Recent Podcast Episodes
Liberty versus “Relational Egalitarianism”
Egalitarian liberals think that basic liberties can be violated in the quest for equality and even that "the natural duty to promote justice straightforwardly implies a duty to establish states."
The Case for Economic Populism
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is to be ineptly defended.
Foreign Policy Is Welfare for the Rich
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 30 July 2022.
Cronyism in America
We live in a world of constant cronyism. Nothing seems to change, no matter the party or the people in power. Was it always like this? Can we learn from it?
Faculty Panel: Policy and History
Presented at Mises University 2022.
The Fallacy of Market Monetarism
The original monetarists (Milton Friedman), Scott Sumner, and problems with market monetarism.
Toleration Does Not Require Calling Evil Good
Bombing private property is bad. So, when someone bombed the pro-eugenics, antihuman Georgia "guidestones," we naturally condemned the bombing. But let's not pretend the monument was a good thing.
Higher Education in Crisis
Higher education signaling, grade inflation, federal aid and student debt, free speech, and university bureaucracy.
Faculty Panel: Theory and Method
Presented at Mises University 2022.
Do Free Markets Create a Wasteful “Landfill Economy”? Definitely Not
Critics claim the market economy engages in "planned obsolescence" that encourages throwing good products into landfills. In fact, activities that might seem wasteful are the best use of resources.
Price Inflation: Corona vs. QE
High CPI inflation, popular explanations and their problems, and M1 vs. M2.
Why Murray Rothbard Is a Great Economist
A brief biography of Rothbard and his important works, and a survey of some of his contributions to economics.
Like the Fed, the ECB Is Still a Long Way from “Normal” Monetary Policy
It's going to take more than a 0 percent policy interest rate and a newly invented name for QE to really address years of monetary inflation.