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With Victoria Nuland Nomination, Biden Signals a Return to Bush-Obama-Era Foreign Policy
Nuland was an advisor to ultrainterventionist Dick Cheney and would continue the costly expansionist policies of the Bush and Obama years. Original Article…
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The New New Deal Has Already Arrived. Thank the Covid Panic.
The new covid relief bill signals that whatever restraint on public spending existed before 2020 is now all but gone. And the bill represents the beginning of…
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How the Fed's Inflation Is Driving Stock Buybacks
An explosion in the money supply has driven many corporate managers to turn to stock buybacks as a safe alternative to holding on to depreciating cash. This…
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One Year Later: The Police Still Won't Come Clean on Duncan Lemp's Death
Local politicians have pretended the Lemp killing never happened and the media let them get away with it—the same way that most of the New York media covered…
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The Long Rehabilitation of Frank Fetter
The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Steven and Cassandra Torello. Recorded at the Mises Institute on March 20, 2021. Includes an introduction…
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Donald Devine on the Enduring Tension
Donald Devine is a legend in Washington, DC conservative circles, where he gained fame wrestling civil service bloat as head of Reagan's Office of Personnel…
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Entrepreneurship and Liberty
The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed. Recorded at the Mises Institute on March 19, 2021. Includes an introduction by Peter G…
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Two Months In: Life in Biden's America
We're now living in Biden's America. But what does that mean? It means a continuation of trends already in place: the long slow decline of America's…
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Welcome to AERC 2021
Recorded at the Mises Institute on March 19, 2021. Includes an introduction by Tom Woods.
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Gary Wolfram on the Minimum Wage and Other Misguided Policies
Gary Wolfram is an economics professor at Hillsdale College, who was both a teacher and colleague of Bob during his two stints at the school (first as a…
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It's Time for the US to Withdraw from Korea
Pulling troops out of South Korea is an important step in changing the conversation on American foreign policy, which is swamped in platitudes of promoting…
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Why a Green New Deal Is More Expensive Than Joe Biden Realizes
Wind and solar power can work well when placed in an ideal location. Much of the time, however, these projects require a lot of fossil fuel to produce, but…
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Scam Baiters Take an Active and Entertaining Role in Fighting Cybercrime
US government agencies like the FBI remain incapable of bringing foreign online scammers to justice. Fortunately, in their place, internet “vigilantes” have…
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Accad ❤ Koka
Dr. Accad interviews Dr. Koka regarding his latest article entitled “Correlative Adventures with COVID” SHOW NOTES Anish Koka: “Correlative Adventures with…
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Capital and Labor Both Suffer under Minimum Wage Mandates
Rising unemployment is just one outcome of minimum wage mandates. Capital accumulation and labor productivity will also be hurt. Original Article: "Capital and…
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Class Harmony, Not Class War
The discontent and unrest that followed the 2020 presidential election was, at least in major part, one of the innumerable destructive consequences of an…
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To Understand Economics, First Understand Private Property
Rothbard recognized that money and exchange could not develop without first establishing private property. So Rothbard also recognized that it was important to…
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Value Is Subjective: Neither Gold Nor Crypto Have "Real Value"
The fact that gold can be used for, say, industrial purposes does not mean it has "real value" while more intangible goods and services have none. Original…
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Why Europe's Left Wants a European Financial Superstate
If Europe wants to build wealth for its poorest members, it needs private entrepreneurship. But entrepreneurs need exactly the opposite of the Keynesian plan…
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Aggregated Data Hides the Damage Done by Minimum Wage Hikes
Much of the harm is disguised by focusing on forecasts of higher aggregate income for the poor. Individuals, on the other hand, are another story. Original…
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This Is What the Progressives Want To Do to Us
Think of Minneapolis and Portland and then apply that model nationwide. Then you have an idea where progressive radicals want to take us. Original Article…
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What Really Happened With the Texas Power Grid
Since the deep freeze in February caused millions of Texas homes to lose their power, partisans have been fighting over the blame. The governor blamed wind…
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Wind Power Is a Disaster in Texas, No Matter What Paul Krugman Says
Normally the boosters of renewable energy point with pride to Texas, yet when wind collapsed during the deep freeze, suddenly even its biggest fans admit that…
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A Libertarian’s Case For Lockdowns, with Chris Snowdon
Our guest is Christopher Snowdon, a freelance journalist with a focus on the intrusion of public health into the daily lives of ordinary people. He is the…
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Dr. Keith Smith Explains the Scam in Medical Pricing and How to Fix It
Medical doctor Keith Smith returns to the show to explain how government intervention allows insurance companies to distort health care prices. Rather than…
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Economics in One Lesson Is Still the Best Layman's Intro to Economics
Hazlitt takes on a humble objective: to deliver an “unblushingly ‘classical,’ ‘traditional,’ and ‘orthodox’” synthesis of economics. This is the most fitting…
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Rothbard Explains How to Recover from an Economic Crisis
The answer lies in audacious economic reforms that favor markets and entrepreneurs: liquidate bad investments, let deflation happen, cut government spending…
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Nonviolent Solutions to Social Problems
Bob discusses three separate items all related to nonviolence: (1) Gene Sharp’s work, (2) Bob’s old dream of how to topple a tyrant, and (3) the winners of the…
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Playing Games with Stocks
The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available. Original Article: "Playing Games with Stocks" This Audio…
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Public Schools Refuse to Open. Give the Taxpayers Their Money Back
If grocery stores were run like public schools, they'd still be in the midst of an extended covid lockdown. Fortunately, though, we have a (mostly) privatized…
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The EU's Woes Are a Political Problem, Not an Economic One
