Podcast Episodes

The Unjustified Conflict: Grant’s Memoirs on the Mexican-American War

The Mexican-War resulted in more territory for the new American empire, but the US government started it under false pretenses. A young US soldier who fought—Ulysses Grant—knew better, exposing the l…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

War Drums for Venezuela and the Financialization of College Football

Episode 10

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss military escalation with Venezuela, more troubling jobs data, and how college football offers an example of how financialization, po…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

The Lane Train (And the Rest of College Football Madness) Has Been Fueled by Easy Money

The Lane Kiffin saga has dominated sports headlines this past week, highlighting the sea changes that have come over college sports—an especially college football—in the past decade. Much of this cha…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Metals, Black Swans, and the Next Bust

Episode 135

In a special midweek episode of the Minor Issues podcast, Mark Thornton appears on Palisades Gold Radio with Stijn Schmitz. Mark argues that gold’s surge isn’t a fad: it’s a market verdict on runaway…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism Flunks Basic Economics

New York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit …

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Contagion

Episode 135

Mark Thornton dissects “contagion” hype and argues it’s not a market pathology. He shows why, in a free market, failures reallocate customers, labor, and capital to better firms rather than spread pa…

Published on 1 month ago

Thanksgiving: A Celebration of Domestic Life

For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that's really about family fun and eating a huge meal.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-dome…

Published on 1 month ago

The Great Depression: An Austrian Reply to WIRED

Episode 527

Bob walks through a recent WIRED video on “the economics behind the Great Depression,” correcting its claims on lax regulation, Hoover’s alleged inaction, the role of the Fed and the gold standard, a…

Published on 1 month ago

Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Free Enterprise

The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, t…

Published on 1 month ago

How 50-Year Mortgages Turn Home Owners into Renters

Episode 227

50-year mortgages are likely to increase the likelihood of more "owners" becoming underwater and walking away from their mortgages. This will lead to more bailouts for the financial sector. Taxpayers…

Published on 1 month ago