Bob Murphy vs. Dave Smith on the Johns Hopkins Lockdown Study
Bob explains the friendly exchange he had with Dave Smith regarding the new Johns Hopkins study that concluded lockdowns did little to reduce mortality.
Bob explains the friendly exchange he had with Dave Smith regarding the new Johns Hopkins study that concluded lockdowns did little to reduce mortality.
Ash Navabi offers his take on the clash between the Freedom Convoy protests and the Trudeau regime.
Wokism and US foreign policy should not be viewed as isolated phenomena but rather inextricably linked concepts given the US’s universalist foreign policy modus operandi.
General Andrew Jackson, fresh off the election of 1828, assumes the office of the presidency, armed with a battle plan to bring down the institutions he blames for the corruption of the republic.
For the covid despots, anyone who objected to government commands was the equivalent of a heretic who must be condemned or banished from every place except the cemetery.
Bob has Steve Patterson back on the show, to concede that Steve’s skepticism of higher mathematics was right all along.
Sometimes people—even other economists—are incredulous that the Austrians deny the possibility of interpersonal utility comparisons.
Dr. Peter Klein joins the show and gives us his behind-the-scenes view of the increasingly politicized economics profession.
California politicians say "gun owners should cover the costs of gun violence." Apparently, holding actual criminals responsible for their own misdeeds is too much work in California.
Fannie Mae is helping ensure easy money flows to apartments. That means multifamily prices are heading skyward like asset prices overall.
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop consider the counterfactual of what would have happened if Donald Trump were still president.
The election of 1824 pits the Old Republicans against the entrenched interests of one-party rule in America.
The US benefits in no way from a war with Russia. Fortunately, many Americans are less than enthusiastic.
Under PM Mario Draghi, the Italian government has issued new edicts designed to make life even more difficult for anyone who doesn't comply with every aspect of the state's covid regime.
Like new money, knowledge spreads unevenly through the economy in a kind of Cantillon effect. Here's what that means for different market actors
Blockchain technology might be useful in forcing banks to be more transparent in how they handle reserves.
Ryan and Tho discuss Taiwan policy with Zachary Yost, author of a new paper on the prospects of a Mainland Chinese takeover of Taiwan.
Often the biggest barrier secession movements face is the widely held (and ludicrous) belief that our current set of lines on a map are sacred and must be preserved.
Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop discuss the Panic of 1819 and its impact on political alliances for decades to come.