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Chapter 52: Assassinations — Left and Right
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 53: French Revolution — 1968
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 54: Draft Boards
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 55: Humphrey or Nixon: Is Th ere any Difference?
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 56: The New Anarchy
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 57: Nixon-Agnew
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 58: Speaking Truth to Power
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 59: Mao As Free Enterpriser: Or, Halbrook in Wonderland
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 5: Abolish Slavery! — Part II
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 60: Defusing the Baby Bomb
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 61: The New Libertarian Creed
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 62: Confessions of a Right-Wing Liberal
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 6: Abolish Slavery! — Part III
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 7: The Middle East Crisis
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 8: We’re In a Recession
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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Chapter 9: Abolish Slavery! — Part IV
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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From Rothbard to Tucker: Regime Conservatives Purge Dissent
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the cancellation of Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and the similar treatment of Murray…
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Introduction
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as…
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The Failure of the Federal Reserve: The Covid Boom and Unnecessary Intervention
After years of inflationary intervention, the Federal Reserve has no more rabbits to pull out of the hat. Original Article: "The Failure of the Federal…
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Waco 30 Years Later: It Is Not an Atrocity if the Feds Do It
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Waco Massacre in which the media and the government self-congratulated each other in absolving the FBI of any crimes…
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Arbitrary Use of Power: Punishing Those Who Expose Not-So-Secret Government Secrets
Washington elites and especially their media have denounced what they once praised: leaking of official documents that show the government has been lying…
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From Discipline to No Discipline: The Sorry Evolution of Modern Banking
Walter Bagehot, as Jim Grant writes, believed that bankers and central bankers should exhibit financial discipline. He would not recognize today's banking…
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What the Leaked Pentagon Docs Tell Us about the Ukraine War
Ryan and Zack talk about some of the details from the recently leaked Pentagon documents. They reveal dysfunctional American foreign policy and just how much…
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Endangering Washington's Divine Right to Deceive
Official Washington and its Court Media are up in arms that someone has told the truth via leaking government documents. They won't rest until he is punished…
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Why Do Most Countries Have Their Own Currency? Governments Wanted It That Way.
Even when currency is backed by gold, governments have many political reasons to pursue national, territorial currencies. Now there are hundreds of national…
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How the Woke Left Is Destroying Education
Adherents of leftist dogma increasingly push the notion that teachers should be permitted to distract, confuse, or influence their students by discussing their…
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Presidents Are Legally Immune for Their Most Dangerous Crimes
Donald Trump legally pays hush money and prosecutors try to fashion a crime from it. However, if a president lies and thousands of people die, it is called…
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It Hurts to Pay for Strained China-USA Relations
American politicians are beating war drums. They forget that bad relations are costly in many ways. Original Article: "It Hurts to Pay for Strained China-USA…
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Do We Need a "National Divorce"? It's Not a New Idea
We are hearing calls both from right and left for an amicable national divorce. In truth, the states were never "hitched" in the first place, at least not by…
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Investing in Gold
Mark discusses something bigger than the Disney layoffs: the Wall Street Journal's April 25 frontpage article on investing in gold. It would seem that the…
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Why Do Banks Still Fail?
