Radio Rothbard

Mark Thornton joins Ryan and Tho on Radio Rothbard to take a closer look at the state of the US dollar and how price inflation and economic crises are likely to play out in the months and years ahead.  New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop is joined by Mises Research Fellow Connor Mortell to talk about Connor's research project on energy policy. Tho and Connor push back against common narratives—even some promoted by libertarians—of fossil fuels and green energy and the necessity of keeping a human focus on energy policy. The Radio Rothbard mug is available in the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug: PROMO CODE RothPod for 20% off Recommended Resources "How Should We Regulate the Sun (Since Our Government Regulates Nearly Everything Else)?" by Connor Mortell: Mises.org/RR_142_A "Fossil Fuels Enable Us to Better Fight Fires and Other Environmental Disasters" by Connor Mortell: Mises.org/RR_142_B "Fossil Future with Alex Epstein" (Human Action Podcast): Mises.org/RR_142_C Fueling a Freer Future (Mises Institute Primer Series): Mises.org/RR_142_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.  

Ryan, Tho, and Kerry Baldwin take a look at why some politicians say they're "nationalists." Is nationalism a good thing or is it just another way to justify more government meddling in our lives?  New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

There are now more armed civilian federal agents than there are US Marines. These well-funded armies of federal enforcers from the alphabet agencies are there to be used against US citizens at the whims of federal policymakers. Every last one of them should be disarmed.  New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

Ryan and Tho take a look at the legacy of Daniel Ellsberg's heroic leak of the Pentagon Papers and the evils of government secrecy. Modern leakers like Snowden, Manning, and Assange do important work educating voters and making the state more accountable. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Mises Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss his recent article, "David French Gets to Sit with the Cool Kids at the NYT Lunch Table." Bill explains the transformation of French from a "cultural conservative" commentator to the preferred "classical liberal" of the elite. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "David French Gets to Sit with the Cool Kids at the NYT Lunch Table" by William L. Anderson: Mises.org/RR_138_A "Review: Sohrab Ahmari's New Attack on Laissez-Faire Liberalism" by Zachary Yost: Mises.org/RR_138_B ""Libertarian" Is Just Another Word for (Classical) Liberal" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_138_C "To Stop the Left, America Needs a Rothbardian Right" by Tho Bishop: Mises.org/RR_138_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the role statistics play in promoting the regime. Topics include some interesting differences in recently reported unemployment data, changes to inflation reporting over time, government withholding of various reports — including crime and money supply measures — as well as alternative measures Austrians use to better cut through state propaganda. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Yet Another Month of Questionable Federal Jobs Data as 310,000 Fewer People Report Having Jobs" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_137_A "The "True" Money Supply: A Measure of the Supply of the Medium of Exchange in the U.S. Economy" by Joseph Salerno: Mises.org/RR_137_B "Does GDP Present an Accurate Picture of the Economy? Not Likely" by Frank Shostak: Mises.org/RR_137_C "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals" by Murray Rothbard: Mises.org/RR_137_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a revisionist Rothbardian lens to American history. Was the American revolution a good thing? Was Andrew Jackson better than Thomas Jefferson? Does a historical narrative really matter? Tune in for this and more! New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop tackle the debt ceiling debate. As negotiations continue in Washington, the corporate financial press is hard at work warning about the potential for disaster. Ryan and Tho cut through the nonsense to look at the real state of America's finances, potential ramifications in the short term, and US defaults of the past and the inevitable future.  New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Three Lies They're Telling You about the Debt Ceiling" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_135_A "Yes, the US Government Has Defaulted Before" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_135_B Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

Veteran investigative journalist James Bovard joins Ryan and Tho to talk about the Durham Report and what it tells us about the media and the FBI. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Durham proves that Hillary and the FBI tried to rig the 2016 election" by Jim Bovard (New York Post): Mises.org/RR_134_A "Democrats attack FBI whistleblowers — giving cover to the agency’s abuses" by Jim Bovard (New York Post): Mises.org/RR_134_A2 "The FBI Vetoed the 2016 Presidential Election" by Jim Bovard: Mises.org/RR_134_B "End the FBI" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_134_C "Yes, the FBI is America’s secret police" by Jim Bovard (The Hill): Mises.org/RR_134_D "The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal Record" by Jim Bovard: Mises.org/RR_134_E "Why the Worst Get on Top" by F. A. Hayek: Mises.org/RR_134_F Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.