Media and Culture

The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience.

Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the fallout from the release of the Epstein Files and what it means for how the masses view the elite.

If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs.

If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs.

Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Tho and Connor to discuss Jerome Powell's favorite type of FOMC meeting: a boring one.

Many progressives believe that certain kind of speech, or what they call “hate speech,” should be subject to criminal penalties, including imprisonment. Murray Rothbard understood that such laws would destroy our very freedoms.

Many progressives believe that certain kind of speech, or what they call “hate speech,” should be subject to criminal penalties, including imprisonment. Murray Rothbard understood that such laws would destroy our very freedoms.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at the headlines coming out of Davos, including Mark Carney's speech calling out the lie of a "rules-based international order," the European reaction to Trump's plans for Greenland, and the political fallout on both sides of the Atlantic.

The rise of the state led to the rise of credentialism, however, credentialism neither guarantees competence nor quality.