Despite all of the supposed safeguards to prevent bank failures, banks still fail. Perhaps the so-called safeguards are causing much of the trouble. Original…
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Equality Requires State Violence
Although equality and "equity" are modern buzzwords, the only way to reach such a social nirvana is through violent means. Do we really want to go there?…
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No, the Financial Crisis Is Not Over
As markets settle down after the last set of bank failures, political elites claim the crisis is behind us. But it is not over, not by a long shot. Original…
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The Economics of Space Travel
Are NASA contracts propping up the private space industry? Or are Government regulations stifling the private space race? Dr. Eli Dourado, Senior Research…
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The Great Reset and the Grand Refusal
Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on April 22, 2023. From the Mises Institute's recent event in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated to the global threat of "The Great…
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Here's What Mounting Corporate Layoffs Tell Us about the Economy
Ryan McMaken and Dr. Mark Thornton cover the state of the dollar as global reserve currency, and why employers are laying off more and more of their highest…
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It’s Not Paranoid to Worry about a Central Bank Digital Currency
Contrary to Krugman, DeSantis and others warning about a CBDC aren’t being paranoid: they are simply drawing the obvious conclusions from history. Original…
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Why the Dollar Still Beats the Euro and the Yuan
Understanding what turns an ordinary currency into a global reserve currency can help us understand how the dollar could go into decline and give way to…
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Alabama vs. The Great Reset
Featuring Will Blakely, Bryan Dawson, Allen Mendenhall, and Michael Rectenwald. Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on April 22, 2023. From the Mises Institute's…
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Banking Crises and the Weaponization of Money and Banking
Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on April 22, 2023. From the Mises Institute's recent event in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated to the global threat of "The Great…
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ESG and Thee
Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on April 22, 2023. From the Mises Institute's recent event in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated to the global threat of "The Great…
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How Australia and New Zealand Helped Provoke and Escalate the First World War
Most Western historians claim that World War I came about because of aggression from Germany and Austria-Hungary. However, Great Britain and its ANZAC allies…
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Low Rates of Military Enlistment May Portend Prosperity Ahead
Low rates of military reenlistment in the USA are spun as a near crisis. Perhaps this situation should make us more optimistic about our future. Original…
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Boeing 737 MAX Disasters' Root Cause Was Government Regulation
When the Boeing 737 MAX had two crashes, the usual suspects called for more regulation. It turns out that the crashes were due more to regulatory failure than…
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Invading Mexico in the Name of the Drug War Is a Really Bad Idea
Sen. Lindsey Graham recently called for US military intervention in Mexico to fight the drug cartels. Someone needs to remind him that Mexico is a sovereign…
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Peak EV: Electric Vehicles Will Fade as Their True Costs Become Clear
The government wants to make gas cars a lot more expensive. But electric vehicles are so expensive in the longer term that gas cars still look like a better…
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Role Reversal: The Collapse of the Dollar-Enforced Empire
A generation ago, the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR collapsed. Today, US monetary authorities are bringing down our own country. Original Article: "Role…
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Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?
Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the…
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Eye on Apple
Mark looks at the price of Apple stock—one of the best performing stocks over the last quarter century, and one of the largest holdings in stock indexes…
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Marxists Have a Plan for Housing: Make Sure There Is Less Available
As governments create a housing crisis, Marxists call for policies that will make the crisis worse. Original Article: "Marxists Have a Plan for Housing: Make…
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The RESTRICT Act Launches a New War on Free Speech
The bipartisan RESTRICT Act—marketed as a "Tik Tok ban"—is properly named because it will restrict freedom, empower the state, and expand government…
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Biden's Wealth Tax Is a Trojan Horse Requiring Multiple Manipulations
President Biden pushes a wealth tax as a measure of "fairness." Not only is it unconstitutional, but it's also bad for the economy. Original Article: "Biden's…
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If at First You Don't Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent. Original Article: "If at First You…
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Will AI Steal Our Jobs (or End Us)?
Professor Per Bylund joins Bob to debunk the worries over AI and to question whether the latest version of chatbots should even be called "intelligent." Per on…
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How Government Schools Use Bad History to Promote the State
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at common American history myths baked into government school curricula. While Republican…
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Why the Regime Needs the Dollar to Be the Global Reserve Currency
Even a partial weakening of the dollar's global demand will limit the US regime's ability to throw its weight around internationally. Yet Washington is…
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Cancel Culture: The Digital Panopticon
Like Bentham's panopticon, modern cancel culture is built upon fear and online bullying, making people police their own thoughts. Original Article: "Cancel…
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Wars Cost More Than You Think
Ryan and Zachary talk about how wars are not nearly as cheap or economically harmless as many Americans seem to think. Rather, taxpayers must give up enormous…
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What Will Our Energy Future Be? A Few Ideas
With the government foolishly handicapping the oil and gas industries and pushing other alternatives, the future is not very bright.. Original Article: "What…
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Canada's Impotent Justice System Is the Product of Dysfunctional Canadian Democracy
Violent crime is on the rise in Canada, and its progressive democracy is helpless to stop it. Further empowerment of the state makes things worse. Original…