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Do We Need a New Monroe Doctrine?
We know that "bring the troops home" is too much for America's foreign policy establishment. But if they can't handle that, a good first step would be to at…
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History Shows High Inflation Can Last Over Ten Years
Wall Street has convinced itself that the Fed will soon engineer a "soft landing" by bringing down inflation without an accompanying recession. They need to…
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You've Got to Be Kidding: Professor Demands Animals Stop Eating Each Other
University of Chicago professor Martha C. Nussbaum wants to save the world by preventing animals from eating each other in the wild. David Gordon (after…
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Grover Cleveland Presented the Best Example of a True Liberal Populist
While some politicians preach populism, that usually means protectionism and increased business regulation, along with high marginal income tax rates. Grover…
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Private Security: An Effective Method to Prevent Being a Crime Victim
As crime rates rise and government policing fails, more and more people are turning to private security, which is more effective in preventing crime than…
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Hayek on the Difference between Science and Scientism
Modern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek's Nobel speech put holes in that viewpoint. Original Article: "Hayek on the Difference…
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Secession: Why the Regime Tolerates Self-Determination for Foreigners but Not for Americans
Self-determination means the ability to make laws for one's own community free from intervention by Washington, DC. Most of the world can do this. Why can't…
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Historical Christianity as a Liberating Force in China
The Chinese Community Party's crackdown in Christian churches reflects the perceived antiauthoritarian nature of Christianity and the party's fear of a…
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How Marxism Abuses Ethics and Science to Deceive Its Followers
While socialists posit socialism as a humane and ethical system, it is anything but that. Mises understood its brutality long before socialism gripped the…
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Student Debt: It Is and Has Been a Personal Choice
Progressives demanding that the government forgive student debt forget that student loans were made voluntarily by students that promised to pay back what they…
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Austerity: A Real Solution to Help Heal the US Economy
Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is…
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Father Time versus Central Bankers
Only Father Time helps us cut through the policy nonsense and understand interest rates conceptually. Original Article: "Father Time versus Central Bankers"…
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The Human Action Podcast Predictions for 2023
Bob and Jeff make their provocative 2023 predictions for the economy, the Fed, politics, world events, and cultural issues.
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And So It Begins: Digital Currency Becomes Possible in Our Future
While monetary authorities and progressives would like to have a digital currency implemented, it is a backward step for monetary freedom. Original Article…
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Economic Growth Requires Savings, Not Money Pumping
Keynesians believe that economic growth can occur only with an expanding supply of money. Growth doesn't need more money; it needs more savings. Original…
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The Radio Rothbard (Mostly Negative) Predictions for 2023
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look ahead to 2023 with a handful of predictions for the new year. They even manage to find one…
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A (True) Thanksgiving Tale of Socialism in America and Israel
The Pilgrims tried socialism at Plymouth. After two years, they returned to private enterprise. Likewise, Israel was founded as a socialist state but has back…
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No Surprise: Wall Street Wants to Raise the Target Inflation Rate above 2 Percent
Twenty-six years ago, the debate was over whether or not the target inflation rate should be raised from zero to 2 percent. Now we're being told it should be 4…
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Jeff Deist on What 2023 Portends
This week's show features a bare-knuckle discussion between Jeff and José Niño of "El Niño Speaks" on the biggest political, economic, and cultural events of…
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Money Laundering: Another Noncrime Pursued by Criminal Authorities
Money laundering is illegal in the USA, but like so many other federal crimes, it is difficult to identify and define. That is the perfect recipe for…
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The Reichsbank: Germany's Central Bank Lays Foundation of Monetary Disaster
Long before there was the infamous German inflation of 1923, the Reichsbank created the scenario of monetary debasement. Original Article: "The Reichsbank…
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Leviathan Devours Free Range Entrepreneurs
In the name of "protecting workers," progressive legislators put people out of work. For their own good, of course. Original Article: "Leviathan Devours Free…
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The Four Worst Trends of 2022
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look back at 2022 and touch on some of the worst and underappreciated trends of the year. For…
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Why Investors Are Obsessed with the Fed "Pivot"
Investors should not care whether the Fed pivots or not if they analyze investment opportunities based on fundamentals and not on monetary laughing gas…
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Capitalism Does Not Create Social Inequality
Critics of capitalism claim that it is responsible for creating inequality in society. Yet the precapitalist societies enforced inequality in a rigid social…
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The "Barbarous Relic" Helped Enable a World More Civilized than Today's
John Maynard Keynes derided gold-based money as a "barbarous relic," yet it was gold that enabled a long regime of honest money -- and the advance of…
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The Corporate Fairy Tale Is Dying as Economic Reality Sets In
For nearly two decades, business, academic, and political elites have spread the fiction that central banks can engineer prosperity by printing more money…
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The World Needs More Energy and Less Energy Regulation
Energy production in the USA and elsewhere is in trouble because of government control. We need more energy and less regulation. Original Article: "The World…
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Teaching Critical Race Theory Isn't Education; It's Indoctrination
The more we understand critical race theory, the more we understand that it is not compatible with a free society. Original Article: "Teaching Critical Race…
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United Kingdom Mortality Data by Age Group and Vaccination Status: Looking at Vaccine Effectiveness
Should there be vaccine mandates to deal with covid? Progressive authorities say one thing, but the data say another. Original Article: "United Kingdom…
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Digital Currency: The Fed Moves toward Monetary Totalitarianism
One hardly can imagine a better tool of social control than a digital currency. Not surprisingly, U.S. monetary authorities are moving in that direction…
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Reflections upon the Centennial of Mises's Socialism
It has been a hundred years since Mises published Socialism. It is more relevant than ever. Original Article: "Reflections upon the Centennial of Mises's…
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The Student Murders in Idaho Highlight the Unimpressive Police Record on Violent Crime
Like the police in similar communities, the Moscow, Idaho Police have long focused on petty drug offenses while more serious violent crime and property crime…
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Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes
Progressives seem to believe that we improve healthcare outcomes by spending more. This is a recipe for failure. Original Article: "Spending More Government…
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The Decline of Public Intellectuals
Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.
