Podcast

Mark discusses the record levels of credit card debt.

David Brady, Jr. discusses his recent article at mises.org, in which he argues that the newly launched "FedNOW" system isn't a CBDC.

Modern socialism is as disastrous as the older state-planning model.

More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese Tao presented ideas that are reflected in F.A. Hayek's concept of spontaneous order.

Michael talks with Gad Saad about evolutionary psychology and the market, the mind parasites, and his new book.

At a time when ethnic politics were tearing Europe apart, Ludwig von Mises believed that such ethnic devotion did more harm than good.

Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.

Mark invites listeners to explore the Minor Issues archives.

Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost look at the many factors behind Ukraine's failure to defeat Russia or move closer to NATO membership. Ukraine is sadly caught between a cynical NATO and a Russia that is in it for the long haul. 

George Gammon warns that the Fed won't have to force the public to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Instead, the public might clamor for it.