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Why There's a Left-Right Divide among Libertarians
Like it or not, libertarians have divided themselves along left-right lines. Here's a brief explanation. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by…
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Accad/Koka on Lockdowns
Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss lockdowns in light of the experience of the last few months. SHOW NOTES Michel Accad: It’s Not About Trade-Offs Watch the…
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The Misplaced Fear of "Monopoly"
The political entrepreneur succeeds by using the implicit violence of government to cripple his competitors and harm consumers. The market entrepreneur, on the…
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Trump Agonistes
Populists need a status quo to oppose, but now Trump stands as the incumbent. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by…
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The Covid Crisis Has Helped Make the Blueprint for a European Superstate
The “cure” to the current crisis that is forced upon all Europeans now is not just worse than the disease; it is the disease. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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Throwing Printed Money at This Problem Won't Make It Go Away
The crisis we faced in 2008 has not gone away, as we failed to heed its warning to change course and reduce debt levels. Instead, it has become bigger and more…
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Swamponomics: Trump's Fed Pick, a Kodak Moment, and GDP Misinformation
Kodak's newly announced $765 million loan is just another case of DC picking winners and losers. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher…
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Why Two Wealthy Senators Might Not Like Judy Shelton
This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: "Why Two Wealthy Senators Might Not Like…
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Why the Left Hates Christianity
Bob first observes that the Left (institutionally) hates Christianity, and that standard explanations, such as its alleged bigotry, don't explain why the Left…
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How Murray Rothbard's Theory of Entrepreneur-Driven Progress Can Be Applied to Modern Businesses
To succeed, entrepreneurs must demonstrate superior foresight and judgment, and practice continuous dynamic improvement in their assembly and reassembly of…
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Jeff Deist on Pandemic Regulations, the Future of Gold, and Cryptocurrency
What’s going on in the gold market? Is cryptocurrency the way forward? How can we map out our economic future in light of the GDP drop and unemployment? Jeff…
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The Origins of the Dollar's Value
The value of a paper dollar originates from its historical link to commodity money—which happens to be gold—and not government decree or social convention…
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Tom DiLorenzo Explains the Problem With Abe Lincoln
Tom DiLorenzo is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute who has written several books critical of Lincoln. His latest is "The Problem With Lincoln." Bob asks…
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Dear Portland, It's Not America's Job to Solve Your Problems
In response to my article last week opposing the use of federal soldiers and federal agents on the streets of American cities, my inbox and the article's…
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MMT Follow-up: A Framework for Money, Inflation, and Debt
As a follow-up to his discussion on MMT with Rohan Grey (in ep. 130), Bob goes solo to explain the basic cash balance framework for thinking about money…
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Man, Economy, and State: Monopoly with Dr. Walter Block
When Murray Rothbard wrote Man, Economy, and State in the 1950s, monopoly theory was a mess. Even Mises did not have a full understanding of where neoclassical…
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Why the US Economy Is Stronger Than the Eurozone's
Debt and recession in the United States are big problems. But in both cases, metrics show a better situation in the US than in the eurozone. This Audio Mises…
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The Implosion of the Virus Hysteria Smells a Lot like 1989
Yes, there are still the people buying into the fear, ratting out their neighbors, etc. But I'm seeing a lot more of the opposite: people recognizing who the…
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Today's Anticapitalists Are Closer to Fascism Than They Think
Today's anticapitalists fall into a familiar pattern pioneered by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher…
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Kamala Harris Is Basically Obama-Clinton 2.0, but Worse
No doubt, many of Harris's detractors will call her radical or a tool of the far left. The reality is actually far more alarming. Original Article: Kamala…
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Trump's Payroll Tax Order Is Good Politics, but Doesn't Offer Much Tax Relief
Trump's executive order providing a short deferment on payroll taxes is not really a tax cut. But many voters may perceive it as one. Original Article: Trump's…
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Why Chicago's Mayor Blames Her City's Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana
Although it's easier to buy guns in Indiana and Wisconsin than in Chicago, homicide rates are lower in those states than in either Illinois or Chicago…
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Political Self-Determination and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
For the foreseeable future, war between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be on the table, occasionally turning hot, just as it has in the last weeks. This conflict…
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The Media Said Europe "Beat Back" Covid. But Now Lockdowns Loom Again
The "experts" intend to keep locking populations down again and again until there's a vaccine. But what if there's no vaccine coming? This Audio Mises Wire is…
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Who Profits from Militarizing the Police?
As 20 million Americans fall into unemployment, no crisis is so big that anyone in Washington would think of cutting military spending, including dollars spent…
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From Lockdowns to "The Great Reset"
The global "elites" of the World Economic Forum seek a "Great Reset" that will usher in a new and far more powerful technocracy defined by central planning and…
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Japan's Executive Pay Gap
The highly regulated, protectionist Japanese economy, and an overall collectivist culture, leaves little room for flexibility in executive pay. This makes…
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Joshua Gottlieb on Government Policy and Physician Income
Joshua Gottlieb is an economist who co-authored a recent paper examining the effect of government policy and physician income. The paper was recently presented…
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Adrian Lee Oliver on Police Abuse and the Pros & Cons of BLM
Adrian Lee Oliver wrote a Twitter thread on the BLM protests and how they are contributing to racial polarization. The thread took off, leading to Adrian's…
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Say's Law and the Effects of a Growing Money Supply
Economic growth results from increasing production, and the money supply is always sufficient to foster exchange. The boom-bust cycle only occurs when…
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Trump's Spending Is Delaying a Recovery. Biden Would Be Even Worse.
