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Baby Formula: Thank Protectionists and the FDA for the Shortage
With the shortage have come the usual half-baked bromides about "evil corporations" and how they aren't regulated enough. The real fault lies with welfare…
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How States Are Fighting the Fed with JP Cortez
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop is joined by JP Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League (SoundMoneyDefense.org). JP, a Mises U alum, talks about…
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It's Time for America to Ditch NATO
In the first episode of this new podcast, Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost discuss NATO, Turkey, Russia, and why the USA needs to leave it all behind. Be sure to…
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Noninterventionism Is Not Isolationism: The US Government Should Stop Arming Ukraine
Proponents of arming Ukraine against Russia call critics "isolationists" as a pejorative term. But these "entangling alliances" have a history of sad endings…
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The Transgender Debate Should Be about Women's Freedom and Private Property Rights
Enforceable and accepted private property rights can help bring some solutions to the acrimonious debate over transgenderism and transgender rights. Original…
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Africa's Way Out of Monetary Colonialism
Since the early 1960s, African nations have gained political independence from colonial powers, but the monetary colonialism of fiat money continues. Original…
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France Is Catching Up to Japan, but Not in a Good Way
France is seeing its wealth-to-income levels rise to Japan's level because it is becoming harder for people to save and build wealth. Original Article: "France…
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The Fed Gets It Wrong on Money Velocity, Too
Money velocity's role in forcing up prices is misunderstood because today's monetary "authorities" fail to consider how new money is injected into the economy…
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African Politicians Must Stop Blaming Others for Africa's Economic Woes
Colonialism, imperialism, unfair trade, and more. African politicians look everywhere for the causes of Africa's poverty and chaos but in the mirror. Original…
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From El Salvador to Africa, the Next Currency War Pits Populists against Bankers
In the face of the coming hardship, central bankers and globalist institutions are going to demand more power to respond to the crisis they created. Bitcoin…
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Economic Freedom vs. Personal Freedom
Would you give up voting in exchange for no more taxes? Stephan Livera joins the show to discuss the curious distinction between economic freedom and personal…
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Proliferation Isn't the Problem. Legacy Nuclear Powers Again Threaten the Globe.
Here we are in 2022, worrying about if the world's oldest nuclear powers will be the ones to touch off a global nuclear war. It's not Pakistan or North Korea…
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Why Social Issues Dominate
Social issues, from abortion to critical race theory to teaching gender identity in elementary schools, dominate our politics and media. Original Article: "Why…
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1991: When America Tried to Keep Ukraine in the USSR
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the Washington establishment was convinced nationalism was a greater threat than Soviet despotism. Thus, George Bush…
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Austrians Have Been Correct about Big Tech: Elon Musk Just Proved Them Right
The partisan leftism of much of the tech industry has led to conservatives calling for state intervention in the digital sphere. Elon Musk's recent purchase of…
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Let Them Eat Raytheon Stock
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss recent inflation news, broader chaos in financial markets, and another round of funding…
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No, It's Not the Putin Price Hike, No Matter What Joe Biden Claims
Last year, Joe Biden and his administration claimed that inflation was "transitory." This year, Vladimir Putin gets the blame. Next year, Biden will blame…
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Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs
The patent system in pharmaceuticals incentivizes firms to game the system for monopoly profits. Original Article: "Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation…
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War, Sanctions, and Sanity: A Purely Hypothetical Inquiry
Sanctions are promoted as a response to international aggression. Yet, sanctions themselves are a form of aggression that, like war, usually have unhappy…
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Decentralized and Neutral
The EU is a prime example of a tendency toward territorial expansion and political centralization. Original Article: "Decentralized and Neutral" This Audio…
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Disney's Special District Is Not a "City-State" or "Private City"
One will occasionally hear from a libertarian activist that Disney World is some sort of model for totally private governance. This is a huge exaggeration of…
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Inflation, Quick and Dirty
Propping up congressional deficit spending, juicing equity markets, and constantly recapitalizing commercial banks are the Fed’s true mandates. Original…
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Where the Truth Is Hidden: Debating the Current State of the US Armed Forces
With members of Congress claiming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine somehow threatens the US homeland, it is time to tell the truth about the military…
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Why Social Issues Dominate
Jeff is solo this week and hosts Tom Woods to ask a simple question: Why do social issues dominate our attention, to the detriment of economics and fiscal…
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You Support Ukraine's Independence? Then You Support Secession.
In 1991, Ukrainians held an election and voted for secession. Today we’re supposed to cheer that. But to suggest something similar for a region of the United…
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How Did CNN+ Get Canned by Netflix? Austrian Economists Might Have an Answer
The Fed's reckless behavior has undermined Netflix more than the losses at CNN+. Original Article: "How Did CNN+ Get Canned by Netflix? Austrian Economists…
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Is the Supreme Court Repealing the 20th Century?
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Mises Graduate Program Provost and Constitutional law attorney Joe Becker joins Tho Bishop to break down the leaked opinion…
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Why the Yen Fell While the Dollar Rallied
Will Japan ever change course on its negative interest rates? Only if voters begin to realize that the lack of inflation to date in Japan is simply good luck…
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How Russia Uses Immigration and Naturalization to Grow State Power
Moscow has used naturalization and immigration to effect demographic change and encourage conflict between ethnic groups in neighboring states. It has proven…
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Decentralization and the Rise of the West: The European Miracle Revisited
Why did Europe advance economically in the postmedieval period? Bas Spliet looks to the writings of Ralph Raico and Hans-Hermann Hoppe for answers. Original…
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Stanley Goldfarb on Taking CRT Out of the Exam Room
Our guest is Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, author of the recently-released Take Two Aspirins and Call Me By My Pronouns, a book that details the intrusion of critical…
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To Fight Russia, Europe's Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe
Politicians have become accustomed to conjuring whatever they want through the “miracle” of printing money. But in the real world, it’s still necessary to…
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Expect Washington to Throw a Fit over China's New Deal with the Solomon Islands
Washington regards the entire world as its "sphere of influence." But now Beijing is looking to follow the US playbook on hegemony and expand Beijing's network…
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It Is Time To End the Fixation with Federal Law Enforcement
For many years, conservatives have held the FBI as being nearly infallible. It is time to rethink this devotion to a federal agency that pursues its own…
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Johnny Vedmore on Klaus Schwab, Kissinger, and the CIA
Johnny Vedmore is an independent journalist from Cardiff, Wales. He discusses his masterful article on Klaus Schwab's mentors, including Henry Kissinger and…
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Reparations for Government-Imposed Property Theft Are Justified and Necessary
Reparations is a buzzword in the present political climate, but most plans involve an expansion of the welfare state. But there is a form of reparations that…
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The Economic Sanctions against Russia Are Destructive and Counterproductive: We Must Oppose Them
Imposing economic sanctions upon Russia is tantamount to throwing gasoline on a raging fire. The sanctions will not end the Russian invasion of Ukraine and…
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The Conservatism of Decolonization
For all the talk of decolonialization, many Third World countries that became independent set up regulatory regimes that mirrored their former "mother"…
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There's a Reason George Washington Warned against "Entangling Relationships"
America's Cold War relationships have created conditions for very hot wars to take place. The current war in Ukraine is part of that sorry Cold War legacy…
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Jordan Peterson on Austrian Economics: Free Markets Are "Profoundly Equitable"
Jordan Peterson is turning his eye toward Austrian economics. Unlike the many conservatives who see free market advocacy as some sort of "dangerous…
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Reckless Associations: The Ruling Class Creates New Legal Theory to Stifle Free Speech
The war on free speech has been given a boost by a new legal theory called "reckless associations," the "leaders" of an association that allegedly harms…
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Saifedean Ammous Demolishes Green Energy
Our friend Saif, known to the world as Dr. Saifedean Ammous, joins Jeff and Bob Murphy for a demolition of the pseudo-economics behind Green energy. Read…
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Is Elon Musk a Threat to The Regime?
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the fallout from Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. While the move reportedly has…
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New Covid Study Shows Lockdown-Heavy States Had Some of the Worst Health Results
Among the states that performed the best during the pandemic were lockdown-light states like Utah and Florida. Among the states with the worst outcomes were…
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The Great Reset VII: Capitalism for the Rich and Socialism for the Poor
Michael Rectenwald takes on the progressive canard of "socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor," in which the government protects the wealthy but…
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Are Equal Pay Arguments Based upon the Labor Theory of Value?
Arguments for equal pay are popular in our body politic, but what happens if some of those arguments are based upon the faulty logic of the labor theory of…
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Do Conspiracies Really Exist? Murray Rothbard Thought So
The quickest way to discredit an intellectual opponent is to accuse that person of being a "conspiracy theorist." But what happens when real conspiracies…
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Disney's Corporate Welfare Is Modern Mercantilism
Disney's special legal status in Florida is reminiscent of the mercantilist corporations of old. They were granted favors at the expense of ordinary businesses…
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Famed Investor Jimmy Rogers
This week Jeff is solo with very special guest Jimmy Rogers, the famed investor, Alabama native, and fan of Austrian economics.
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Keynesians and Market Monetarists Didn't See Inflation Coming
It is interesting that the founder and leader of the market monetarists declared in January 2020 that the world was about to enter a "golden age" of low…
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The New World Order and Dehumanization on the Left and Right
Bob critiques the economic views of Yuval Harari, who predicts “useless people” because of technological advances. Bob then showcases similar thinking from…
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Do Institutions Play a Role in Promoting Economic Growth? In Short, Yes.
We are told that economic growth goes along with liberal democracy. But social institutions play an important role that transcends the political order…
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Sovereign Immunity Is Antilaw: The State Must Make Restitution to Its Victims
A libertarian view of the law by definition means that there can be no immunity from legal consequences. Anything else perverts the very meaning of law…
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No, Hitler Was Not a Closet Capitalist
Despite the Left's denials that Hitler was a socialist, a careful reading of his writings and speeches tells a different story. His sympathies lay with the…
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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is Just the Latest Expression of Pan-Slavic Authoritarianism
Trying to understand the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the exclusive viewpoint of modern Western democracy is to ignore the long history of authoritarian…
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How Fully Private, No-Insurance Hospitals Help the Common Man
The standard line with progressives is that unless government controls medical care, prices will skyrocket. But what if the free market model costs less than…
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Political Upheaval Is Not Threatening "Our Democracy." Our Democracy Is.
The current political polarization in the USA is not a "threat" to "our democracy." Instead, democracy as we know it is the prime reason for the polarization…
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The State Is the Ultimate Groomer
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the controversy surrounding recent Florida education reforms. Why does it benefit the…
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Destroying America to "Save" It? Biden's Nihilistic Destruction of the Energy Industry
The Biden administration in its desire to "save" the planet from climate change has decided to destroy one of this country's most productive and important…
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The "Rules-Based International Order" Is Dead. Washington Killed It.
From globalization to sanctions, to international institutions like the UN, the US is leading a small global fragment that's little more than NATO and a…