Recent Podcast Episodes

John Hasnas has written a new book outlining how societies operate with mutual cooperation and common law. According to David Gordon, it is a major contribution to libertarian social thought.

Vegas expected Renato “Sound Money” Moicano to lose his UFC fight against Benoit Saint Denis. Instead, he won and used the opportunity to promote the work of another Austrian economist. This time, it was Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

Wanjiru Njoya appears on The Pelle Neroth Taylor Show.

Tom DiLorenzo appears on Stacy Washington NOW.

Jonathan Newman is interviewed by Jimmy Lakey on The Lakey Effect.

Jonathan Newman is interviewed by Bill Lundon on Wake-up Call.

Jonathan Newman is interviewed by Andrew Wilkow.

In August, the money supply grew at the fastest rate in 23 months.

While F.A. Hayek contributed much to the Austrian School of Economics, he also supported the establishment of the welfare state, believing that it was compatible with the rule of law. Ludwig von Mises, however, knew that the welfare state is the ubiquitous slippery slope.

Regulators with the European Union want people to believe that the “dead hand” of government regulation actually enhances competition. The only thing their actions enhance is more government power.

When people speak of “old school economics,” they generally mean the application of economic thinking that involves what we might call “common sense.” That would include permitting a price system to work, protecting private property, and so on. But there is more.

Thanks to increasingly broad car-seat laws, a third child often requires the purchase of a larger, more expensive vehicle. At the margins, this has an effect on fertility.

Does bad money drive out good money? Mark Thornton discusses one of the most impactful principles of modern society.

Home prices continue to rise as the government tries to further intervene into the housing markets, all in the name of the “American Dream.” However, remember that these massive increases in housing prices began when the government decided to make housing more “affordable.”

As monetary authorities continue to inflate the money supply, they inflict more and more damage upon the currency. Unfortunately, as the economy falters under the inflationary regime, the “solution” always is to ramp up inflation. 

What if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? It might have gone as follows....

One of the outcomes of the American Civil War was the movement toward centralization of political power in Washington. The Reconstruction regime imposed upon the former Confederate states following the war was an overt attempt to further impose federal power there.

Murphy lays out the various camps in the debate over fractional reserve banking.

Ryan, Tho, and Zach Yost talk about some recent efforts by Polish lobbyists to shame Americans into spending more treasure (and maybe also American lives) on waging wars for Eastern European states. 

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