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Austrian Economics Makes Managers Better
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
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Bernanke's Sordid Nobel Prize
Dr. Bob Murphy and Jeff Deist discuss the nauseating elevation of former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Nobel Prize winner.
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Does Bank Lending by Itself Set Off Boom and Bust Cycles?
What happens when banks lend money? It depends the lending process itself. If lending comes about because of an expansion of credit, then it creates problems…
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The Turkish Way
Turkey's economy is reeling under inflation rates likely reaching 170 percent. Not surprisingly, the worst of it is felt by regular people just trying to make…
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An Economic Perspective on Accusing Political Opponents of Racism
A winning political strategy, especially among Democrats, is to accuse their political opponents of racism, or at least "closet" racism. Yet simple economic…
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Are We Now Americans By Occupation Only?
Connor Mortell joins Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop to discuss his recent article entitled "We Are Not the Government, but America Is No Longer Anything More than…
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Austrian Economics versus the Federal Reserve
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022. Sponsored by Remy Demarest.
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Breaking Away: The Case for Smaller Polities
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022. Sponsored by Dr. Michael and Lisa Keller
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The Fed's Real Mandate
The standard line is that the Federal Reserve System has two mandates, keep unemployment low and create price stability. Mark Thornton notes that the real…
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America's Experiment in Zero-Gravity Finance
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 6th, 2022. Sponsored by Tracy and Joe Matarese.
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An Ancient Warning: Criminal Trespass Is the State’s Essential Feature
The Bible the ancient Israelites were warned about the dangers of having a government that would tax them heavily and oppress them. They didn't listen…
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What Drove the Industrial Revolution in Britain? It Wasn't Slavery
Some claim that slavery was the main reason for the success of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, but the answer lies elsewhere. Original Article…
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Hazlitt's Lesson Restated: New Jersey's Disastrous Ban on Single-Use Plastic
Virtue-signaling politicians in New Jersey have banned single-use plastic bags, claiming to "help the environment." They need to read Hazlitt's Economics in…
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It's All about the Benjamins: Why the Dollar Determines US Policies
The US dollar is not the world's "reserve" currency because of responsibility on behalf of the monetary authorities. Instead, the dollar's "strength" wages…
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Escaping Russia's Military Draft Is an Act of Self-Defense
Fortunately, the world is composed of many separate states, which enables "disobedient" residents in one state to escape to others, and fleeing conscription is…
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The Fraudulent Social Contract of Bad Money Regimes
Progressives are fond of telling us that we are under a "social contract" with the government, in effect justifying whatever abuses authorities inflict…
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The Secessionist French Classical Liberals: Molinari and Dunoyer
Radical Charles Dunoyer wanted "the municipalization of the world" by which states would be broken up and forced to compete both with the private sector and…
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Central Banks Claim to Preserve the Value of Money through Inflation
Central banks claim that their main purposes are to help an economy maintain high rates of employment and price stability. Ironically, they claim to do this…
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No, Ordinary Russians Are Not Responsible for the Crimes of the Russian Regime
In wartime, politicians frequently attempt to claim that all the citizens of foreign states are guilty of all the crimes their regimes commit. This is a modern…
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Breaking Away: On Secession and Small States
Until the day comes that a majority of the population wants to abolish all states, it makes sense in the meantime to look to ways that will reduce the power of…
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Cryptocurrency as Money—Store of Value or Medium of Exchange?
Standard neoclassical definitions of money call it a means of exchange and a store of value. But is this correct? Original Article: "Cryptocurrency as…
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History Repeats Itself: Abandoning Sound Money Leads to Tyranny and Ruin
The current bout of inflation is the latest disaster in a string of disasters caused by government debasement of once sound money. Original Article: "History…
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Toby Baxendale on the Coming Financial Repression
UK entrepreneur and founder of the Cobden Centre Toby Baxendale joins Bob to discuss meeting Hayek, the history of economists supporting 100% reserve banking…
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How the Policy of Price Stability Generates Greater Economic Instability
The Fed claims 2 percent inflation promotes "price stability." However, that policy also causes the boom-and-bust cycle, which is anything but stable. Original…
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Student Loan Forgiveness Treats the Symptom, Not the Disease
President Biden's recent student loan forgiveness initiative only exacerbates the real problem: the cost of a college education, thanks to government…
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Biggar Thy Neighbor
Is there a case for an American empire? Professor Nigel Biggar of Oxford University believes so, but David Gordon sets him straight. Original Article: "Biggar…
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In Latest Recession Signal, Money-Supply Growth Plummeted to a Three-Year Low in August
The money supply is on a long and fast downward trajectory. This points toward recession and is just one more indicator of economic weakness in addition to…
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Genuine Recovery Is Up to Investors, Producers, and Consumer Choice
Recovery is genuine only when it reaches the masses of individuals. And recovery comes only from the actions of individuals acting in a free market. Original…
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Obama's Forgotten Child Hunger Debacle
Barack Obama promised to "end child hunger" by 2015. Michelle Obama promised to end childhood obesity. Unfortunately, both increased in large part because of…
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Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas
The European elites that imposed disastrous covid-19 restrictions, along with "green energy" regimes and sanctions against Russia are now seeing the results of…
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Should the Fed Increase the Money Supply in Response to a Growing Economy?
Standard economic theory states that as an economy grows, the money supply should grow with it. Appealing to the Austrian tradition, Frank Shostak shows that…
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Are "Progressive" Prosecutors Real Reformers or Leftists Acting in Bad Faith?
