How the Jacksonians Killed the Bank
General Andrew Jackson, fresh off the election of 1828, assumes the office of the presidency, armed with a battle plan to bring down the institutions he blames for the corruption of the republic: America's National Bank. In this episode of Liberty
Wokism Could Provoke a Global Anti-American Backlash
Wokism and US foreign policy should not be viewed as isolated phenomena but rather inextricably linked concepts given the US’s universalist foreign policy modus operandi. Original Article: "Wokism Could Provoke a Global Anti-American Backlash" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by
The New Antieconomics
Economics is about human action and choice within the context of scarcity. The problem facing economists is how to understand and explain human betterment, which is another way of saying production. The critical question, posed correctly by economist Per Bylund,
Debt and Delusion
Since the last serious outbreak of inflation in the 70s, central banks have conquered this pestilence and have practiced a responsible stewardship over national monetary systems ever since. Due in no small part to the benign inflationary environment that has
Bob Murphy Admits Steve Patterson Was Right about the Problems with Infinity
Bob has Steve Patterson back on the show, to concede that Steve’s skepticism of higher mathematics was right all along. Specifically, Bob explains how his recent discovery of a theorem from Riemann showed that something is indeed rotten in the
Knowledge in the Service of a Political Agenda is Biased
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of HumanityBy David Graeber and David WengrowFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021Xii + 692 pages The Dawn of Everything, which has already attracted much scholarly attention and is a best seller as well, should be
Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22
A little over one hundred years ago, the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises started arguing that a socialist economy is impossible. In the turbulent years following the 1917 Bolshevik coup in Russia, Vladimir Lenin tragically proved him right in real
Sound Economics in a Confused World
Saifedean Ammous hosts the podcast The Bitcoin Standard where he discusses bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school perspective. He is assistant professor of economics at the Lebanese American University and is the author of several books, including The Bitcoin
Luca Dellanna on the Power of Adaptation: Managing Complexity Every Day
The terminology of complex adaptive systems sounds academic and abstruse, but the subject is not: it’s about the real-life, in-your-face problems and challenges that face a business every day. The secret to solving the challenges of complexity is adaptation. Luca
Biden’s “Historic Growth” Is No Such Thing.
Real wages are going down. Debt is skyrocketing. The economy has only partly recovered from an economic disaster. This isn't the "historic growth" Joe Biden wants you to think it is. Original Article: "Biden's "Historic Growth" Is No Such Thing." This Audio