Recent Podcast Episodes

Ryan and Tho are joined by Mises Apprentice Liam McCollum, who was at last weekend's Libertarian Party National Convention.

Mises is on the march, and the elites are terrified. We already have the support of some of the Fed’s greatest critics, and we need your help.

Mark Thornton shares several ways we can fight the Fed's price inflation. 

Professor Garett Jones joins Bob to discuss his book, detailing the impact that immigrants' culture has on the institutions of their new home.

Contrary to mainstream economists, credit expansion that is not backed by real savings leads ultimately to an economic downturn. 

Ludwig von Mises was ridiculed for his assertion that “middle of the road” leads to socialism in the end. As the federal government swallows increasing amounts of the economy, we see that Mises was right.

Political and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.

Do Austrian theories also apply to financial markets?

Contrary to popular belief, regulatory agencies do not improve the quality of our lives, nor do they provide safety or security. They need to be abolished, as free markets provide their own effective forms of regulation.

Ryan and Tho and guest Karl Streitel talk about how the public school monopoly conditions students for obedience while failing to educate them.

Ryan and Zach talk about how the realities of expensive industrial warfare are still relevant.

"If you have Austrian Economics and libertarian theory in your educational background, you look at history very differently."

"Ludwig von Mises was a true genius and we can certainly see that on display in his magnum opus, Human Action."

Mises's comments apply to today's debates on environmental policy.

"Mainstream modeling in macroeconomics has not been a way forward."

"I've read Human Action cover to cover at least seven times, I think, and every time I come back to it, I'm just more blown away by how smart Mises is."

What are all these insane criticisms that Mises is spending so much time addressing? Why doesn’t he get on to regular economics?

Human Action and Mises' New York University seminar had a huge impact. It's the reason that we have a modern Austrian school.

Guido Hülsmann on why Human Action embodies the research paradigm of praxeological realism.

The record high price of copper has serious implications for our economic future.