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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.
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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 • 10min
Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information? | Frank Shostak
The Perfect Market Hypothesis claims that all movements in the market can be considered as random, as market players and prices adjust immediately to new information. However, market players do seek new information and seek to use it.
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.

Sep 26, 2024 • 11min
Understanding the Real Costs of Slavery: It’s Not Cheap labor | Joshua Mawhorter
The standard belief is that slavery was about obtaining “cheap labor,“ yet nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery comes with high opportunity costs, which is why American slave owners depended upon several government regulations to subsidize their “peculiar institution.”
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

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 25, 2024 • 2min
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In the monthly Unanimity podcast, Mark Thornton explores basic concepts of the world and humanity to unlock the mystery of widespread disagreeableness in society.
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Sep 24, 2024 • 7min
Why Marx Was Wrong about Workers and Wages | Allen Gindler
Marx built his infamous labor theory of value on the premise that labor itself was a commodity. However, as Mises and other Austrians have noted, Marx failed both at understanding the complexity of labor and subjective value theories.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.