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Pundits have labeled piggy banks small change, irrational and wasteful, “just sitting around doing nothing.” As usual, they are wrong. Register to attend Educating for Liberty: Mises Circle in Tampa, February 22, 2025, at https://Mises.org/Tampa25. Use promo code Minor25 for 10% off the ticket price. Enter the 2025 Bitcoin vs. Gold Prediction Contest at https://mises.org/form/bitcoin-gold--2025-entry Order a free paperback copy of Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/IssuesFree Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues.

Biden‘s last-minute pardon of Anthony Fauci was not done to spare an “innocent” person from abuse by dishonest politicians. Biden likely did it to prevent an investigation into Fauci’s actions and background, which could have proved damaging for the political establishment. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-joe-biden-had-pardon-anthony-fauci Register to attend Educating for Liberty: Mises Circle in Tampa, February 22, 2025, at https://mises.org/tampa25. Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Murphy recently squared off against Nathan Tankus in a ZeroHedge debate focusing on Austrian economics vs. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Jonathan Newman watched the debate, and selected three clips highlighting key areas of dispute. Jonathan and Bob elaborate on the issues and anticipate possible MMT replies. Bob's ZeroHedge Debate with Nathan Tankus: https://Mises.org/HAP484a Bob and Jonathan's Tag-Team Mises University Lecture on MMT: https://Mises.org/HAP484b Bob's Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Paper on The Deficit Myth: https://Mises.org/HAP483c William Hutt's The Theory of Idle Resources: https://Mises.org/HAP484d

On January 23, 2025, Mark Thornton appeared on Freedom Works! with Paul Molloy on WTAN AM 1340 in Tampa, Florida. They discussed the recent snow storm in the South, Mark's latest Minor Issues podcast episode on the price of beef, and the Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22. "The Price of Beef" (Minor Issues): https://Mises.org/MI_103 Register to attend Educating for Liberty: Mises Circle in Tampa, February 22, 2025, at https://Mises.org/Tampa25. Use promo code Minor25 for 10% off the ticket price.

Economist Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken to discuss how deficit spending and runaway debt is causing price inflation and higher interest rates. Use code Rothbard25 to get 10% off your ticket to Educating for Liberty Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22: httsp://Mises.org/Tampa25 Get free copies of What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/RothPodFREE The World at War by Ralph Raico: https://Mises.org/RaicoWar Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbard Radio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

Bitcoin is many things to people and it certainly has developed into a valuable asset. It also has been used as a medium of exchange. But is it money? According to Austrian economics, the answer is “no.” At least not yet. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Those carrying out government directives are even less bound by law than they were a few years ago, and talk about new bureaucrats is beginning to resemble the Kremlinology of the Cold War. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

In replying to a previous article by Frank Shostak, Douglas French writes that if an increase in the supply of gold ultimately leads to an expansion of bank credit, that is enough to start the boom-and-bust cycles, even if there is no central bank to accelerate the process. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Ralph Raico presents the fundamental political problem of the twentieth century, which remains our fundamental political problem today: How can war—given its appalling destruction—be avoided? Narrated by Millian Quinteros.