Political Upheaval Is Not Threatening “Our Democracy.” Our Democracy Is.
Attempting to understand the political polarization and dysfunction that has increasingly come to define American politics in the twenty-first century requires grappling with a host of interconnected phenomena. The gradual transformations undergone by the Republican and Democratic parties, which saw the
The Wrong Elites
Russian oligarchs, American pols, and state-connected billionaires are all cut from the same cloth: they didn't earn, or fully earn, their wealth and position in society. We must withdraw our sanction of these people. Original Article: "The Wrong Elites" This Audio Mises
How Russia Uses Immigration and Naturalization to Grow State Power
While NATO expansion has been a central issue in the Russian decision to go to war with Ukraine, this is certainly not the only issue. Moscow has repeatedly maintained that a central factor in its decision to go to war
Fighting Back: My Legal and Ethical Battle against Covid Mandates
Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 2, 2022. Special thanks to Mark Walker for sponsoring this event.
Medical Freedom Benefits Only the Rich? A Surgery Center in Oklahoma Says Otherwise
How does one make an economic decision when the price of a good is not evident? To any adherent of the Austrian school, this of course is impossible. There is no way to decide whether to purchase something if the
The Nature of Man and His Government
Here is Robert LeFevre's classic argument (1959) for a purely free society, the essay that made him a leading, if controversial, spokesman for the libertarian position on government and society in the 2nd half of the twentieth century. He argues
Behind Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, and the Great Reset: Part 5
Bob completes his series on the elites who are literally trying to take over the world. He first explains Schwab’s connection to the Global Government Summit, and then finishes reading key excerpts from Schwab’s book on Covid-19 and the Great
Instead of War, Russia, Ukraine and Their Allies Should Try the Free Market
The war in Ukraine has generated commentary from a wide variety of observers in many fields. But economic science is the only field that can provide lasting solutions. And economics delivers the same time-honored solution: the free-market economy is the
The Fed Can’t Fix the Economy, but It Can Break It
Despite assurances from politicians and the media, the Federal Reserve System is not a collection of geniuses who stand guard against inflation and recession. Instead, think of the Fed policy makers as the Keystone Cops of central banking. Original Article: "The
If Ukraine Joins the EU, It Will Be the Poorest Member by Far
Ukraine should have been a middle-income country by now. Instead, it is one of the poorest in Europe. If Ukraine joined the EU, it would be the poorest country and well below even Bulgaria. Original Article: "If Ukraine Joins the EU,