Cronyism and Corporatism

America's famous Corn Belt should better be known as the nation's Subsidy Belt. 

One of the cliches of the New Deal was that businesses were entitled to a “fair” profit. Leonard Read astutely pointed out that profits (and losses) have nothing to do with “fairness.”

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Dr. Gilbert Berdine, an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and an affiliate of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University.

Not only is Washington in political turmoil, but the policies emanating from the Beltway are more incoherent than ever.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again: demanding government intervention in the nation's healthcare system to deal with problems caused by earlier government intervention.

Ostensibly to combat "disunity," political elites have called for Americans to unite over the "public good." However, the policies these elites want to put into place are the very cause of disharmonies in the first place.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again: demanding government intervention in the nation's healthcare system to deal with problems caused by earlier government intervention.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is forcing a Chinese firm to sell its Arkansas land holdings in the name of “national security.” The order is economically destructive and serves no useful purpose.

The newly released movie "Killers of the Flower Moon" depicts what happens when politically connected people can use the state to carry out nefarious deeds. Unfortunately, government failure is one lesson that is sure to be lost here.

An unfortunate consequence of increased wealth is the growth of the parasitic consumptive class of political and cultural elites. Labor migrations often follow in the wake of damage that elites do.