Podcast Episodes

Key Elements of a Market-Based Health System

Most people believe that ours is a “free-market” healthcare system, but nothing could be further from the truth. A true market-based system as explained here would be less costly and more oriented to…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Energy Transition as a Tool for Fascist Capitalism

Europeans are being forced into an energy transition through debt-fueled spending that will lead to permanently higher energy prices and stifle European competitiveness. This won‘t change the climate…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Human Reason as the Foundation of Civilization

Human reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon economic progress that sprang from reason. However, he also warned that if th…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Psychology Is Catching Up with the Reality of Human Action

Modern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Rec…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Four Reasons Why College Degrees Are Becoming Useless

If education and career skills are what you want, a college or university may be a waste of your time and money.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-bec…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Busting the "Free College" Myth

If New Yorkers wanted to help students by paying for their tuition, they would have already done so on their own.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/busting-free-college-myth

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

America’s Syrian Civil War

In Syria the damage is done, and future generations will continue to suffer from the cruel folly of those convinced they know how to run everyone else’s lives.

Original article: https://mises.org/powe…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

An Honneth Effort

In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes on Alex Honneth's The Working Sovereign. While Dr. Gordon acknowledges that the author gives an "Honneth" effort, his logic and grasp of the w…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

MMTers Love When Governments Burn Money

Even when MMT advocates are correct that colonial governments at times burned money after receiving it for tax revenues, they still manage to get both the history and the causes wrong. 

Original artic…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

An Open Letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent

Dr. DiLorenzo has some words for Secretary Bessent about the true role of the Fed and its record in this open letter.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/open-letter-treasury-secretary-bess…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago