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Are economic crashes inevitable, or are they the direct result of government meddling? History shows a pattern—but politicians and central bankers refuse to take...
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Patrick Newman joins Bob to discuss Simon Kuznets’ role in developing GNP and GDP metrics and Kuznets’ concerns over how government spending is accounted...
Richard Cobden was a British champion of laissez-faire who served in Parliament. While there, he led to successful campaign to repeal the Corn Laws,...
While Ben Bernanke has accused free market and sound money advocates of pursuing “discredited” systems, he and his lieutenants were following a truly discredited...
International trade is the topic du jour. Mark Thornton shares his recent presentation on a timely and important book featuring many of your favorite...
Are economic crashes inevitable, or are they the direct result of government meddling? History shows a pattern—but politicians and central bankers refuse to take...
According to an outmoded US law, the American government must account for the more than 8,100 tons of gold it owns at the now...
President Trump has suggested that the government eliminate the personal income tax and replace it with tariffs. While some may champion that proposal, the...
Contrary to many historical narratives, pre-colonial African countries did have sophisticated diplomatic traditions. The Igbo people of what is now southeastern Nigeria are well-known...
Recordings of the 2025 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, March 21-22, 2024.
The philosopher Karl Popper was a strong critic of Marx, his system, and especially his reliance on historicism. Unfortunately, as David Gordon points out,...
President Trump has suggested that the government eliminate the personal income tax and replace it with tariffs. While some may champion that proposal, the...
Our current paper fiat money system comes from a long process of building up state power that destroyed private money, ended truly private banking,...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently claimed that Trump‘s tariffs will improve the economy, but only after a period of painful adjustment. “No pain, no gain,”...
Although tariffs and other issues are getting the most news coverage, a harbinger of recession is looming: the slow collapse of commercial real estate...