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Back to SearchAmerican Satisfaction
Episode 105
According to a recent Gallup poll, “Americans are far more satisfied with the way things are going in their own life than with the US in general.” Op…
1 year, 3 months ago
Modern Piggy Banks
Episode 104
Pundits have labeled piggy banks small change, irrational and wasteful, “just sitting around doing nothing.” As usual, they are wrong.
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1 year, 3 months ago
The Price of Beef
Episode 103
In the US, the price of hamburger meat ended 2024 near a record high of $5.60 per pound. Is there a magic wand to solve the problem of high beef pric…
1 year, 3 months ago
My Cuban Vacation
Episode 102
Cuba was once a famous vacation destination for Americans. Although we can now travel to Cuba, most Americans have been deprived of various forms of …
1 year, 3 months ago
An Economic Forecast for 2025
Episode 101
Mark Thornton looks forward to 2025—and a little bit backward at 2024—and projects what we might see in the coming new year. He also shares his econo…
1 year, 4 months ago
The French Revolution
Will Americans slay our Leviathan government and restore the American dream? Or, will we fail, and continue to allow cronies, fat-cat politicians, an…
1 year, 4 months ago
Legalizing Drugs: How to Make America Great Again
Episode 99
Is the black-market economy immune to inflation? It would seem that the price of illegal pot has been declining or steady for several years while leg…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fiscal Folly
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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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.
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1 year, 5 months ago