The Dangers of a “Cashless” Economy
While the ruling elites and the Federal Reserve try to sell digital money as “modern” and “convenient,” it poses threats to financial privacy and civil liberties.
While the ruling elites and the Federal Reserve try to sell digital money as “modern” and “convenient,” it poses threats to financial privacy and civil liberties.
As the Biden administration ramps up new government spending—and budget deficits—to unheard-of peacetime levels, reality sets in. No economy and no currency can withstand this explosive assault for very long.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Fort Myers, Florida, 4 November 2023.
Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Bob to break down the history of warfare, how states fund war, and why war is more destructive in the modern era.
The AI and robotics revolution continues. As entrepreneurs find new ways to use these things profitably, the overall wealth of nations increases.
The leviathan US state would not be possible without the Fed underwriting its growth. But the Fed is not all-powerful, nor can it continue to exist by only creating chaos.
Mises Institute president Thomas DiLorenzo joins Ryan and Tho to discuss the moralistic claims behind American foreign policy.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Fort Myers, Florida, 4 November 2023. Includes audience question and answer period.
David Gordon reviews Dan Moller's book Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism, in which the author examines the issue of a welfare state in a libertarian society.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Fort Myers, Florida, 4 November 2023.
Murray Rothbard asked this question and concluded that the current American regime, if the wisdom of Aquinas’ words is taken seriously, cannot wage a just war.
Fed up with the state's surveillance regime? There are ways to use available technology to frustrate government efforts to spy on you.
Even something that seems as objective as software development falls under the Austrian view of subjective utility.
Oliver Anthony's popular song, "Rich Men North of Richmond," describes the parasitic world of the Beltway. One hopes people understand the damage the political classes have done.
Instead of the usual statist candidates, Argentine voters have to opportunity to elect a Rothbardian who is calling for radical free-market changes in the nation's economy.
Residential electricity sources are becoming yet another form of “virtue signaling.”
Modern minds are so oriented toward state power that people often fail to understand there is a better way. Instead of “thinking outside the box,” we should think outside the state.
Leave it to government judges and politicians to turn constitutional protections of free speech into new ways to centralize and grow state power.
Robert Murphy explains how traders make money in a world of uncertainty and diabolical risk.