Big Government

Mark sees reasons to be optimistic about the future.

On this week's Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho reflect on the fourth anniversary of the political response to covid. 

Many economic think tanks espouse that national defense spending benefits Americans at large. It doesn’t. The notion that military spending "bolsters" the economy is yet another Keynesian fable.

Once again, Congress is threatening to ban TikTok over “national security concerns.” But as long as Washington continues its unnecessary and provocative posturing around China’s coasts, Americans will never be safe.

President Biden needs an economics lesson.

While the president's level of energy and coherence grabbed much of the attention in last night's State of the Union, the opening of the speech revealed the troubling mindset of the Washington establishment. 

We may be governed by incompetent elites, but even they have not taken away our free will and ability to think for ourselves. We can look to Mises and Rothbard for inspiration.

As the federal government's debt approaches $35 trillion, default one way or another is inevitable. Many US states already have used that method to eliminate their debts.

Open-borders advocates often point to the alleged openness of borders between the individual states in the USA. However, a closer look shows there are many restrictions most Americans are unaware of.

Since the conclusion of World War II, each biennial session of Congress has ushered in a staggering