Recent Podcast Episodes

Mark Thornton compares two definitions of inflation and what this means for policy-makers and the productive population in 2024.

Bob goes solo to discuss a recent Twitter controversy, in which opponents of a proposed tax argued that unrealized capital gains couldn't possibly be a form of income.

When it comes to housing, the solution to the problem of affordability is rather straightforward: build more. Slapping price controls on housing in the form of “rent control” only makes things worse.

For most of the past century, Argentina has seen the destruction wrought by collectivism. To reverse the damage, the nation must allow decentralization, beginning with free cities.

The recent campus protests following the Hamas-Israel conflict have been framed as either antiapartheid or anti-Semitic. The conflict is much deeper, being rooted in toxic identity politics.

While economics textbooks are weak on causes of the Great Depression, American history texts are even worse. It's time for some truth telling.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss the results of the Iowa Caucuses.

All of us have experienced government road closures and the traffic and safety nightmares they create. Private roads may be the answer to solving the problem.

With the Houthis in Yemen firing on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the US is contemplating yet another Middle East conflict. As we see again, aggression leads to more aggression.

The Rothbard Graduate Seminar (RGS) provides an opportunity to learn about Austrian economics at a high level.

Mark Thornton examines the proposed Congressional compromise spending legislation.

While the creator of modern portfolio theory was awarded a Nobel Prize, that doesn't mean the theory isn’t flawed. In fact, it explains very little about investments.

Economic giant Robert Solow died in December 2023. He was a Nobel laureate, and four of his PhD students went on to also receive the Nobel. He is known for the growth model named in his honor. 

As both progressives and conservatives turn authoritarian, libertarian populism inspired by Murray Rothbard provides an alternative to the statist nonsense that dominates political discourse.

The response to the covid-19 outbreak is better understood as a tool of the national security state rather than as a public health measure.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss immigration.

Since government regulates nearly everything, it is not surprising that regulations often prohibit the sale and consumption of raw milk. Like many other regulations, these prohibitions reflect political favoritism, not health science.

Using the rhetoric of “protecting democracy,” American ruling elites have tried to censor the internet because they don’t like the results of democracy when information no longer is filtered by the political classes.

Jamaicans are willing to accept authoritarian behavior from the state in the name of rejecting colonialism.

Economist Antony C. Sutton understood one of the most fundamental economic truths: gold is money. Thorsten Polleit reviews Sutton’s classic book, The War on Gold.