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New York Socialists, Powell Attacks, and the 12 Days War
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable responds to Zohran Mamdani winning his primary in New York City, the rising MAGA attacks on the Fed, and…
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The Problem with Pronatalism
Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong. Be sure to follow Radio…
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Dismantling the Warfare State Was Never Going to Be Easy
Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But…
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There Is No Disinflation
There has been much talk of disinflation, but all the evidence points toward the conclusion that the Federal Reserve continues to administer injections of…
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Trust Lost In Banking System and US Dollar
On the Liberty and Finance podcast with Elijah K. Johnson, Dr. Mark Thornton warns of rising global distrust in fiat currencies and growing interest in gold…
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Silver Price Shows What Government Has Done to Our Money
No one seems concerned about the constant devaluation of the dollar. They blame high prices on whoever is president or corporate greed. Original article…
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The “American Miracle” was the European Miracle on Steroids
America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower…
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As Japan’s Price Inflation Rises, Its Central Bank Has Fewer Options
Unfortunately, the only real long-term solution to this is genuine fiscal austerity and debt repudiation. Original article…
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The Purpose of Production and the Economy: A Criticism of Pronatalist Economics
Mainstream economics is deterministic, holding that economic actors continue to move in one directions, not responding to changes in economic circumstances or…
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Trump Suffers From “Libertarian Derangement Syndrome”
Even though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his…
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Why DOGE Failed
Elon Musk has thrown in the towel on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in all but name. Mises correctly anticipated failures like these. Original…
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Economic Sanctions Adrenaline
Economic sanctions, as a general principle, have a history of failure in the 20th and 21st centuries, which penalize everyday citizens in the sanctioned…
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Opposing America's Imperialistic Wars Is a Fight Worth Joining
With the Iran bombing, the US Government is once again embarking on yet another act of war in support of the US empire. The eternal quest to expand the empire…
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Members of Congress Introduce Comprehensive US Gold Audit Legislation
As US debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, members of Congress introduce a bill to require a comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserves…
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The Disasters of Government Enterprise
Our socialist transit systems are an ongoing failure made worse by even more government intervention. We should not be surprised, then, when political leaders…
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Ted Cruz, Dispensationalism, and the State of Israel
Ted Cruz’s politics aren’t just conservative, they’re theological. Jonathan Newman explores how dispensationalism shapes US loyalty to the state of Israel…
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Get the US Out of the Middle East
Hamas‘s invasion of Israel happened despite decades of US intervention and spending in favor of Tel Aviv. Yet, this ongoing conflict has nothing at all to do…
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Thomas Paine: The American Revolution's Unlikely Hero
Bob is joined by author George Ford Smith for a detailed examination into the life and legacy of Thomas Paine. They discuss how Paine’s writings, especially…
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Total War Against Civilians Is Never Justified
Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay waste to southern cities, towns…
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Entrepreneurship Can't Be Taught in a College Classroom
College professors have suddenly discovered entrepreneurship and are teaching about it in their classes. However, while it is an interesting subject, one…
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How Government Helps to Create Congested Traffic
The standard argument for government services is that only government can build enough roads to meet transportation needs. However, the disconnect between…
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The Coming Crack Up Boom
On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton unpacks the unfolding economic crisis through the lens of Ludwig von Mises’s “crack-up boom.” With inflation…
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Ted Cruz Really Wants a Really Expensive War
The P&M crew talks about Ted Cruz's crusade for war and they take a look at this week's FOMC meeting at the Federal Reserve. For more information and to…
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Exploiting the Moral Unseen
When politicians intervene in the economy, they often do it in the name of mitigating “greed” or “profiteering.” While they can pass laws regulating prices and…
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The Iranian History Ted Cruz Doesn’t Know
Sen. Ted Cruz was recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson, with Cruz advocating “regime change” in Iran. However, Cruz doesn‘t know enough Iranian history to…
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Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble
Real estate investor and Mises Institute contributor Artis Shepherd joins Ryan to talk about how our stagnating economy is affecting multifamily housing and…
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Trump’s Tariff Policies Are Schizophrenic
Why is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The…
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War, Peace, and the State
In this classic 1963 essay, Murray Rothbard argues that the state is inherently hostile to peace because war enhances its power, prestige, and control. While…
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Are Bernie Sanders and AOC the New Keepers of the Secret?
