Podcast Episodes

Food Stamps and the Federal War on Self-Reliance

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's 50 Year Mortgage Mistake

Episode 10

On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho talk about Trump's FDR-like proposal of a 50-year mortgage and the unfortunate reality that it seems to be one of the only actual policy ideas…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rothbard: World War I as the Triumph of Progressive Intellectuals

November 11 was once known as Armistice Day, the day set aside to celebrate the end of WWI. In this essay Rothbard discusses the war as the triumph of several Progressive intellectual strains from th…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

On Resisting Evil

We libertarians may be anti-state, but that we are emphatically not anti-society or opposed to the real world, however contaminated it might be. 

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

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

50-Year Mortgages Won’t Make Housing More Affordable

President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to add…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

How to End the Fed

Episode 7

Dr. Jonathan Newman explains why we don’t need a central bank, and lays out a concrete, Rothbard-inspired plan for actually ending the Fed.

Sponsored by Andy Hord.

Recorded at the Mises Supporters Summ…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rethinking "Sticky Prices" and Monetary Disequilibrium

Episode 524

Dr. Jonathan Newman joins the Human Action Podcast to discuss his recent QJAE article disputing the claim that 'sticky prices' prevent markets from clearing--i.e., when the quantity supplied equals t…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Silver: Manipulation or Fundamentals?

Episode 135

Is silver “manipulated,” or are fundamentals doing the work? Mark Thornton sifts the evidence and finds a simpler story. Big players have gamed markets before, but the long arc of silver prices refle…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Taxes and the Rise of the Modern State

Episode 227

In this lecture from the 2025 Mises Institute Supporters summit, Ryan looks at how the modern state is built on the rapid rise of taxation in recent centuries.  

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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dystopia Misdiagnosed: How the Rich Drive Health Innovation

The dystopian futuristic movie Elysium portrays a terrible future in which only the rich have medical care while the poor suffer on an overpopulated, polluted planet. The film’s theme—that only huge …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago