Independence Day: America’s Subversive Holiday
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss a recent Mises Wire article about how the state uses holidays as a culture war weapon. Independence Day offers the rare opportunity for opponents of the regime to
The Great Crash of 2022
Anyone who doubts whether we are in a recession can stop doubting. The Fed's reverse repos show that we're headed for a crash. Original Article: "The Great Crash of 2022" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing in Banking and Finance
Forget Jerome Powell's fanciful "soft landing" or the notion that the Fed can pull another rabbit from its hat. The banking system is headed for a crash and monetary authorities likely will make things worse. Original Article: "A Perfect Storm Is
Powell Is the New Arthur Burns, Not the New Paul Volcker
Last year, just as it was becoming increasingly clear that price inflation was mounting, Jerome Powell repeatedly denied there was any reason for concern. He called inflation "transitory." A few months later, he admitted it was not transitory, but denied it
The Austrian Economics Meeting Europe Got a Taste of Cancel Culture
Many think cancel culture is an odd particularity of the academic world of the Anglosphere. If any place has yet been spared, it is eastern Europe. Eastern Europe has had its fair share of thought policing throughout its vivid history,
War Spending Gives MMTers and the Left a Strong Talking Point
Time and time again, prowar spending concedes one of the Left’s most convincing points. As Assal Rad tweeted recently, we will have sent $54,000,000,000 to Ukraine in less than 4 months. “How will we pay for it” never seems to apply to
The Many Evils of Inflation
Many people know how to earn money, but few are aware of what the Federal Reserve System, acting on behalf of the U.S. Government, is doing to their money. It is inflating and depreciating the dollar at various rates—at double-digit
144 Million Americans Now Live in States with Legal Recreational Marijuana
Were these cannabis-legal states to combine to form their own country, it would be the tenth-largest country in the world. Original Article: "144 Million Americans Now Live in States with Legal Recreational Marijuana" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
The Meaning and History of Liberty: An In-Print Bibliography
You can only read so many books in a lifetime. How tragic it would be if among these that the subject of liberty itself would be neglected. Thus am I currently at work on a fascinating project: the 100 most important books on
Who Really Makes US Foreign Policy? Who Benefits and Who Loses?
In a piece of news that shocked the mainstream media, but which shocked no one familiar with the academic industry writ large, retired US Army general John Allen was forced to resign as president of the Brookings Institution after it was revealed