Big Government

The Federal Trade Commission is heavily scrutinizing the proposed merger between Microsoft and Activision. Why? Sony is against it.

Ryan and Tho take a look at the growth of the enforcement arm of the Federal Government.

Rent seeking is a popular term used in economics to describe the behavior of firms trying to gain something from the government. Time to expand the definition.

Ryan and Tho take a look at the legacy of Daniel Ellsberg's heroic leak of the Pentagon Papers and the evils of government secrecy.

The Federal Trade Commission is heavily scrutinizing the proposed merger between Microsoft and Activision. Why? Because Sony is against it.

John Klyczek joins Michael on the first episode of REKT. They discuss the roots of public (and state-sanctioned private) education, the globalist organizations behind the stakeholder capitalism regime, and the making of "global citizens."

Despite "concerns" about increasing federal debt, in the end Republican legislators have gone along with whatever the ruling elites want. The Limit, Save and Grow Act of 2023 is more of the same.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Mises Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss his recent article, "David French Gets to Sit with the Cool Kids at the NYT Lunch Table."

The usual suspects are "relieved" that Congress gave President Biden what he wanted on the so-called budget deal. Without sound money, however, the borrowing and spending regime will collapse sooner or later.

Contrary to the still-enduring myth about Republican budget cutting, there is no correlation whatsoever between Republican control of DC and the trajectory of federal spending.