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Politics Has Infected Everything in Our Society, Especially the Media
Modern American media has become so politicized that a once-venerable institution now cannot be trusted. Original Article: "Politics Has Infected Everything in…
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Breaking Free: How Open Protocols Foster Entrepreneurship, Spontaneous Order, and Individual Sovereignty
The open protocols on the internet would seem to create chaos, but it turns out that they produce the opposite results, encouraging a digital spontaneous…
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Navigating by the Stars on a Cloudy Night
In this episode, Mark examines Fed Chairman Jay Powell's recent confession that the Fed is "navigating by the stars on a cloudy night." This reveals the…
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Voting with Their Feet: The Lure of Migration
People migrate for many reasons, including moving to a better economy and escaping political persecution. But one thing is certain: people are going to vote…
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CBDCs: The Ultimate Tool of Financial Intrusion
While the government promotes CBDCs as tools for "inclusion," it is more likely that they will be another vehicle for federal intrusion. Original Article…
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The Unwelcome Return of Covid Restrictions and Lockdowns
The covid restriction machinery is being ramped up in time for fall, despite the fact that covid poses little danger. Original Article: "The Unwelcome Return…
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Updating Böhm-Bawerk and Fixing Finance
Peter Lewin joins Bob to discuss his work with Nicolás Cachanosky on uniting Austrian capital theory with mainstream finance. Peter's New Book on Capital and…
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Beating Woke Capital on the Market
Matthew Mohlman joins Good Money with Tho Bishop to discuss his work with Monument Ventures. Matthew and Tho discuss the need to build better alternatives to…
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Economic Calculation Is Nonbinary
Economic calculation is not an either-or proposition. Even in so-called market economies like that of the USA, there is plenty of government intervention that…
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How Conscription Ended Fifty Years Ago
For the past fifty years, the US has not had a military draft. Unfortunately, the end of conscription did not mean US military interventions abroad ended…
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What the Left and Right Get Wrong On China
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about the Chinese economy. While some of the left see China as a model for governing, those…
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Flying into Foolishness: The DOJ "Saves" Consumers from Low-Cost Airlines
The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ…
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Ranking the GOP Debaters on Foreign Policy
Ryan and Zachary rank the GOP candidates at the debate. They range from "least terrible" (Ramaswamy) to "utterly awful" (Haley and Pence). Be sure to follow…
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What Is the Right Inflation Target for Central Banks?
The "2 percent" inflation target is purely arbitrary, and mainstream economists can't agree on the "right" level. It's all folly, and Austrian economics…
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Do Monopolies Cause Inflation?
Too many economic commentators claim that monopolies are the cause of inflation. Austrian economic analysis shows that this is impossible. Original Article…
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Real Progress versus the Progressives
Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change. Original Article: "Real…
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How the Soviets Used Common Criminals to Destroy the Regime's Enemies
In the Gulag, political prisoners were systematically terrorized by ordinary criminals with the encouragement of the authorities. It was hoped this would help…
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Why Governments Love Political "Crimes" Like Treason and Sedition
In a free society, political crimes like treason and "seditious libel" are few and far between. Under despotic regimes, on the other hand, political crimes…
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Not Even a Pencil Could Exist without Fossil Fuels
Leonard Read's famous "I, Pencil" explained the workings of the market in terms of the creation of a simple pencil. However, we should not forget that the…
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The British NHS More Resembles a Statist Cult Than Advanced Healthcare
The seventy-fifth-anniversary celebration of the British National Health Service masked the real failures of this system, one that only can become worse over…
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Why We Need a Crash Landing
In this episode, Mark explains why we need a Crash (or very Hard) Landing in the US economy and the world economy. Specifically, why is a crash landing better…
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Yellow Trucking Goes Bankrupt, Thanks in Part to Onerous Labor Laws
Yellow Trucking Company has filed for bankruptcy and ceases to exist as a viable firm. Much of the blame is due to the Teamsters Union which has a long a…
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Is China's Economy Hitting a Roadbump or Quicksand?
Peter St. Onge joins Bob to discuss his latest piece at Mises.org on "China's Doom Loop." They cover a wide range of topics, including the contrast in…
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The Government's Role in the Maui Wildfire Tragedy with Connor O'Keeffe
On this episode of Good Money with Tho Bishop, Connor O'Keeffe joins the show to talk about his recent work on the Mises Wire. Tho and Connor discuss the role…
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The Killing and Destruction Must Stop: It Is Time to End the Ukraine War
The Ukraine war brings death and destruction with no end in sight. Instead of encouraging more fighting, Western political leaders need to face reality and…
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The State Protects Itself While Crime against Ordinary People Surges
The regime has increasingly been consumed with paranoia over threats to itself—propagandistically termed "threats to democracy"—while real crime against…
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Regime Paranoia and the Crackdown on Dissent
Ryan and Tho examine how the US regime is in the midst of its latest panic over public faith in the state's legitimacy. This is why we keep hearing about…
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Statism and the Unmaking of Reality
Murray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism was a war against nature. Statism has become a war against reality. Original Article: "Statism and the Unmaking of…
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The Simplicity and Significance of Mutual Economic Exchange
The simplest action of economics—beneficially mutual voluntary exchange—is also its most profound. People serve each other while improving their own lot in…
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2SLGBTQ+IA and the Law
The activists went from "We want to be left alone to live our lives" to "we want to control your lives too." Now the movement has state power on its side and…
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Modern Medicine’s Great Controversy
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for making this event possible. [BANNED FROM YOUTUBE for…
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Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy
Some are claiming that AI can make socialism workable, but even AI cannot take the place of entrepreneurial economic calculation. Original Article: "Socialism…
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Speaker Panel with Q&A
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for making this event possible.
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The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for making this event possible.
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Welcome
Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023. Special thanks to Joe and Tracy Matarese for making this event possible.
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The Government Wants to Turn Blockchain Firms into Servants of the State
Federal prosecutors and other law enforcement agents are turning blockchain firms into government subsidiaries. The real goal is to criminalize what really are…
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Why Government Pollution Control Fails
Mainstream economists are quick to claim that environmental problems are caused by "market failure" that can be "fixed" by government intervention. However…
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Has World War III Already Begun?
The recent actions of the Federal Reserve are reminiscent of central bank activities in wartime. Original Article: "Has World War III Already Begun?"
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What Marxists Say about "Market Socialism"
Following the collapse of the USSR, many socialists pinned their hopes upon the development of a "market socialism" that would be economically efficient and…
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Progressives Have Corrupted Not Only Money, but Its History as Well
Social democrats are so desperate to cast off limits on government that they'll embrace anything that justifies their ambitions. So they invent theories of…
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Crash Landing
Will we get a soft landing or a hard landing in the economy? Or, should we hope for a crash landing? Mark Thornton explains. See also "Soft Landing? Not…
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Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable
Even under chattel slavery, inequality was still pervasive. Carpenters, sugar boilers, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and rum distillers constituted an elite core…
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Hail the Speculators! They Take the Necessary Economic Risks in Our Economy
Speculators are reviled in the media and by politicians and academics. Yet the speculators are the ones taking risks to ensure the rest of us can have more…
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A Higher Minimum Wage Won't Improve Life in Pennsylvania
Forcing the minimum wage above the real market wage causes more unemployment. Small businesses suffer from these mandates as do the least productive workers…
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A Recession Coming in 2023? With Dr. Murray Sabrin
On this episode of Good Money with Tho Bishop, Dr. Murray Sabrin joins the show. Dr. Sabrin shares his story of how he became an Austrian economist and…
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Is the Fed Responsible for the Recent Surge and Fall in Price Inflation?
Jonathan Newman joins Bob to discuss the argument being put forth by Alan Blinder, James Galbraith, and other progressive economists, who claim that the…
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They Didn't Listen: The Reality of Hayek’s Bestseller
In 1944, F.A. Hayek's best-selling book, The Road to Serfdom, warned the West that the "free" nations would lose their freedom as government expanded. He was…
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FedNow Isn't a CBDC, but It Is Dangerous
While FedNow seems benign, there is the larger problem of the entire banking system itself being built on a foundation of sand. FedNow can only make that…
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Is Javier Milei Argentina's Ron Paul Moment?
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Mises Summer Fellow Manuel Garcia Gojon to discuss the recent strong performance…
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The American Revolutionaries Didn't Need a Central Government. Neither Do We.
Rothbard on the American Revolution: "There was no particular need for the formal trappings and permanent investing of a centralized government, even for…
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Can Fractional Reserve Banking Survive the Twenty-First Century?
Banker and financial expert Caitlin Long believes that fractional reserve banking is closer than ever to collapse, and she has a 100 percent reserve banking…
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How East Germany's Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance
The East German secret police, the Stasi, developed the art of mass surveillance using pre-digital methods. Modern tech now makes the job a lot easier…
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Censorship through the Centuries: Free Speech Suppression by the Government and the Mainstream Media
While Americans believe the First Amendment protects their speech, the US government and mainstream media have joined together to suppress speech that does not…
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The Taxpayers Bailed Out Yellow Trucking. It Went Bankrupt Anyway.
The Trump administration doled out $700 million in CARES “loans” to trucking firm Yellow. Now Yellow has gone bankrupt, and the taxpayers may foot the bill…
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Taking Back the Meaning of "Inflation"
By corrupting the meaning of inflation, mainstream economists have given a false picture of what happens when monetary authorities expand the money supply…
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The Dead End of Catholic Nationalism
The Christian nationalist state is one in which civil rulers—for a time—regard the Church as a convenient ally. Once this comes to an end, however, the…
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"Greed" Didn't Kill the Pac-12. Entrepreneurial Failure Did
The fall of the Pac-12 is an unfortunate end to a proud collegiate institution. But its death isn’t the fault of uncurable greed but of the conference’s own…
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How People Determine the Value of a Good
In contrast to the imaginary way that mainstream economists present value, Austrian economists properly use ordinal rankings to determine value. Original…
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Is Secondhand Smoke Bad, or Is It a Public Good? It’s Complicated
The usual answer is that secondhand smoke is bad. But if value is subjective, perhaps secondhand smoke also can be seen as a public good. Original Article: "Is…
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Update on Toilet Paper
In this episode, Mark updates his early March 2023 episode (Mises.org/Minor11) on the high price of toilet paper. He shows how economic changes, so far, in…