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The Jobs "Boom" Isn't So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing from the Workforce
There appears to be a six-million-man gap between the number of men in the prime age group—age 25–54—and the number of those men actually in the workforce…
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As the Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Wants to Spend Even More on "Defense"
America's military technocrats (a.k.a. "generals") specialize in losing wars and also losing your money. Naturally, Congress wants to give them even more…
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Born on the Tenth of January
Thomas Paine, whose fiery essay "Common Sense" made a case for the American Revolution, is a much-neglected American founder. Original Article: "Born on the…
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Should Christians Hate the State?
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Derek Dobalian, a California-based attorney, LewRockwell.com contributor, and a…
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In Jamaica, the Tourists Party On behind High Walls and Locked Gates
High time preferences also mean high times in a party atmosphere. When Jamaica embraced socialism many decades ago, it wasn't supposed to come to this…
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Paul Pelosi Is Attacked, So Naturally the Capitol Police Want More Money
Following the attack on Paul Pelosi, the Capitol Police office has demanded a big budget increase. This is not to increase safety but rather to increase the…
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Fiat and Gold: Two Fixes for a Broken US Monetary Base
The US monetary system is out of sorts and out of control. The authors show a path back from the inflation brink to monetary soundness. Original Article: "Fiat…
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The Ongoing Covid Deceptions: How Ruling Elites Lied about Masks and Mask Mandates
During the worst days of the covid lockdowns and mandates, Americans were told that wearing masks was a matter of life and death. However, those giving the…
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Economic Progress and Economic Decay: North versus South
While high-quality automobiles and other manufactured goods are being produced in the Southeast, northeastern states like New York are falling behind, thanks…
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How the State Seized Control of Marriage
State regulation of marriage—and the ensuing secularization of marriage that followed—is a historical development that was part of the larger trend toward the…
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January 6 Trials Remind Us Why We Must Abolish Seditious Conspiracy Laws
The January 6 trials remind us violence against a person or property should be prosecuted as exactly that, and not as a special category of crime against the…
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An Economist Examines US Foreign Policy and Finds It Wanting
Economist Christopher Coyne of George Mason University uses economic logic to expose the follies of militaristic US policies overseas. Original Article: "An…
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Total Employed Workers Fell Again in November as Savings and Incomes Fall
From March 2022 to November, the number of total employed persons has only increased by 12,000 people meaning there are fewer employed people now than before…
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Are Capital Markets Corrupt?
Hunter Hastings of Economics for Business joins Jeff for a thoroughgoing discussion of how monetary and fiscal policy distort capital markets and create…
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Deflation Is Not a Problem: Reversing It Is
Keynesian economists claim that deflation is as bad or worse than inflation. But deflation not only reverses inflation's bad effects but also allows new wealth…
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Renewables and EVs in the Grip of Lesseps Syndrome
The so-called green energy strategy is no strategy at all. Instead, it is an attempt to cripple the energy industries in vain hopes that renewables will…
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Money Supply Growth in October Fell to a 39-Month Low. A Recession Is Now Almost Guaranteed.
Money supply growth slowed even more in October, and is now back to levels we last saw during the repo liquidity crunch of 2019, and in the days right before…
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Pentagon Fails Fifth Straight Audit, Does Anyone Care?
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop and Ryan McMaken discuss the recent report that the Pentagon has failed its fifth straight audit and why no one…
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Who Has Better Ethics, the Social Security System or Bernie Madoff?
Nearly everyone has heard of Bernie Madoff and rightly associates his name with financial fraud. Yet, the Social Security system is built on a Ponzi scheme…
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Biden's Defense Plan: Limitless Global Meddling
On this episode of War, Economy, and State, Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost take a look at the Biden administration's new National Security Strategy. The Biden…
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College Loans and Hazlitt's Lesson: Ignoring the Larger Picture
Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry…
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Taxing the Wealthy: A Tale of Two State Propositions
Massachusetts voters approved yet another tax hike for high-income residents, while California voters rejected a similar proposition. The current tax fever…
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How the Middle-Class Dining Room Revolutionized Domestic Life
For families and friends gathering for Thanksgiving this year, many will assemble in a room called the "dining room." This is a modern luxury made possible by…
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It's Not Discrimination, Even When the Government Claims Otherwise
Governments are demanding there be "proportional" representation of women in professions that women historically have avoided. Those efforts will be…
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The Fed Is Not "a Good Idea that Became Corrupt": It Always Was Corrupt
It is easy to think of the Fed as a good institution that simply lost its way. In truth, it was a bad idea and a bad institution from its beginning. Original…