Podcast Episodes

How to Recognize Critical Race Theory

Despite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and ho…

Published on 2 months ago

Recognizing the Roots of the Current US Political Turmoil

No one doubts that the US is a politically and culturally divided nation. Contrary to much of public opinion, politicians like Donald Trump did not cause the crisis. Instead, as Lawrence Mead writes,…

Published on 2 months ago

Reading Markets the Austrian Way

Episode 135

Mark Thornton reviews David Howden’s data-driven guide to long-horizon investing in commodities, useful even for Austrians wary of statistics. Mark explains how the book’s method ranks assets by rela…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Myth of the “Robber Barons”: James Hill versus the Crony Competitors

As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.

Original articl…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Freedom in Money: Hayek’s Competing Currencies, the Fed, Gold, and Crypto

Episode 2

Alex Pollock explains how monopoly money empowers the state to finance deficits and wars, and why legal tender laws should give way to free choice in money. He explores why genuine competitors—likely…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Memories of Delray and 30 Years of Mises.org

Episode 10

On this special episode of Power and Market, Joshua Mawhorter joins Tho Bishop and Connor O'Keeffe to talk about the recent Supporters Summit, the legacy of Mises.org, and a few books they are readin…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

America Hurts Farmers and Discounts China's Soy Imports while Providing a Crutch for Argentina

Once again, the Trump administration’s “dealmaking” on international trade has blown up, this time pulling the rug from under US soybean farmers. This isn’t the first trade policy fiasco, nor will it…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Danger of Deflation (Phobia)

Episode 1

Dr. Joe Salerno shows how market‑led falling prices spread growth gains even when nominal wages don’t change. The takeaway: don’t fear natural deflation—fear policies that target permanent inflation.…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

We Have Not Properly Reckoned with the Economic Insanity of 2020

The governmental response to the covid pandemic was to cripple the economy. To compensate for the damage, the Federal Reserve unleashed massive inflation in an attempt to do what the Fed always does …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Myth of Planned Obsolescence

The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is reall…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago