Recent Podcast Episodes
The Fed’s Latest Housing Bubble
After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed.
The Pandemic of Executive Overreach Comes to an End. When Will the Next One Begin?
While the covid-19 pandemic brought sickness and death, another pandemic raged through Washington: abuse of executive power.
Austrian Economists Are Not Surprised by the Shortages
While supporters of the Biden administration fault Putin for shortages, Austrian economists know the answer lies in Washington's monetary and economic mismanagement.
The Economics of Davos
Jeff and Bob take a look at the misnamed "World Economic Forum" and its conference this past week in Davos.
NATO Plans to Rip Off Americans Even More as Sweden and Finland Set to Join
The Europeans are welcome to keep NATO going if they like. But the time has come for the United States to exit.
It’s Not Just the USA: The Economic Instability Is Global
The combination of covid lockdowns, money pumping, and attempts to force a new green economy are taking their toll. This is not going away any time soon.
Christianity and the Development of Human Capital: Challenging the Narratives
While the standard secular narrative is that Christianity held back science and human development, history tells a different story, one of literacy and the development of human capital.
Inflation, War, and Oil: How Today’s Crises Are Rehashing the 1970s
Persistently loose monetary policies always have negative growth and distributional effects that impair political stability. In extreme cases, there are civil wars and armed conflicts between countries.
The Progressive Colonialism of Roe v. Wade
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss progressivism as a form of modern colonialism.
McDonald’s Closes All Stores in Russia as Woke Russophobes Rage
The presence of American companies in foreign nations was once seen as a sign of American superiority and an instrument of American cultural power. Not anymore.
Massive State Economic Intervention Has Led to This Point
Everything from huge Keynesian "stimulus" policies to the war in Ukraine is dovetailing in a bout of stagflation: the simultaneous growth of inflation and unemployment.
Understanding Russia’s War: The Strange Philosophy of Aleksandr Dugin
Trying to interpret the actions of Vladimir Putin or politics in Russia using Western narratives is likely to end in failure.
It Just Might Be Time to Listen to the Austrians
The latest Keynesian money-printing and spending schemes are blowing up. It is time to hear what the Austrians have to say.
Money: What Is It? The More Important Question: Why Is It?
Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.
History and Institutions Matter: The Postslavery Development of Jamaica and Barbados
Why did Barbados postslavery develop a more robust economy than Jamaica even though the people had similar ethnic backgrounds?
Student Loans and Government Subsidies: Another Government “Benefit” Creates Financial Chaos
Since the Obama administration nationalized the student loan program, we have seen student debt metastasize. Unfortunately, the Biden administration looks to make things even worse.