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By misusing statistics, the government claims that racial disparities are always caused by racial discrimination and that these disparities can only be rectified by state-directed outcomes. However, government programs have made things much worse. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Thanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.” Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Can an increase in the supply of gold cause a boom-bust cycle? Mises believed it was theoretically possible but highly unlikely. Rothbard, on the other hand, said as long as gold is money and there is no fiduciary media, such a scenario was not possible. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Mainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to understand causal mechanisms that make the outcomes possible. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

We have reached this point: the government keepers of money do not even understand what money is or why inflation is harmful. To them, the real threat to the economy is “deflation.” Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Will Americans slay our Leviathan government and restore the American dream? Or, will we fail, and continue to allow cronies, fat-cat politicians, and bureaucrats to live off the fruits of our productive labor? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution. "The Brilliance of Turgot" by Murray N. Rothbard: https://Mises.org/MI_A The Turgot Collection: Writings, Speeches, and Letters of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, edited by David Gordon: https://Mises.org/MI_B Donate $25 or more and receive the December Book Bundle: https://Mises.org/MinorIssues24 Follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues.

Keith Smith, MD is an anesthesiologist and founder of the cash-price Surgery Center of Oklahoma. In the wake of the shooting of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Keith explains why US health care is so expensive and how to fix it. The Surgery Center of Oklahoma https://Mises.org/HAP479a The Story of the $100 Hospital Aspirin: https://Mises.org/HAP479b Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole: https://Mises.org/HAP479c

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Zachary Yost to discuss a new book, *The Source of Russian Aggression* by Sumantra Maitra. The three talk about the theory of international realism, its application to the military actions of the Russian state in Ukraine and Georgia, and what it means for better understanding foreign policy broadly. *The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power?* by Sumantra Maitra (PDF): https://Mises.org/MaitraBook "Review: The Sources of Russian Aggression" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/mises-wire/review-sources-russian-aggression Donate $25 or more today and receive our December Bundle Special: https://Mises.org/RadioRothbard24 *The World at War* by Ralph Raico: https://Mises.org/RaicoWar Get your “Murray Christmas” Ugly Christmas Sweater: https://Mises.org/Ugly 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

The Biden administration, and the political establishment more broadly, is scrambling to ram through policies that a majority of voters just voted against. Their actions expose that their supposed commitment to democracy is a lie. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/establishments-principles-are-fake Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB