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Energy Prices
While talk of high gas prices is no longer a headline issue, energy economics is still a vitally important aspect of understanding the economy, including the…
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Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That's a Formula for Recession
A new Fed survey shows that banks are cutting back on lending big time. Over the past thirty-five years, this almost always predicts recession. Our economy…
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Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes?
Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes. Per's…
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There's No Place like Noam
Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals. Original Article…
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A Rothbardian History of the United States
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a revisionist Rothbardian lens to American history. Was the American revolution a good…
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Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics
President Biden recently claimed that "trickle-down economics" doesn't work but transferring wealth from taxpayers to politically connected people is the real…
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The "Buy Black" Movement: Divisive or a Boon to Black Entrepreneurs?
Calls for black consumers to "Buy Black" can be interpreted as socially divisive, but they are also a way to encourage black entrepreneurs in a free market…
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The Fed Is Insolvent, and That's a Bad Thing
On this first episode of the Fed Watch Podcast, Ryan McMaken and Senior Fellow Alex Pollock talk about how the Federal Reserve has negative cash flow. The Fed…
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The Real Costs of Government Spending
In this episode of Good Money, Tho Bishop is joined by Dr. Jonathan Newman to discuss the real costs of government spending. The end of the debt ceiling battle…
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The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of "equity." But many of them also are donating to even more questionable…
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Understanding Relationships between Money Supply and Liquidity
Can the injection of new money into the economic system enhance economic growth? Not really. Increasing (or decreasing) the money supply affects the demand for…
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Biden’s New Intersectionality: Where Equity Policies Meet Bad Economics
The Biden administration has decided that the REAL problem with housing is that the wrong people are saving money and making timely mortgage payments. They…
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The Failure of Public Works and Public Funding
Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources. Original Article: "The…
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In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy
Economically speaking, the US government is bankrupt even if the government won’t admit what is obvious. But how would an actual bankruptcy proceeding go?…
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Taxing Capital Leads to Capital Consumption
Progressive governments in the name of equity are calling for taxation of capital gains. They really are demanding destruction of capital through capital…
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The Money Supply Has Plummeted in the Biggest Drop Since the Great Depression
With negative growth now falling to near –10 percent, money-supply contraction is now the largest we've seen since the Great Depression. Original Article: "The…
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Finance Discovers Sting: "How Fragile We Are"
Despite the soothing hot air from the White House and Fed officials, the financial system is becoming increasingly fragile and unstable. Maybe all of that…
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Progressives Want to Eliminate Wealthy Entrepreneurs but Need the Wealth They Create
Modern culture is biased against those that are rich even while depending upon the wealth that successful entrepreneurs have created. Original Article…
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Where Is That Darn Recession?
Mark takes a look at all the wrong predictions of recession in recent years, including those of Austrian School economists. While the MSM and Fed officials try…
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An Austrian Perspective vs the Financial Mainstream
This episode of Good Money with Tho Bishop features guest Ryan Griggs of Griggs Capital Strategies. During the show, Ryan discusses his work with Bob Murphy on…
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Fear-Mongering Over the Debt Ceiling
Heritage Fellow Peter St. Onge joins Bob to set the record straight on several popular talking points about the debt ceiling. Bob on selling Gov't resources to…
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Is There an Optimum Growth Rate of Money?
Monetarists believe there is an optimum growth rate of money. However, a fiat money system itself is unstable, so there is no optimum growth rate. Original…
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Rothbard’s Button Doesn’t Exist, but It Needs to Be Invented
In 1948, Ludwig Erhardt rescued a German economy that was in shambles simply by invoking free markets and currency reform. Our economy needs its Rothbard…
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Comprehensive Reform versus Piecemeal Reform
Should political reform be the result of a much-discussed comprehensive plan? Or should it come about through decentralized decision-making that deals with the…
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Socialism, Minority Groups, and Personal Liberties
People from socially and economically marginized groups in the USA tend to support socialism. Yet socialists have a long and bloody history of suppressing…
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The Regime's Lies Over the Debt Ceiling
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop tackle the debt ceiling debate. As negotiations continue in Washington, the corporate financial…
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Did Tucker's Last Major Guest Lead to His Firing?
Tucker Carlson has rankled the ruling elites for many years. But was his interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. a bridge too far? Original Article: "Did Tucker's…
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The Fed Is Overindebted, Isn’t It?
By any conventional measures of finance, the Federal Reserve has negative equity. In the long run, cooking the books only puts off the day of reckoning…
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Argentina Sleepwalks into Hyperinflation (Yet Again)
A century ago, Argentina was one of the world's wealthiest nations and the Argentine peso rivaled the dollar. Today, Argentina is famous for periodic…
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Property Rights, Civilization, and Their Enemies
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets…
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The Decline of America
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets…
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The Duke Lacrosse Case: How a Lie Became Official Campus Policy
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets…
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The Men Who Made the West
Every day, more and more Americans are awakening to the reality that the institutions in control of this nation are failing them. From violence in the streets…
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Was Japanese Colonialism the Engine of Later Prosperity for Korea and Taiwan? Probably Not
While Japan made some technological transfers to these places, prosperity came to them later, with the advent of free-market economies. Original Article: "Was…
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Shedding Light on the Law of Unintended Consequences
It is the right of the consumer, not the regime, to determine what lighting sources work best for them. Original Article: "Shedding Light on the Law of…
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Washington Has No Moral Authority to Ban Guns
Another mass shooting, another call for gun control. However, when it comes to mass killings, Washington sets the sorry example. Original Article: "Washington…
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Is Social Justice Just? A Review
Modern Western culture is dominated by demands for "social justice." But how does one even define this term, and does social justice even produce justice in…
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Dividing the Housing Market
In this week's episode, Mark explains why the market for existing homes has been diverging from the market for new houses. The Fed ZIRP, QE and Covid bailouts…
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The Dominion Lawsuit against Fox News Is Part of the War against Free Speech
Taxpayer-funded company Dominion is suing private parties for saying things the company doesn't like. These lawsuits illustrate how defamation laws can be used…
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Will a New BRICS Currency Change Anything? Maybe
As the US government debases the dollar, other nations take notice and possibilities increase that another currency based on sound principles might emerge…
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Durham Report Exposes the FBI
Veteran investigative journalist James Bovard joins Ryan and Tho to talk about the Durham Report and what it tells us about the media and the FBI. New Radio…
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Libertarian Law by Democratic Means: The Power of Ideologies and Public Opinion
Mises had hoped that democracy would lead to free societies after World War II ended. He did not foresee the illiberal turn in the West in the last decade…
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Remembering the Contributions of Lucas and Alchian
Bob originally invited Brian Albrecht (Chief Economist of the International Center for Law & Economics) to discuss the work of Armen Alchian, but on the day of…
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You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists
Contrary to the worldview of progressives, taxation and the coercion it brings are not part of a "social contract." Instead, they are implemented by force…
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How Greening the Economy Will Destroy America
We’re supposed to go along with Green Energy schemes—as we did with masks, school lockdowns, and vaccinations to stop covid—because our government, media, and…
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How the Dollar Became the World's Top Global Currency
The dollar became the dominant global currency not so much because of its own merits, but because of the self-destruction of the pound sterling caused by the…
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Does GDP Present an Accurate Picture of the Economy? Not Likely
The most popular measure of economic growth is GDP. However, GDP movement is driven by changes in the money supply, not real economic factors. Original…
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Paying the Piper: Time to Clean Up the Latest Malinvestments
Austrian business cycle theory points out that easy money leads to malinvestments. Once easy money disappears, the crash begins. Time to clean up malinvested…
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Historical Effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
While the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade have been well documented, people other than slave traders and slaveholders benefitted from it, with some…
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How to Teach Austrian Economics to the Neighbor Kids
Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe. Original…
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Charles Schwab and Other Big Banks May Be Secretly Insolvent
While the Fed and the Biden administration try to assure Americans that their banks are safe and secure, the numbers tell a different story. Original Article…
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Due Process or Transgender Protection on Campus?
President Biden's executive order to promote transgenderism on college campuses eviscerates long-held due process protections for accused students. This will…
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Expecting Rate Cuts
After a long series of rate hikes, Fed officials and asset markets are expecting a long series of interest rate cuts. This is based on the tried and hue…
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Neither Red nor Blue, but Free
The real issue we face is not whether we should be in the red tribe or the blue tribe, but rather what will be the constituency for freedom. Original Article…
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Rothbard Was Right: Wars Don't Enhance Freedom. They Destroy Liberty.
We hear ad nauseum from political and media elites that the war in Ukraine is about preserving "our freedoms." Murray Rothbard had something to say about this…
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Does the Inverted Yield Curve Signal a Coming Recession?
Dr. Paul Cwik joins Bob to discuss the inverted yield curve's "signal" of an impending recession. Dr. Cwik's dissertation on inverted yield curves and economic…
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ESG: Another Fraudulent Hustle That Progressive Elites Have Foisted on the Economy
In their attempts to remake the economy, progressive elites are pushing ESG. What they forget is that the economy runs on real things, not ideology. Original…
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Prices, Food, Employment: AI and Robotics Are for Regular Folks, Not Just the Elite
While politicians, media mavens, and the academic elite spread fear about artificial intelligence, AI is helping make life better for ordinary consumers…
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Should Local Municipalities Default on Their Debts? Seems Like a Good Idea
While most free market advocates are fixated on the national debt, they also should be looking at municipal debt over which taxpayers have no say. Maybe…
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The Ukraine War Isn't about Democracy. It's about States Seeking More Power.
The fight between Russia and NATO is not about "democracy versus authoritarianism." Rather both the US and Russian states are doubling down because they are…