Podcast Episodes

From Bad to Worse, Irish Rent Control

Apparently, Ireland's government has not learned any lessons from rent control disasters elsewhere. Thus, the Irish will have to learn this hard lesson and face the consequences of their economic fol…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Jeff Bezos’s Yacht: Driver of Economic Activity

A yacht—like any good exchanged on the free market—represents countless value-maximizing exchanges and represents an industry that employs thousands of people to provide goods and services to others.…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Complexity of Historical Narratives

Understanding any era of history requires the ability to view complex things. However, people often employ simple narratives as their historical guides, which leads to wrong conclusions. The pre-war …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Fed Says It Is "Data-Driven." But the Data Isn't Any Good.

What use is the Fed's supposed devotion to being "data-driven" when the data itself is unreliable and the Fed is basing its policies on data that is thoroughly wrong?

Original article: https://mises.o…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How Does Money Acquire its Value?

Thanks for modern Keynesian economics, most people believe money gains its value from the government that issues it. Money's value, however, is historically tied to the value of the commodity from wh…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

How JFK and the CIA Gave NYC Zohran Mamdani (and Obama to the US)

In an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US universities, Sen. John Kennedy and the CIA inadvertently spread Marxism here and …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

A Thunderously Bad Deal: Oklahoma City’s Crony Arena Tax

Oklahoma City will be building a new arena for the 2025 NBA Champions Thunder. Not surprisingly, the taxpayers will be the ones carrying most of the financial burden.

Original article: https://mises.o…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Origins of FDR’s Teutonophobia

It was no secret that President Franklin Roosevelt hated Germany and all things German. Heavily influenced by Silas Marcus MacVane. FDR embraced MacVane's left-leaning progressivism.

Original article:…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Austrian Perspectives on Social Justice

Many "social justice" advocates claim to appeal to a “higher law,” but they usually refuse to acknowledge economic laws because those laws stand in their way of creating the "just" society.

Original a…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tanenhaus and God at Buckley

The long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr. is hardly worth the wait of thirty years. David Brady, Jr., reviews it, saving our readers the pain of reading themselves.

Original article: https:…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago