Podcast Episodes

Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble

Episode 227

Real estate investor and Mises Institute contributor Artis Shepherd joins Ryan to talk about how our stagnating economy is affecting multifamily housing and other commercial real estate. Banks and in…

Published on 3 months ago

Fiat Money and Chartalism: Why MMT Is Wrong

Episode 227

Joshua Mawhorter joins us to talk about how the fiat-money theories of Modern Monetary Theory and chartalism aren't supported by the historical facts. 

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Is It Money Be…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Myth of Fed Independence

Episode 227

Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the history behind the myth of "Fed independence." The Fed has never been politically independent of the US government, and it has enthusiastically he…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Poland's Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from Poverty

Episode 227

Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland embraced a market economy after the Cold War ended.  We discuss some of the factors behind Poland's rise from po…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire

Episode 227

In this lecture from the Mises Institute's recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginnin…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

A History of Political Theory in the West

Episode 227

Political Scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to review Ralph Raico's newly published lectures on politics in the West. We recommend this book for all who want a pro-freedom history of p…

Published on 4 months ago

California's Bullet-Train Delusion

Episode 227

California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absurdity of California's bullet train plan, and how it ignores economic realities. 

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Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Trump's First 100 Days: The Good and the Bad

Episode 227

Historian Chris Calton joins Ryan McMaken to discuss both the upsides and the downsides of Trump's first 100 days. 

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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Did Trump Arrest a Student for Writing an Op-Ed?

Episode 227

James Bovard joins host Ryan McMaken to talk about how the White House went from targeting illegal aliens to seizing legal residents guilty of the "crime" of criticizing the government of the State o…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Wants Even More Military Spending

Episode 227

Donald Trump says he plans for a big 12% jump in military spending, he has threatened war with Iran, and has escalated the war with the Houthis. None of this has anything to do with defending the Uni…

Published on 5 months ago