Cronyism and Corporatism

Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 20, 2023.

Michael Rectenwald talks with Paul Gottfried about Paleoconservatism, the left, Wokism, the identity and ethos of the ruling elite, and decentralization.

While progressives blame climate change for the deadly Lahaina fire, government created the conditions for the blaze and then helped set it.

The possible bankruptcy of Thames Water Company in Great Britain brings to mind the heady days 40 years ago when Margaret Thatcher's government was privatizing state-owned enterprises, including TW. Not all privatization stories have happy endings.

Many conservatives, in trying to steer the USA away from "wokeism," fail to understand that their “national greatness” schemes are just as harmful.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Econ Bro, the founder of Nigerian Liberty, which offers seminars in Austrian economics in Nigeria.

When it comes to the debt ceiling, political parties are irrelevant, and the recent debt ceiling drama, was little more than a sham. 

President Biden makes the false claim that wind- and solar-generated electricity are cheaper than power generated from coal and oil.

According to progressive elites, it is terrorism if consumers boycott businesses because of their leftist policies.

The political passion for "social justice" is creating a larger free-rider problem and a problem of injustice.