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Who Is Most Responsible for the Ongoing War in Ukraine?
While most people tend to see the Ukraine-Russia war as a current phenomenon, it is the continuation of what happened in Europe more than a century ago…
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Dave Smith on the End of Political Pretense
Comic Dave Smith joins Jeff and Bob for a compelling look at the poisonous political landscape in post-goodwill America.
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Patents and Progress
Patents lack a basis in natural rights; to the contrary, they may be a patent absurdity. Original Article: "Patents and Progress" This Audio Mises Wire is…
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Yes, Precolonial Africa Had Technology and Economic Life before Colonialism
Like all other places, Africa has a more nuanced history than what people previously have believed. The continent was not devoid of technology before the…
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"Coup" Means Whatever the Regime Wants It to Mean
If the situation were reversed and protestors had invaded the Capitol to support a left-wing candidate, we can be sure that the vocabulary used to describe the…
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Africa Needs Conventional Fuels, Not Windmills and Solar Panels
Western elites are using Africa as their little laboratory for renewable energy schemes. Not surprisingly, these initiatives leave Africans in poverty and…
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Ding Dong, Cheney Is Gone: Is the Uniparty Next?
In this celebratory episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the fall of the Cheney and Bush dynasties and what it means for American…
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Central Banks Have Been Hedging Rampant Regulation. Will This End Now?
The latest bout of inflation has exposed how central banks around the world have used easy money policies to help cover for the economic drag created by the…
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Germany Can Save Itself, and Possibly the World, by Abandoning Four Failed Policies
Germany's foray into green energy is turning out to be a disaster, but abandoning the green utopia is only the first stage for that country. It is time to put…
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Profits Are Not Random. They're How Entrepreneurs Help Allocate Resources Efficiently.
The efficient market hypothesis, which is popular in neoclassical economics circles, holds that markets are so "efficient" that entrepreneurial profits are…
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Rising "Constitutional Carry" Is a Sign of Failing Trust in Government
In the past, many Americans may have simply trusted to the regime to provide "law and order." But that sentiment is apparently becoming more and more rare…
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It Is Time to Put the Red Flag to Red-Flag Laws
Both progressives and conservatives are touting so-called red-flag laws as a means to prevent mass shootings. But many shootings already have occurred in…
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The Attempt to Prosecute Donald Trump Is Unleashing More Than Our Political System Can Handle
The recent raid on Donald Trump's Florida home is one more event in Democrats and Never Trumpers' never-ending attempt to have Trump arrested, convicted, and…
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Low Interest Rates and High Taxes Won't Help against Inflation: The Economy Needs Savings and Real Investment
Now that inflation is the highest it has been in four decades, the monetary authorities are trying one trick after another. Only ending artificially low…
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After Secession, What Happens to the National Debt?
National divorce does happen, and debts are not necessarily repudiated as a result. We can look to examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the…
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Why the "New World Order" Is Impossible to Implement without Creating Mass Chaos
Global elites have a "wonderful" plan for the rest of us, even if they don't intend to live within its strictures. Original Article: "Why the "New World Order"…
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Economies Cannot Produce Wealth without Patience and Long-Term Horizons
People decrying poverty in developing countries usually overlook the fact that there is a dearth of long-term economic thinking. Original Article: "Economies…
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The Agenda behind Climate Change Catastrophism
On top of Congress passing the "Climate Relief Bill," environmentalists also demand that President Joe Biden declare a "climate emergency" in order to seize…
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Why Federal Agencies Go Rogue
The IRS plans to hire 87,000 new armed agents, while an FBI raid on Trump–the administration's open political rival–draws allegations of corruption. Economists…
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A Political Victory for the Joes Is a Loss for the Country
Sen. Joe Manchin has agreed to support a "Build Back Better" lite that proponents claim will reduce inflation, give us better weather, and "pay for itself"…
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Green Myths and Hard Realities: Sri Lanka as a Warning
While renewable energy and organic farming are considered sustainable, they're anything but. The collapse of Sri Lanka's green agricultural sector is a warning…
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Despite Our Own Inflation, the Dollar Dominance Takes Down the Yen and Euro
Even though the Fed has been inflating the US dollar with impunity, neither the yen nor the euro can challenge the USD. Original Article: "Despite Our Own…
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Do Tariffs Create Prosperity? Challenging the Populist Right on Trade
Populists on the right (and left) are claiming that American prosperity came about because of high protective tariffs. But political rhetoric can't replace…
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Divine Monarchy: Exploitative or Beneficial?
While divine monarchy might seem illogical or archaic, it had a larger positive economic impact in society that historians have overlooked. Original Article…
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Like Its Irresponsible Northern Neighbor, Mexico Is Also Suffering from Inflation
Just like the USA, Mexico is being hit with high inflation. This should surprise no one, given the Mexican government's recent economic policies. Original…
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The FBI: A Stasi for America
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop dive into the FBI's raid of Donald Trump. At a time when half the country already questions the…
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How British Efforts to Enforce Equality Have Led to a Woke Totalitarianism
The government of the United Kingdom is using coercive means to promote its dubious goals of "diversity and inclusion." In the end, freedom recedes while state…
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The Great Reset at Work: The Dystopian Transformation of the Food Industry
Fresh off destroying the agricultural economy of Sri Lanka, the Great Reset crowd now is urging people to eat insects in order to combat the food shortages…
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Private Property and Customer Safety: Starbucks Learns a Hard Lesson
The news that Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to customer safety concerns exposes the lack of police protection in cities and the problems with…
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Rastafarianism's Antistate Beginnings: It's More Than Just Bob Marley's Music
Mention Rastafarianism and most likely Reggae, dreadlocks, and Bob Marley come to mind. However, Rastafarianism helped downtrodden Jamaicans resist the…
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Emil Kauder as an Austrian Dehomogenizer
Names like Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, Wieser, Hayek, and Rothbard are well-known to adherents of the Austrian school of economics. Emil Kauder isn't one of those…
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The Fed Is Making It Up as It Goes, So It Ditched Forward Guidance
Powell said that moving forward "we think it's time to just go to a meeting by meeting basis." Translation: "Things might go even more off the rails at any…
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Go to War for Taiwan?
Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost discuss some of the strategic problems and historical oddities surrounding the relationships between the US, China, and Taiwan…
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Inflation Takings Require Just Compensation: Slash Governments!
Forget Biden's claim that his government is "fighting inflation." His government is creating inflation, and in so doing robbing people of their savings and…
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The Politicization of Economics
Has economics fallen to politics? Court economists like Paul Krugman–we might call them "regime economists"–represent a profession in big trouble. Jeff and Bob…
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Yellen: "Recession" Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
With inflation making workers poorer, and with midterm elections looming, Janet Yellen is doing damage control by arguing over the definition of "recession."…
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Is Nationalism a Good Thing? It Depends.
It’s impossible to simply declare nationalism itself to be good or bad. Its goodness or badness depends primarily on its effect on existing regimes and state…
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Regional Territories: A Decentralization Plan for the USA
As political divisions worsen in the United States, one remedy besides secession might be to create semiautonomous regional territories. Original Article…
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The Competing Ideologies for the Collectivist Mind
Modern socialists claim that Hitler's Nazi regime was the antithesis of socialism. Hitler would have disagreed, as he saw himself and his movement as being…
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The Economy Needs a Volcker Moment
When Paul Volcker was Fed chairman forty years ago, he did what was necessary to bring down inflation. Unfortunately, the current Fed leadership at best is…
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The R Word
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the regime's latest Orwellian word game to avoid acknowledging a recession. Is this an…
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Covid-19 and the Continuing Erosion of Private Property Rights
Lest anyone underestimate the brutality of state control, the way governments have handled the covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the authorities have not yet hit…
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GDP Provides a False Reading of the State of the Economy
Most economists see GDP as a snapshot of the performance of the economy. However, it is better understood as a misleading statistic which fails to accurately…
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The Federal Reserve Now Is between the Proverbial Rock and a Hard Place
The great credit expansion Alan Greenspan began thirty years ago has finally run its course. The Fed no longer can expand credit to fight the oncoming…
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The Canaries in the Coal Mines Are No Longer Singing
Mortgage companies and realtors are today's canaries. They're in deep trouble, and so are the rest of us. Original Article: "The Canaries in the Coal Mines Are…
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The Language Vandals
Language is an institution in society. We need to protect it from vandals in the state-linguistic complex. Original Article: "The Language Vandals" This Audio…
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Foreign Policy Is Welfare for the Rich
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 30 July 2022.
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How the New York Times Stole the Presidency
"This reform will be resisted at every step; but it must be pressed persistently." —Sam Tilden Download the slides from this talk at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_44…
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How to Build a Professional Wardrobe Inexpensively
Download the slides from this talk at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_44. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 30 July 2022.
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How to Teach Austrian Economics in the Current Political Atmosphere
As the US political landscape shifts rapidly and college economics departments become increasingly hostile, the way we teach free-market economics will change…
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Liberty versus "Relational Egalitarianism"
Egalitarian liberals think that basic liberties can be violated in the quest for equality and even that "the natural duty to promote justice straightforwardly…
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Mises Graduate School and Student Opportunities
Featuring Joseph Becker, Anthony Cesario, Felicia Jones, and Alex Voss. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 30 July 2022. Fellowships in…
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The Case for Economic Populism
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended." —Frédéric Bastiat Tho Bishop gave this talk at…
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What You Can Do
Jeff Deist and Connor Mortell host an AMA during Mises University 2022 on the topic of "What You Can Do." Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama…
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A Future in Austrian Economics
This address was presented at the Mises Institute Graduate School Commencement at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2022.
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Cronyism in America
We live in a world of constant cronyism. Nothing seems to change, no matter the party or the people in power. Was it always like this? Can we learn from it?…
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Do Free Markets Create a Wasteful "Landfill Economy"? Definitely Not
Critics claim the market economy engages in "planned obsolescence" that encourages throwing good products into landfills. In fact, activities that might seem…
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Economic Inequality
Inequality is a good thing in the free market. Economic equality is a disastrous government policy that leads to economic ruin for all—including the poor and…
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Energy Economics
Some principles for understanding environmental issues. Can government steer energy use decisions to improve outcomes? Download the slides from this lecture at…
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Faculty Panel: Policy and History
Featuring Per Bylund, Tom DiLorenzo, Lucas Engelhardt, Sandy Klein, Robert Murphy, Patrick Newman, and Tim Terrell. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn…