Politics

The state is held together by violence and nothing else. There is no such thing as "the social contract." But even violence cannot make a state last past its time, as we saw with the USSR.

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2023. Includes audience Q&A period.

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2023.

Not satisfied with the futile and destructive wars it has fought in this century, leaders of the US Armed Forces now want reinstatement of the draft. Instead, perhaps our government should give peace a chance.

China rose from poverty after the Mao years only because its political leadership embraced private property and a market economy. Unfortunately, today the Communist leadership is moving back to socialism.

To progressive elites, the state (at least one run by progressives) is omniscient and all-powerful. To anyone with understanding, the state is an entity usually run by gangsters.

President Biden says he is going to unleash regulators to bring more "competition" to the economy. This is an oxymoron.

While unemployment currently is low and the rate of inflation has fallen somewhat, Bidenomics is setting off a boom that is unsustainable. We know what happens next.

Supposedly, the "big news" is the decline of inflation. However, the monetary and political forces driving the latest bout of inflation have not gone away.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho look at the domestic costs of 9/11 and its continuing impact on Americans.