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Oct 5, 2024 • 13min
Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worse
Children in the US are raised to be communists. Most of the parents are, too, and don’t even know it. It doesn’t matter if you send them to public or private schools, as all degree-granting schools bias the learning process against the competitive, capitalist, “liberal,” open-minded society—even though its benefits are all around us helping to feed, cloth, house, and protect us.
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Oct 4, 2024 • 56min
Paul Cwik's New Introduction to Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Paul Cwik, author of "Austrian Business Cycle Theory: An Introduction," simplifies complex economic concepts for students and professors. He critiques mainstream theories for overlooking crucial aspects of business cycles, emphasizing the importance of understanding malinvestment. Cwik also discusses the challenges entrepreneurs face amid market uncertainties due to Federal Reserve policies. He argues for the necessity of allowing bankruptcies for economic recovery, contrasting this with the drawbacks of government bailouts in recent recessions.

Oct 4, 2024 • 43min
Cronyism and Historical Revisionism
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Patrick Newman. The three discuss Dr. Newman's upcoming book, Cronyism: Rise of the Corporatist State, 1849–1929, the importance of historical revisionism in the battle against statism, and the dynamics that led to American politics being captured by special interests.
Become a patron for Cronyism: Rise of the Corporatist State, 1849–1929 at https://Mises.org/Cronyism2
"How the New York Times Stole the Presidency" by Tho Bishop: https://Mises.org/RR_207_A
"Why We Need Revisionist History" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.: https://Mises.org/RR_207_B
"Why We Need True History and Good Historians" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_207_C
Liberty vs. Power Podcast with Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop: https://Mises.org/RR_207_D
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Oct 3, 2024 • 5min
America Doesn’t Need More “Efficient” Government
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to make the federal government more efficient. But if the true aim of our political system is not to solve the problems facing Americans but to transfer wealth to the government and the politically-connected, the government is already very efficient.
Read the Article Here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/america-doesnt-need-more-efficient-government
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Oct 3, 2024 • 6min
Economically-Illiterate Policy Proposals Are Popular, And Economists Are to Blame
Many “mainstream” economists are bothered by the popularity of economically-flawed policy proposals like tariffs and price controls. It’s their own fault.
Read the Article Here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economically-illiterate-policy-proposals-are-popular-and-economists-are-blame
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Sep 28, 2024 • 1h 1min
Tom Luongo on the Rival Factions Among Bankers
Tom Luongo hosts the Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns podcast and newsletter. He explains the different factions among bankers, including rivalries between New York and San Francisco, and the US versus Europe.
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Sep 27, 2024 • 11min
John Maynard Keynes: Mathematician, Investor, and Economist
This Sunday, September 29, marks the birthday of Ludwig von Mises, and all fall campaign donations will be doubled in celebration. Join us! https://Mises.org/mi5
John Maynard Keynes was an English “economist” who spawned a revolution in economic thinking that emerged out of a cesspool of socialist thinking in Britain, creating a title wave of anti-economics that overwhelmed and dominated the economics profession worldwide, known as Keynesian economics. His experience as an investor is very instructive of his mindset—and the unfortunate revolution that he brought to the world.
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Sep 26, 2024 • 40min
Against the Hamiltonian Statecraft
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Aaron Sobczak of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The three discuss conservative calls to revive the “Hamiltonian tradition,” why it stands opposed to the classical liberalism of the American Revolution, and the role it has played in the growth of the modern regime that neo-Hamiltonians claim to oppose.
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“It’s Always Been Hamiltonian Statecraft” by Aaron Sobczak: https://Mises.org/RR_206_A
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“The Return of Hamiltonian Statecraft: A Grand Strategy for a Turbulent World” by Walter Russell Mead (Foreign Affairs): https://Mises.org/RR_206_B
“The Unseen Costs of Humanitarian Intervention” by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_206_C
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Sep 26, 2024 • 12min
Why the Family Is Not the Model for the State | Ryan McMaken
Politicians have long claimed that states are like big families, and that political regimes rule in ways similar to how parents raise their families. This is nonsense.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Sep 26, 2024 • 7min
New “Engels” on Marx | David Gordon
It is understood that Marx's theories stand entirely upon his Labor Theory of Value. If that theory is discredited, so is the scenario that leads to the inevitable triumph of communism. That fact, however, doesn't stop Marx's disciples from employing other fallacies.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.