Would you give up voting in exchange for no more taxes? Stephan Livera joins the show to discuss the curious distinction between economic freedom and personal or political freedoms, and how we weigh those freedoms.  The Fraser/Cato Human Freedom Index: Mises.org/HFI The

Here we are in 2022, worrying about if the world's oldest nuclear powers will be the ones to touch off a global nuclear war. It's not Pakistan or North Korea or "proliferation." It's Washington and Moscow, yet again. Original Article: "Proliferation

Economists have referred innumerable times to the "free market," the social array of voluntary exchanges of goods and services. But despite this abundance of treatment, their analysis has slighted the deeper implications of free exchange. Thus, there has been general

Social issues, from abortion to critical race theory to teaching gender identity in elementary schools, dominate our politics and media. Original Article: "Why Social Issues Dominate" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

After a prolonged period of easy monetary policy, the US Federal Reserve has embarked on a tighter monetary stance. On May 4, 2022, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.50 percent, to a target range between 0.75 percent and 1.00

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In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss recent inflation news, broader chaos in financial markets, and another round of funding for Ukraine. Recommended Reading "Inflation Up, Wages Down as Biden Passes the Buck to the Do-Nothing Fed"

Africa has been plagued with rampant inflation and monetary instability over the past fifty years. There have been numerous cases of currency crises and currency resets. Even hyperinflation, the most destructive economic phenomenon, has left its ruinous mark on several

The partisan leftism of much of the tech industry has led to conservatives calling for state intervention in the digital sphere. Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter proves this was wrong. Original Article: "Austrians Have Been Correct about Big Tech: Elon

In the final days of the Soviet Union, the Washington establishment was convinced nationalism was a greater threat than Soviet despotism. Thus, George Bush tried to prop up the USSR and prevent Ukrainian secession. Original Article: "1991: When America Tried to