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Episode 97
Mark Thornton discusses why increased government spending not only explains ongoing wayward increases in the GDP, employment, and stock price numbers…
1 year, 1 month ago
What Has Government Done to Our World?
Episode 97
In What Has Government Done to Our Money? Murray Rothbard changes your whole view of the world—not just money. He opens our eyes and clarifies the my…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gold Is the Answer to Prohibition
Episode 95
The gold standard hampers the growth of government power, which helps people more effectively fight bad policy—like the disastrous War on Drugs.
Order…
1 year, 1 month ago
Political Bias in Academia
Episode 95
Yes, college professors are 10-to-1 Democrats over Republicans. Mark Thornton reviews some of the technical literature on the political ideology of c…
1 year, 2 months ago
A View from The Top
Episode 94
Very difficult economic headwinds of the business cycle are coming right at us. Inflation is still a problem, the employment picture is increasingly …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Divide in America
Episode 93
Government's power to control our lives—its power to tax and spend, and the enormous, but largely cloaked power to print money—has created the “great…
1 year, 2 months ago
Prohibition: The Sword of the State
Episode 90
Prohibition is one way the government swings the fist of violence into our daily lives.
Mark Thornton presented this talk at the Mises Institute's Sup…
1 year, 2 months ago
Gresham’s Law: Why Bitcoin Will Save the World
Episode 90
What explains Bitcoin? Why does it exist, and why is “nothing” worth $70,000 a piece? Moreover, there are millions of owners of Bitcoin and other cry…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Economics of Prepping
Episode 90
Why do people prep? The mainstream media demeans preppers as irrational and out of touch with reality. From a scientific point of view, however, prep…
1 year, 3 months ago
Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worse
Episode 89
Children in the US are raised to be communists. Most of the parents are, too, and don’t even know it. It doesn’t matter if you send them to public or…
1 year, 3 months ago