U.S. Economy

They promised peace. What we got was another step toward global war and economic ruin. Mark Thornton isn’t buying the excuses.

Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.

Even though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his anti-growth trade policies and support for bloated federal spending.

Fiat is failing. Dr. Mark Thornton explains why sound money is the future.

Even though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his anti-growth trade policies and support for bloated federal spending.

Mark Thornton warns that the US isn’t heading for a soft landing, it’s drifting into Mises’s crack-up boom.

Daniel Lacalle joins Bob to tout the BBB as a pro-growth piece of legislation that is as good as libertarians are going to get.

We cannot allow the establishment to write the history of 2000–2025. To that end, consider this non-exhaustive bibliography for understanding this turbulent period.

Trump's now-infamous “Big, Beautiful Bill” has become the classic bait-and-switch, in which the president promises fiscal responsibility as a candidate but delivers profligacy when he reaches the White House.

Bob hosts economists Vincent Geloso and Chandler Reilly to discuss their new paper, which applies Rothbard's "Private Product Remaining" to rethink how national output is measured.