Podcast Episodes

Is the Left Trying to Destroy the Family?

Appearing on the John Curley Show, Ryan McMaken examines how policy—not culture-war slogans—undermines the American family. He points to marriage penalties in the tax and welfare code, inflation that…

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Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis

The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-inte…

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Why I Won’t Be Mourning Dick Cheney

Cheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more. 

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mournin…

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How to Actually Solve the Affordability Crisis

Politicians in both parties are promising to address the affordability crisis. But neither is focusing on, or even discussing, the true causes. Here’s what they are and how to fix them.

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Origins of the Welfare State in America

We must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.

Orig…

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The Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society

Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-ci…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul

Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.

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What Makes Economics Scientific?

Episode 526

Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains why they don’t settle the scientific status of the…

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Minor Issues, Major Conversations: Mark Thornton’s Four-Interview Roundup

Episode 135

On this marathon episode of Minor Issues, Mark stitches together four recent interviews for a fast-moving tour of today’s economy: why gold spiked while precious metals whipsawed, how ballooning US d…

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The Meaning of Revolution

The revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus activist, the theoretician, the philanthropist. 

Original article: https://mis…

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