The problem with the European Union is not that it seeks to integrate Europe's economies. The problem comes from attempts to integrate politics as well…
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What Rothbard's Defense of Religion Teaches Us about Resisting the Covid State
Murray Rothbard died more than a quarter century before the outbreak of the covid mania and tyranny, but if he were alive today, he wouldn’t be surprised to…
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The Economics and Ethics of Government Default, Part II
The economic analysis of repudiation applies to the debt of all levels of government and to all countries. The central question is not how big the government…
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Rothbard's Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis
The assertion that “tax-financed public goods can make us all better off” is just that: an assertion. As Rothbard showed, there is no reason to just assume…
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The True Cost of Taxation Is Much Higher Than Your Tax Bill
If we look beyond the mere tax revenue totals, we begin to understand that the cost of taxation to society is far higher than the tax revenue raised and that…
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Daniel Lacalle on Freedom or Equality
Our great friend Daniel Lacalle joins the show from Madrid to discuss the post-Covid economy from the framework of his newest book, Freedom or Equality. Real…
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The PRO Act Is Not Just a Union Handout—It's an Assault on the Freedom of Association Itself
The bill’s supporters may talk about how it will give workers the ability to choose to organize at work, but much like the mafia, this bill will ensure that…
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Why the Capitol Riot Terrified the Elite
The media-government alliance has clamped down against the populist right harder than ever before. Yet, one can sense a hint of panic within establishment…
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Bitcoin, Gold, and the Rush to National Digital Currencies
A money which can be held in only one form, whether digital coin (as in the case of bitcoin), or banknote, or sight deposit, or metallic coin, for example, is…
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Even without "Qualified Immunity," It Won't Be Easy to Prove When Police Are Abusive
When police ineptly scanned a car's license plate and wrongly decided the car was stolen, they proceeded to force a group of children to the ground at…
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Rothbard Week: 5 Great Things About Murray
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss five reasons why Rothbard's work is so memorable. From his fearlessness in the face of opposition, to his commitment to…
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Why Rothbard Endures
Instead of succumbing to the zeitgeist, Rothbard moved it. Original Article: "Why Rothbard Endures" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by…
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The Dangers Lurking behind a Digital Euro
As soon as cash has been pushed back or stripped away entirely, monetary policymakers can implement an uninhibited negative interest rate policy to devalue…
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The Great Reset, Part V: Woke Ideology
How would a reset of the mass mind come to pass that would allow for the many elements of the Great Reset to be put into place—without mass rebellion, that is?…
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ACB's Betrayal of Trump Continues the Red Pilling of Conservative America
The refusal of the SCOTUS to consider the merits of a case concerning 2020 election laws is the sort of behavior that we have come to expect from spineless…
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American Households Made Economic Gains before Covid, but This Progress Can Be Lost
Before 2020, there were growing signs of increasing economic prosperity for a wide variety of income groups in America. Whether or not this prosperity survives…
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When Is Short Selling Fraudulent?
Shorting more than the total outstanding shares isn’t perverse or fraudulent, whereas naked short selling—depending on the context—might be. Original Article…
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Why "Stakeholder Capitalism" Is a Disaster for Entrepreneurs
The driving force behind the stakeholder capitalism philosophy is precisely that it creates opportunities for political actors to assert disproportionate…
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"Weapons of Mass Destruction": The Last Refuge of the Global Interventionist
The threat of “nuclear proliferation” remains one of the great catch-all reasons—the other being “humanitarian” intervention—given for why the US regime and…
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India's Farming Reform: A Lesson in Interest Group Politics
If Punjabi farmers had been portrayed as affluent, the media would view them as greedy entrepreneurs. But leveraging the political capital of perceived…
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Dr. Philipp Bagus on the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria
Normally we discuss books on The Human Action Podcast, but this new academic paper by Professor Philipp Bagus is too important to ignore. "COVID-19 and the…
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Hormetics: A Principle of Health and Fitness, with Charlie Deist
Our guest is Charlie Deist, author of Hormetics: Physical Fitness for Free People. We have an engaging and somewhat philosophical conversation on principles of…
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Some Coloradoans Want to Break Off and Join Wyoming. They Should at Least Get to Vote On It.
A state's borders should change over time to reflect demographic and ideological realities. By denying this, political leaders are effectively saying that the…
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The Omnipotent Power to Assassinate
How did the federal government acquire this omnipotent power? Certainly not by constitutional amendment. It acquired it by converting the federal government…
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Could Gold Discoveries Cause the Austrian Boom-Bust Cycle?
In a 2019 article, Bob quoted Mises who believed that new gold discoveries, in principle, could cause a (small) boom-bust cycle if the gold hit the loan market…
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The Biggest Lies of the Impeachment Saga
The latest impeachment saga simply confirms Thomas Paine’s adage: “The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most…
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Want More Entrepreneurship? Embrace Long-Term Legal Stability.
Prudent economic calculation becomes more difficult as legal and regulatory regimes are subject to frequent changes and political upheaval. Original Article…
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Prohibition's Repeal: What Made FDR Popular
As Mark Thornton has shown, the big legislative change that FDR made at the start of his presidency, the decision that affected every single American citizen…
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China Needs More Economic Freedom—Not a Bigger Welfare State
Mainstream economists claim China needs more consumption and a bigger welfare state. They think China's high savings rate is a bad thing. These economists are…
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The High Cost of Using the Minimum Wage as a Form of Welfare
Social activists now regard the minimum wage as another welfare program that can reduce the costs of programs like Medicaid and food stamps, and can reduce…