Can a Deeply Unserious America Fix Its Economy?
A serious political discussion at the federal level would center on structural problems of war and peace, debt and the dollar, and entitlements. But America in 2022 is a deeply unserious country. Original Article: "Can a Deeply Unserious America Fix Its Economy?" This Audio
Nationalism Against the Total State
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the topic of nationalism and the role it can play in political decentralization. In his recent book, Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Small
An Economist Examines US Foreign Policy and Finds It Wanting
In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peaceby Christopher J. CoyneIndependent Institute, 2022; xxii + 217 pp. Christopher Coyne, an economics professor at GMU, forcefully attacks America’s foreign policy, claimed by its defenders
The Bad Economics of Twitter
Jeff and Bob break down the good, bad, and ugly behind Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.
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The Federal Reserve’s (Permanent) Knowledge Problem
Federal Reserve officials, for all of their alleged wisdom and education, have a knowledge problem. Hayek and other Austrians could have told them their grandiose plans will fail. Original Article: "The Federal Reserve's (Permanent) Knowledge Problem" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored
Who Has Better Ethics, the Social Security System or Bernie Madoff?
According to Wikipedia, Bernie Madoff ran the world’s largest Ponzi scheme. The losses were estimated to be as high as $65 billion. Madoff had promised to invest his customers’ money in productive enterprises and pay them generous returns, when in fact
On Secession and Small States
The international system we live in today is a system composed of numerous states. There are, in fact, about two hundred of them, most of which exercise a substantial amount of autonomy and sovereignty. They are functionally independent states. Moreover,
To UBI or Not to UBI, That Is the Question
Is there a case to be made for universal basic income? David Gordon examines the pro-UBI arguments by philosopher Matt Zwolinski. Original Article: "To UBI or Not to UBI, That Is the Question" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Destructive Egalitarianism?
The Conservative AffirmationBy Willmoore KendallRegnery, 2022 (Originally published in 1963)lxix + 362 pp. Willmoore Kendall was the most important political theorist of the brand of conservatism associated with William F. Buckley Jr.’s National Review during the 1950s and 1960s. To some