Debt matters, even if interest rates are low. Increasing debt and spending means lower growth and weaker real wages in the future. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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Hopes for "China-ization" of Europe's Economy Fuels the Latest Investor Frenzy
If there is a new dawn, it is for the Sinicization of Europe—China-style stimulus administered alongside a severely ailing financial system kept whole by…
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Keep Those Federal Troops out of American Cities
The American revolutionaries created a decentralized, locally controlled polity for a reason. Abolishing federalism to achieve short-term political ends is a…
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The Government Wants Your Crypto Data. And Lots of It.
Cryptocoins aren't entirely anonymous, and the state is hard at work gathering as much information as it can on all crypto users. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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American Police Forces Were Created to Fight Rioters. But Police Probably Made Things Worse.
Contrary to the popular narrative that government police establish law and order, there is good reason to believe that the advent of militarized police in the…
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Shelton Derangement Syndrome: Which Republicans Will Side with Fed Groupthink?
Shelton’s nomination is best seen as a litmus test for Republican senators. Are they interested in ideological diversity within American institutions, or…
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Man, Economy, and State: Entrepreneurship and Change
The Human Action podcast with Jeff Deist continues tracking Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State, this time focusing on the role of entrepreneurs in the…
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David Friedman on Physics, Coase, Anarcho-Capitalism, and Cancel Culture
David Friedman is one of the pioneering theorists of anarcho-capitalism, as laid out in his book The Machinery of Freedom. In this free-wheeling discussion, he…
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When It Comes to Masks, There Is No "Settled Science"
A survey of the research shows that the science of mask wearing is hardly "settled." And this up-in-the-air nature of it all is a reminder of how immoral it is…
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Yes, QE Creates Wealth Effects
According to Keynesians, wealth effects result from money creation, and they have a beneficial impact. The Keynesians are right that wealth effects exist. But…
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Bob Murphy Debates Thaddeus Russell on Postmodernism as Foundation for Liberty
Thaddeus Russell, creator of Renegade University, has been arguing that libertarians should embrace postmodernism as their philosophical foundation, rather…
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Manny Sethi. Trauma Surgeon & US Senate Candidate
Manny Sethi is a trauma surgeon running to be the next senator from the state of Tennessee. He is the son of immigrants, and an unabashed conservative who…
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Why Marxist Organizations Like BLM Seek to Dismantle the "Western Nuclear Family"
The Black Lives Matter organization explicitly states it seeks to "disrupt" the "nuclear family structure." In this, BLM is no different from countless other…
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Why the MSM Hates Judy Shelton
The media wants Judy Shelton destroyed, because she once made some sensible comments about gold and fiat money. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored…
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Avik Roy: The FREOPP plan for reopening schools
Reopening schools in the midst of a pandemic is a controversial topic. FREOPP, a non-partisan think tank founded by Avik Roy recently released a plan for…
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GDP, Free Trade, and Prosperity
GDP is not a useful measure of the material prosperity of a nation, and the way GDP is measured tends to hide the benefits of free trade. This Audio Mises Wire…
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New Unemployment Increased to 1.4 Million Last Week as Recovery Falters
The rising unemployment comes partly as a result of state governments forcing the closures of some businesses, or restricting operations, in the name of…
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Scott Beyer Shows How Free Markets Can Revitalize Our Cities
Scott Beyer is the author of the Market Urbanism Report, which applies free market economic principles to urban issues, such as traffic congestion and housing…
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Americans Are Buying Guns in Record Numbers. The Washington Post Isn't Pleased.
Americans have been buying lots of guns out of fear of crime and unrest this year. This suggests that the crime-guns causality is the opposite of what gun…
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Foreign Aid Is Protectionism
The economic nationalist faces a dilemma. Foreign aid handouts and economic protectionism are not only wholly compatible in theory, but the effects of foreign…
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More Laws Mean More Police Brutality
Every law must ultimately be enforced using the police power of the state. For those who resist, this means violent arrest and imprisonment. Or worse. This…
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Gorging on Debt to Survive the COVID-19 Economy
Our current position on debt seems to be akin to saying the only way to keep from drowning is pouring more water over the victim. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists
Murray Rothbard explains that anarcho-communists' longing for a preindustrial primitivism would mean starvation and death for nearly all of mankind and a…
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Man, Economy, and State: Interest Rates
Kristoffer Hansen joins the show to discuss everything about interest rates, as detailed by Rothbard in Chapter 6 of Man, Economy, and State. Hansen and Jeff…
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New Opportunities for Marxists: Climate Change and Coronavirus
Every economic system is a mixture of market action and state control. The Marxist strategy is to blame every ill caused by state intervention on capitalism…
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The COVID-19 Panic Shows Us Why Science Needs Skeptics
Every major scientific advance challenged the “settled science” of its day and was often denounced as pernicious and false, even dangerous. This Audio Mises…
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Brett Venoitte on the Prussian Roots of US Education and Assessing Experts on the Coronavirus
Brett Venoitte is host of the School Sucks podcast. After explaining his background in education, Brett explains how Horace Mann drew from authoritarian…
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Edward Leamer: Is Econometrics a Con?
Dr. Leamer is a Professor of Economics and Statistics at UCLA who comes on the show to discuss the recent arrival of econometric analyses in medicine. He is a…
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US Employment Stalls as Trillion-Dollar Deficits Mount
Tax revenue declined again in June, and new jobless claims increased by more than a million for the seventeenth week in a row. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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What the Supreme Court Got Right in Its Indian Tribe Ruling
The Supreme Court this week limited a state government's control over what is supposed to be a sovereign Indian tribe. The next step lies in limiting federal…