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have toured the country calling for massive government takeover of the economy and other socialist initiatives. For…
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War with Iran Is Not in the Interest of the American People
The United States is dangerously close to entering yet another war in the Middle East. But this one has the potential to be a lot costlier for the American…
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Interest Paid on the US Debt Soars, and Trump Pushes for a New Costly War
During 2024 taxpayers were on the hook for $1.13 trillion in interest on the debt. That’s nearly $7,400 for each of the 153 million people who file tax…
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Ending Subsidies to Amtrak Will Benefit Rail Travelers
Amtrak subsidies keep many of Amtrak‘s routes alive despite the fact that ridership is down on many of them. These subsidies guarantee that Amtrak will be a…
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The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist
In this welcome lecture to the 2025 Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Joseph Salerno dismantles the myth that Murray Rothbard was an outsider to mainstream economics…
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Trump, DOGE, and the Machiavellians
Despite Trump‘s campaign promises and despite DOGE‘s so-called reputation of cutting government waste, the new administration is spending money faster than the…
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The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill
Bob hosts economist Daniel Lacalle to analyze the controversial Big Beautiful Bill. Daniel explains why, despite its imperfections, the bill represents a vital…
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The Theory of Interventionism
On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton dives into Murray Rothbard’s theory of interventionism. Mark explores how Rothbard sharply delineates the line…
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Israel, Iran, and Immigration
On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Israel's strikes on Iran and the Trump Administration's (changing?) position on…
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Fiat Money and Chartalism: Why MMT Is Wrong
Joshua Mawhorter joins us to talk about how the fiat-money theories of Modern Monetary Theory and chartalism aren't supported by the historical facts. Articles…
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The Weaponization of Media Access Did Not Suddenly Start with Trump
What the “legacy” media is trying to present as a brand-new authoritarian crackdown on the press is only a more visible version of how the federal government…
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New Academic Paper Uses Rothbard's National Output Metric
Vincent Geloso and Chandler Reilly have a new paper in which they use Rothbard's "Private Product Remaining" (PPR) as a lower bound on estimates of national…
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Preparing for War
In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton explores how nations quietly prepare for war—and what the corporate media isn’t telling you. From Europe’s…
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Musk v. Trump, Trump v. Courts, and Palantir v. Us
On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Musk's fight with Trump, recent reporting on Palantir contracts, and how the courts…
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The Myth of Fed Independence
Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the history behind the myth of "Fed independence." The Fed has never been politically independent of the US…
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The Federal Judiciary’s War on Trump Is Not About Protecting Us from Government Overreach
As President Trump racks up defeat after defeat before the federal courts, the legacy media claims that federal judges are protecting us from government…
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How Inflation Destroys Civilization
Dr. Hülsmann’s piercing analysis highlights the true tragedy of our inflationary regime in a way few others can. After all, inflation isn’t simply a stealth…
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Impressed at Vicksburg
In this episode, Mark Thornton shares his recent Revisionist History of War Conference talk on a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate…
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DOGE Disappointment, Keynesian Degeneracy, and Cutting Off Harvard
The political legacy of Elon Musk, the moral costs of Keynesianism, and the absurdity of Harvard and NPR as public goods. Welcome back to the Power & Market…
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The Crucial Principle and Data At Stake in the SoHo Immigration Debate
In this episode of the Human Action Podcast, Bob analyzes the key arguments from the recent immigration debate at the Soho Forum between Dave Smith and Alex…
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Poland's Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from Poverty
Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland embraced a market economy after the Cold War ended. We discuss some of…
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The American-Israeli Nineteenth-Century Ways of War
This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against…
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Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation
The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of…
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Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War?
Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record…
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The One Bloated Brobdingnagian Bill
President Trump's so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is more of the same: big and bloated. It adds billions to the federal deficit and does nothing to deal…
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The "Magic Coin" and Renewing Interest in Monetary Policy
David Brady, Jr. reviews The Magic Coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand. Original…
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Why Ending the War in Ukraine Is So Difficult Now
Members of the establishment are trying to seize on Trump’s recent frustrations with Putin to act like they’ve been right all along that the Russian president…
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David Hume’s Insights Explain America’s Economic Decline
The Trump White House has enacted tariffs in the belief that other countries are “cheating” by enacting tariffs against US goods and “manipulating” their…
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Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans
Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why we always should…
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Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean
The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement…
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Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates
Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however…
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The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later
William Nordhaus coined the term “political business cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would…