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Oct 17, 2024 • 50min
Americans Don't Owe Eastern Europe Anything.
Ryan, Tho, and Zach Yost talk about some recent efforts by Polish lobbyists to shame Americans into spending more treasure (and maybe also American lives) on waging wars for Eastern European states.
"Europe's Interests and Ours" by Zachary Yost: https://mises.org/RR_209_A
Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard: https://mises.org/Anatomy
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Oct 12, 2024 • 7min
The Economics of Prepping
Why do people prep? The mainstream media demeans preppers as irrational and out of touch with reality. From a scientific point of view, however, prepping is rational, efficient, and very normal.
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Oct 11, 2024 • 54min
Philipp Bagus on the Flaws in the “Real Bills” Doctrine
Dr. Philipp Bagus explains the main ideas from his new book, Full Reserve Banking versus the Real Bills Doctrine, which defends Misesian business cycle theory from a recent critique. Bagus provides an in-depth criticism of the Real Bills Doctrine, emphasizing the importance of real savings in economic stability. He defends full reserve banking and critiques fractional reserve systems for creating money without real economic backing, leading to inflation and business cycles.
Full Reserve Banking versus the Real Bills Doctrine: https://Mises.org/HAP469a
Bob’s Study Guide to The Theory of Money and Credit: https://Mises.org/HAP469b
Philipp Bagus, “Entrepreneurial Error Does Not Equal Market Failure” https://Mises.org/HAP469c

Oct 11, 2024 • 11min
Henri Bergson: The Philosopher of Life and Creative Evolution | Allen Gindler
While Henri Bergson did not point his intellectual abilities toward politics, lesser men who were unscrupulous commandeered his ideas to promote their own collectivist ideologies.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 11min
What Does ChatGPT Know about Money? | George Ford Smith
What does ChatGPT know about money? More than one might think. George Ford Smith asks the AI program some questions about money and gets some surprising answers.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 6min
Enough Already: Stop Provoking Russia | Carus Michaelangelo
The Ukraine war rages on and while the media and political classes repeat the “Putin started it” mantra, the evidence points elsewhere. The US government and its European allies have provoked Russia for years, hoping it would lead to an outbreak of war.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 7min
Does Technical Knowledge by Itself Drive Economic Growth? | Frank Shostak
Ask most people why our economy is advanced, and they will likely will answer, “Technology.” Yet, technical knowledge is meaningless without capital development, and capital development is impossible without real savings.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 11min
The Battle of the Confederate Monuments | Wanjiru Njoya
In the past four years, a number of monuments honoring the Confederacy have been torn down or removed. As we have seen before, however, the activism behind this movement will not stop with just taking down Confederate symbols.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 6min
Covid Tyrants Partied While Demanding Lockdowns for Everyone Else
Remember when progressive governments outlawed church gatherings but sanctioned sex orgies? Yes, it really happened.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Oct 11, 2024 • 10min
Past Tense—The Homeless Problem in Star Trek DS9 | Mark Thornton
When discussing the homeless situation in the US, Star Trek does not usually come to mind. However, one episode from about three decades ago was both insightful and prophetic in presenting what would be homelessness in San Francisco.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.