The surge of "progressive" prosecutors, many funded by George Soros, has been followed by increases in violent crime. Original Article: "Are "Progressive"…
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The Economics of War
Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute joins Jeff and Bob to discuss the economic and political ramifications of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline sabotage. Read…
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The Fed Is Finally Seeing the Magnitude of the Mess It Created
The Fed's entire "strategy" can be summed up as "hike 'til it breaks, cut 'til it inflates." That's the best all those PhDs at the Fed have managed to come up…
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Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control
While officials in the White House, Treasury, and the Fed give the appearance of being in control, but in truth, they cannot undo the damage they have done…
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Do People Accept Money Because Government Endorses It?
Why does money have value? Typical economists claim that money is valuable because the government declares it so. But that is impossible, given the true…
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What Will Germans Do without Russian Gas?
Ryan and Tho talk with Mises.org author and German native Rosanna Weber about the energy crisis in Germany. German policymakers have greatly worsened the…
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Germany's (and Europe's) Self-Inflicted Upcoming Energy Crunch
At the urging of the United States, Germany and other European governments have levied sanctions against Russia. In reality, these governments have levied…
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The "Stunning Success" of the Green Revolution Is Yet Another Progressive Myth
An enduring progressive myth is that thanks to Western technologies and compassionate NGOs, American agricultural scientists saved the developing world via the…
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Seeing the Student Loan Crisis as a Form of Boom and Bust
Conservatives have missed the point that it is not students particularly that are at fault for the student loan crises, but the entire bureaucratic…
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The Pandemic Is "Over," but the Feds Aren't Giving Up Their Emergency Powers
Joe Biden says the pandemic is over in an attempt to get a few more votes. But the administration certainly isn't acting like the "pandemic is over" in terms…
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Practicing Politics as Self-Defense
Because government is predatory, it may seem ironic then to use the political system as a means of protecting one's own property, family, and loved ones. But…
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The Other Immigration Question: Should People from Wealthy Countries Migrate to Poorer Ones?
While people from poor countries seek to live in places like the USA because of its stable institutions and welfare state, could migration of people from…
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Does Capitalism Itself Create Economic Instability or Is Central Banking the Culprit?
Post-Keynesians believe that capitalism is internally unstable, leading to necessary intervention by the central bank. Austrians see that as backward…
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Europe Ditched Russian Energy. Now People Are Sitting in Line for Days to Buy Coal. Is Biden to Blame?
Winter is approaching and Europeans are facing homes without heat, thanks to the US-led sanctions against Russia. Who will carry the blame when people freeze…
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The Inflation Reduction Act: Another Unfair and Unjustified State Intervention
One doubts that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act will reduce inflation. However, it will wreak havoc on the US economy with its lethal mix of taxes…
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Daniel McCarthy on the Libertarian and Conservative Divide
Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, joins Jeff to consider the state of modern conservatism, modern libertarianism, and whether they can or cannot find…
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Molinari Explains the Difference between Monarchy and Popular Government
The rise of democracy blurred the lines between the regime and the people it exploits. This was less of a problem under monarchs, whose interests were clearly…
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Powell's Pivot to "Pain" but No Gain: Triggering the Coming Recession
The Fed is slowly increasing interest rates in the hopes that the economy will experience a "soft landing." However, there is no way to soften the blows about…
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The Market for Security vs. the Clown World of Civil Rights
Tate Fegley joins Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop to discuss his recent Mises Wire article, "Private Property and Customer Safety: Starbucks Learns a Hard Lesson"…
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Europeans Were Not the Only Slave Traders in Africa
While the current political narratives claim that only Europeans were involved in the infamous transatlantic slave trade, the Africans themselves were also…
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Five Keys to Professional and Personal Development
Do these things to stand apart from your peers. Original Article: "Five Keys to Professional and Personal Development" This Audio Mises Wire is generously…
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How Do We Define Socialism? By What It Does—and Does Not—Do
The reality of socialism is that it politicizes life entirely. How that is supposed to improve quality of life remains a mystery. Original Article: "How Do We…
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When "Decolonialization" Creates More Problems than It Allegedly Solves
The academic and political buzzword today is "decolonialization," but what happens when good laws are discarded on the flimsy basis that they were established…
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Socialism Is Not Groupthink, but Statethink: A Brief Comment on Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson has linked identity politics to socialism. Instead, socialism is about empowering the state. Original Article: "Socialism Is Not Groupthink…
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The Enclosure Movement and the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
While historians paint the enclosure movement in negative terms, it actually played an important role in developing agricultural entrepreneurship. Original…
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How Monarchs Became Servants of the State
Monarchs created Europe's modern states but lost the ability to control them. Then, having grown beyond the tools that helped monarchs turn themselves into…
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The Fed Is Wrong to Make Policies Based upon the Phillips Curve
Adherents of the famous Phillips curve believe there is a permanent tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. This is mistaken. Original Article: "The Fed…
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August's Price Inflation Soared, and That Means Earnings Fell Yet Again
This is bad news for the administration, which has repeatedly attempted to downplay the relentless increases to the cost of living being inflicted on Americans…
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Déjà Vu: Argentines Once Again are Voting for More Inflation While Remaining in Denial
Argentina is synonymous with hyperinflation, but apparently its voters have not had enough. Original Article: "Déjà Vu: Argentines Once Again are Voting for…