Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Comprehensive Case for Ending the Fed
Episode 507
Bob goes solo to make a comprehensive case for abolishing the Federal Reserve and explains what life afterward would look like. He dives into the Fed…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Essays in Austrian Economics: Honoring Joe Salerno
Episode 507
This week, Bob talks with economist and Mises Institute research fellow, David Howden, co-editor of The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Steve Hanke on Hyperinflation, Currency Boards, and the COVID Lockdown Debacle
Episode 506
Bob hosts Steve Hanke, Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute and Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss…
10 months ago
Thomas Paine: The American Revolution's Unlikely Hero
Episode 505
Bob is joined by author George Ford Smith for a detailed examination into the life and legacy of Thomas Paine. They discuss how Paine’s writings, esp…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill
Episode 504
Bob hosts economist Daniel Lacalle to analyze the controversial Big Beautiful Bill. Daniel explains why, despite its imperfections, the bill represen…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
New Academic Paper Uses Rothbard's National Output Metric
Episode 503
Vincent Geloso and Chandler Reilly have a new paper in which they use Rothbard's "Private Product Remaining" (PPR) as a lower bound on estimates of n…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Crucial Principle and Data At Stake in the SoHo Immigration Debate
Episode 502
In this episode of the Human Action Podcast, Bob analyzes the key arguments from the recent immigration debate at the Soho Forum between Dave Smith a…
11 months ago
What the New Right Gets Right—and Wrong—About Free Trade
Episode 501
Bob takes a close look at Oren Cass’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson, where Cass argued for free trade to a skeptical conservative audience. Bob…
11 months, 1 week ago
Why Are US Drug Prices So High?
Episode 500
Economist Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to review Trump’s executive order on prescription drug pricing. They explore how price discrimination works in glob…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Explaining the Quirks in the GDP Report
Episode 499
The recent BEA "Advance Estimate" for 1q GDP growth showed a lackluster drop of 0.3 percent, but it included unusually large swings in private invent…
11 months, 3 weeks ago