Podcast Episodes

Rothbard, the Mises Institute, and the Battle of Ideas

Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute doe…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Donald Trump Another Bismarck?

The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution.

Origi…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Money Laundering and Oliver Bullough’s New Pearl-Clutching Book

The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. J…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Irresistible Promise of John Law

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

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

2 months, 3 weeks ago

When Corporations Resist the State: Ethics, AI, and the Limits of Government Power

What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Myth that Won't Die: "War is Good for the Economy"

One of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its ove…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Ideological Impregnation of Thought

However one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Barter, Media of Exchange, and Colonial America

Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, mu…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Corruption in the System

Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why the US Regime Pretends Israel's Nuclear Weapons Don't Exist

The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for US supporters of military and econom…

2 months, 4 weeks ago