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Greenland: Trump’s Folly
Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary. Its supply of raw materials is also nothing…
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Dr. Mark Thornton Warns “Fiat Is in the ICU” and Central Banks Do Not Trust Each Other
Kitco News anchor Jeremy Szafron sits down with Dr. Mark Thornton to break down why central banks are fleeing Treasuries for physical gold and what the…
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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State
In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which supposedly is a…
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Weak States, Not Limited States: Early Ming Governance and the Illusion of Proto-Liberalism
Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, not limited…
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The British North American Colonies Were Not Homogeneous Political Units
The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different political and social outlooks…
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Billionaires, Workers, and the Exploitation Theory
Bob revisits Böhm-Bawerk’s critique of the exploitation theory of interest to answer modern claims that billionaires like Elon Musk must have “stolen” their…
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Revenge of the Skyscraper Curse
Mark Thornton revisits the Skyscraper Curse—the eerie pattern linking record-height towers to major busts—and argues the next signal is flashing for 2026…
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A Closer Look at John C. Calhoun
When it comes to the great political economist John C. Calhoun, most people love him or hate him. In this episode, economic historian Patrick Newman joins us…
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The United States v. Jerome Powell
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the reported probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Is this actual accountability for…
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Will Trump Destroy NATO with a Greenland Invasion?
If NATO members aren't even safe from other NATO members then what value is the alliance? There is one good thing that could come out of a Greenland war: it…
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Dr. Peter Klein on International Law and “Might Makes Right”
Bob talks with Dr. Peter Klein about the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela and the social-media backlash against “international law,” using it as a…
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Bait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them Gone
People who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And…
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Trump Wants $500 Billion More for the Pentagon As Deficits Mount
Trump says he wants to spend half a trillion more dollars on military spending, even as federal spending persists at Biden-Era levels and interest on the debt…
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The Central Banking Establishment Is Genuinely Worried About Trump, but Not for the Reasons They Say
Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to…
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Launches Criminal Probe against the Fed's Powell
This feud is little more than two factions within the Federal government fighting over how exactly to use the Fed’s many powers to inflate, exploit, and help…
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Powell Should Be A Great American Villain. DC Will Make Him a Hero
The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed…
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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism
"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation…
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Did the Articles of Confederation Fail? Probably Not
The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way…
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History of Hyperinflation
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits the history—and present risk—of hyperinflation. Mark explains the threshold that defines…
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Why Vivek Is So Wrong about the Founding of the United States
Vivek Ramaswamy promotes a fictional version of American history in which a handful of people created America and that culture and religion are canceled out by…
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Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism
Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to…
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The Donroe Doctrine and Its Consequences
On this episode of Power & Market, the panel kicks off 2026 with a conversation about the arrest of Maduro. What's next for Venezuela? What's DC's next target?…
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Why The Monroe Doctrine Cannot be Reestablished
With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe”…
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The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall
Whatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social…
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“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era
In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers…
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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela
The Trump administration wants Americans to believe that this latest intervention into Venezuela was a quick and definitive success. But, given enough time…
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The Aristotelian-Thomistic Roots of Austrian School
The Austrian School of economics isn’t a 20th century or even 19th century creation. Instead, Austrian economics is rooted in the logical thought, as developed…
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How Destructive Are Regulations?
