Podcast Episodes

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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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…

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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…

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Families Are the Key to Building Alternatives to the State

From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.

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

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Birth of American Free Enterprise

In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.

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

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

No, You're Not Hurting the Economy by Saving Money

As the economy worsens, expect to see more articles from legacy media about how saving money is actually bad for the economy. It's an old Keynesian myth.

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US Trade Deficits: Blame Nixon, Not China

Episode 8

Dr. Robert Murphy explains why America’s chronic trade deficits trace to Nixon’s 1971 gold exit—not China—and how a popular reading of Triffin’s “dilemma” confuses the issue.

Sponsored by Dan Johnson …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Tyranny of Phony Civil Rights

Episode 10

Dr. Wanjiru Njoya explains how “phony civil rights” expand state power at the expense of self-ownership and property, and offers a conservative-libertarian case for liberty rooted in reality.

Sponsore…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Crusoe: the Man, the Myth, the Legend

Episode 9

Dr. Jeffrey Herbener explains why “Crusoe economics” isn’t a caricature but the indispensable starting point for economics and liberty—built from action, property, and exchange.

Sponsored by Steven Be…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago