional effects that impair political stability. In extreme cases, there are civil wars and armed conflicts between countries.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss progressivism as a form of modern colonialism.

Everything from huge Keynesian "stimulus" policies to the war in Ukraine is dovetailing in a bout of stagflation: the simultaneous growth of inflation and unemployment.

Trying to interpret the actions of Vladimir Putin or politics in Russia using Western narratives is likely to end in failure.

The latest Keynesian money-printing and spending schemes are blowing up. It is time to hear what the Austrians have to say.

Why did Barbados postslavery develop a more robust economy than Jamaica even though the people had similar ethnic backgrounds?

Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.

Would you give up voting in exchange for no more taxes?

Green energy advocates want us to believe we easily can transition from conventional fuels to renewables. In truth, such a transition not only would devastate world economies, but also is not technologically possible.