Dr. Per Bylund explains how prosperity really comes from imaginative, risk-taking entrepreneurs rather than redistribution, and how regulations quietly kill…
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The Venezuelan War is a Racket
Donald Trump’s war against Venezuela is truly a racket, as it looks to be little more than an attempt to loot the nation of Venezuela’s natural resources in…
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The Real Reasons the US Bombed Venezuela
The US seeks another puppet regime in South America, and all this talk about democracy, human rights, and noble causes is just cover for the exercise of raw…
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Calhoun’s Doctrine of the Concurrent Majority
Sensing the dangers of tyranny by the majority, John C. Calhoun developed the doctrine of the concurrent majority which served to limit the powers of…
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Liberating the American University
Dr. Peter Klein explains why truly “liberating the American university” means cutting all state ownership, funding, and regulation—not just tweaking DEI…
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Three Key Lessons from the US's Venezuela Intervention
The US's bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy is irrelevant, and the "rule of…
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Socialist Mamdani Inadvertently Pays Tribute to Capitalism
Zohran Mamdani held his mayoral swearing in ceremony at the now-abandoned City Hall Station that was a feature of the first New York Subway built in 1904…
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The US Government Is Not the Daddy of US Oil Companies
Among the many rationalizations that the Trump administration is using to initiate massive force and violence against the Venezuelan people is that the…
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Questioning the Annexation of Texas as a US State
The annexation of Texas was a preview of future foreign policy. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/questioning-annexation-texas-us-state
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Trump’s National Insecurity Strategy
President Trump’s latest national security initiative is unlikely to make the US secure from outside danger. For that matter, Trump’s own internal policies are…
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The Statism of Donald Trump
From war to tariffs to inflation, it is clear Donald Trump is a devoted disciple of the ideology of statism and interventionism. The fact he's better than the…
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American Indians: Separating Truth from Fiction
Depending upon the narrative, American Indians were either noble creatures who were victims of a genocide by rapacious European settlers or were bloodthirsty…
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Silver’s Growing Pains
Mark Thornton kicks off 2026 with the new Minor Issues prediction contest (stocks vs. manure) and a hard look at the monetary-metals squeeze. Mark explains why…
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The Panic of 1893: An Austrian View
From an Austrian perspective, the Panic of 1893 provides key lessons, but this consequential panic has not received as much direct attention as it deserves…
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The Illogic of Reparations: Historical Standards, Selective Memory, and the Logic of Victory
Demands for Americans to pay reparations to descendants of chattel slavery in America have been growing. The case for reparations, however, has always been…
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In the New Year, We Will Hear Even More Environmental Doom Because the Doomsday Industry Never Rests
A wearisome part of modern life is the incessant chants of “doomsday” from intellectual, academic, political, and media elites. That their six decades of…
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Roger Farmer Gives a Tour of Macroeconomics
This week, Bob talks with macroeconomist Roger Farmer—who places himself “between Keynes and Hayek”—about how twentieth-century macroeconomics evolved. They…
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The Rise of the State and the Fall of Natural Law
In the wake of WWI, Pope Pius XI reminded his readers that governments instituted by men can never be perfect, and they cannot even be good if they neglect…
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Kalshi Culture: How Gambling, Speculation, and Degeneracy Went Mainstream
As government continues to engage in reckless actions from inflation to starting wars, people develop shorter time horizons, creating social vacuums. Increased…
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The Constitution as a Weak Reed
In theory, the Constitution should safeguard individual liberty by giving citizens a bulwark against state tyranny. However, the Constitution actually advanced…
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"Free" Health Care Will Not Fix America’s Medical Crisis
Socialists and progressives demand that the US adopt a “single payer” healthcare system in which the government provides “free” healthcare. However, “free”…
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Trump, Treason, and the New York Times
President Trump recently accused the New York Times of treason because the paper printed something he didn’t like. Unfortunately, Trump is not the only person…
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Three Economic Fallacies: Holidays, Billionaires, and WWII
Bob uses three recent controversies–Richard Murphy’s “Christmas all year” claim, Elon Musk’s net worth, and Ron DeSantis on the Great Depression–to clear up…
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The Continental Bait-and-Switch
The Continentals and other paper monies only temporarily retained some value largely because of an initial promise of future redemption in gold and silver—a…
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Revisiting the Maidan Massacre
The Maidan Massacre of February 2014 supposedly involved Ukrainian government troops tied to President Viktor Yanukovych, a Russian ally, leading to his…
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Underinvested Commodities, Overhyped AI: Reading 2026 the Austrian Way
Mark Thornton appears on Metals and Miners with Gary Bohm. They explore the Federal Reserve's policies, geopolitical impacts, commodity underinvestment, AI's…
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Camillo Tarello: The Forgotten Farmer Who Outsmarted the State
Camillo Tarello was one of the fathers of modern agriculture. Fighting the headwinds of state disapproval for his innovative farming methods, he made many…
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Why Are Houses So Expensive? It's Deliberate Government Policy
Historically, it has been very poor manners in Washington to admit that keeping home prices high is a deliberate policy. High prices are not the "unintended…
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Reclaiming the Antistate Roots of Christmas
Shortly after hearing about the birth of Jesus, Herod the king tried to have the child murdered. Indeed, Herod's oppressive rule and the predations of the…
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More Largesse from Santa Claus Trump
All children eventually learn that the presents under the Christmas tree come from family and friends, who must pay for them with their own money, and not from…
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Was Scrooge the Victim in A Christmas Carol?
Scrooge was never mistreated by his nephew, by Cratchit, or by those seeking charitable donations. Scrooge was always free to refuse them all. Original…
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How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist Winter Holiday
Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the…
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Home Prices and Sales Fall. Can Sellers Count on Lower Interest Rates?
With employment fundamentals so weak, the real way to increase home sales is to cut prices further. That, of course, is not what sellers want to hear. Original…