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Privatize Driver’s Licenses
People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true…
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The FBI and CIA Are Enemies of the American People
The only answer lies in eviscerating their budgets, abolishing their enabling legislation, and encouraging aggressive lawfare against the regime in retribution…
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Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights
Individual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with…
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How State-Sponsored Universities Distort Campus Activism
The Mises Institute's Connor O'Keeffe recently wrote an article detailing the campus protests over the happenings in Gaza. Connor joins Bob to discuss his…
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Consumer Confidence
In this episode, Mark Thornton discusses Consumer Confidence as a reliable indicator of the current economy. Individual components of the index are declining…
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Is America Headed for Stagflation?
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Peter St. Onge, a visiting fellow of the Heritage Foundation. As inflation remains…
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Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies
Biden has embraced the trade war. But, if protectionism actually produced competitiveness, American steel manufacturers would have become world leaders long…
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Why the GOP Betrayed Its Own Voters on Ukraine
Washington Post conservative George Will trots out every tired slogan and bromide in the book to claim that Putin is Hitler and the Ukraine war is a fight for…
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Butler, Butt Out!
Feminist theorist Judith Butler is calling for mandatory education to confront children with modern gender theory. As David Gordon points out, she wants to use…
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Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years
Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time. Original Article: Anarchy, State and…
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Can There Be Justice Outside of the State? Yes
People have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts…
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Is Libertarianism Just Another Form of Critical Theory?
Libertarianism is criticized on all sides, but a new criticism has emerged that claims libertarianism is little more than another form of critical theory. Like…
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The UK Is Reverting to Railway Socialism
Great Britain are shifting back toward railway nationalization. Of course, the vaunted railway privatization of the 1990s wasn’t real privatization at all…
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We Need to Do with the State What We Have Done to Slavery
While chattel slavery exists in some parts of the world, it mostly has been abolished. Perhaps we should do the same thing to the state. Original Article: We…
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Wokism, Marxism and the Failures of Academic “Liberalism”
The academic world is supposed to serve as a beacon of enlightenment. Instead, as Wanjiru Njoya demonstrates, it promotes a failed liberalism. Original…
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The Great Chocolate Crisis
In this week's episode, Mark examines the Chocolate Crisis of 2024. Cocoa prices have skyrocketed. The media is trying to paint this as another example of the…
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Did the MMT Camp Correctly Predict the Post-Covid Economy?
Recently on Twitter, as a reaction to an FT post worrying about the growing debts of various governments, fans of MMT were posting screenshots from a May 2020…
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Abolish the CIA and FBI
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's…
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Chapter 1. More Choices, More Freedom, Less Monopoly Power
Chapter 1 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 10. If California Secedes, What Happens to Locals Who Opposed Secession?
Chapter 10 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 11. How Small Is Too Small?
Chapter 11 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 12. When It Comes to National Defense, It’s More than Size that Matters
Chapter 12 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 13. If America Splits Up, What Happens to the Nukes?
Chapter 13 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 14. Why “One Man, One Vote” Doesn’t Work
Chapter 14 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 15. Democracy Doesn’t Work Unless It’s Done Locally
Chapter 15 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 16. How Early Americans Decentralized Military Power
Chapter 16 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 17. Before Roe v. Wade, Abortion Policy was a State and Local Matter
Chapter 17 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 18. When Immigration Policy Was Decentralized
Chapter 18 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 19. Why Indian Tribal Sovereignty Is Important
Chapter 19 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 2. Political Anarchy Is How the West Got Rich
Chapter 2 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 20. Sovereignty for Cities and Counties: Decentralizing the American Statesbal Sovereignty Is Important
Chapter 20 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 3. Why Regimes Prefer Big States and Centralized Power
Chapter 3 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 4. Why the Classical Liberals Wanted Decentralization
Chapter 4 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 5. Secession as a Path to Self-Determination
Chapter 5 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 6. Nationalism as National Liberation: Lessons from the End of the Cold War
Chapter 6 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 7. A Brief History of Secession Plebiscites in Europe
Chapter 7 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 8. Why the US Supports Secession for Africans, but Not for Americans
Chapter 8 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Chapter 9. From Taxes to Trade, More Secession Means More Freedom
Chapter 9 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Foreword by Carlo Lottieri
Foreword to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Introduction: Universal Rights, Locally Enforced
Introduction to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Postscript: A Tale of Two Megastates: Why the EU Is Better (In Some Ways) than the US
Postscript to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Preface
Preface to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Narrated by John Quattrucci.
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Artificial Intelligence and Irrational Fears
As artificially low interest rates damage the economy, progressives in Congress demand more of the same. In the vernacular, they want the economy to “take the…
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California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law
California’s draconian fast-food minimum wage law is bad enough, but it turns out a company can avoid the trouble if it has ties to the governor. Original…
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Hair of the Dog — Progressives in Congress Need Another Hit of Low Interest Rates
As artificially low interest rates damage the economy, progressives in Congress demand more of the same. In the vernacular, they want the economy to “take the…
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How Statism Destroyed Argentina
In less than a century, Argentina went from being one of the world’s wealthiest nations to one that struggles with poverty and massive inflation. Human Action…
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Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate
Recent Iranian missile strikes on Israel in response to its earlier attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria have escalated the prospects of all-out war in the…
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Murray Rothbard Understood the Importance of Self-Ownership
As Murray Rothbard noted, reason is a powerful tool to help us discern how to thrive in our world. Government, through propaganda and interference with…
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The Hazards of "Colorblind Equality"
While “colorblind equality” has a better ring to it than the DEI regime, nonetheless, the concept is unworkable and actually contributes to worsening racial…
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The Nigerian People vs. NYSC Decree No. 24 of 1973: An Austro-libertarian Review
For the past fifty years, Nigeria’s government has required young people to “serve” for a year under the National Youth Service Corp. This more resembles…
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Introducing the Unanimity Podcast
Mark Thornton launches a new podcast called Unanimity: Where Thoughts Matter. Exploring basic concepts of the world and humanity, he hopes to unlock the…
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Seditious Conspiracy: A Fake Crime and a Danger to Free Speech
A presentation from "Censorship and Official Lies: The End of Truth in America?" This event was co-hosted by the Mises Institute and the Ron Paul Institute…
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FDR's War Against Civil Liberties
Historian David Beito has a new book from the Independent Institute titled, "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights." He joins Bob to discuss issues such as…
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The PPI Again!
In this week's episode, Mark takes another look at the Producer Price Index. As suggested in an episode from September 2023 (see Mises.org/MI_35), the PPI has…
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Renato Moicano Cares About His Country More Than Sohrab Ahmari
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Renato Moicano's viral Mises moment and the backlash it received from pundit Sohrab…
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A Message from the Great Dr. Ron Paul
"How many people in our history―a couple hundred years―took the oath of office, and how many times did they violate the oath of office?" This event was…
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How Court Historians Turn Political Villains into Heroes
"In return for power, positions, and money, intellectuals persuade the majority that their government is good, wise, and at least inevitable." This event was…
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A Day in the Life of a "Foreign Adversary Controlled" Application
"The government is determined to get between us and the truth." This event was co-hosted by the Mises Institute and the Ron Paul Institute, and recorded in…
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A Tale of Two Bureaucracies
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Original Article: A…
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Bureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the Bureaucratization of Higher Education
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Original Article…