
The Human Action Podcast
The Human Action Podcast features in-depth interviews on current topics in economics through an Austro libertarian lens.
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Mar 3, 2023 • 0sec
Losing Control of Money
With global worldwide debt now over $300 trillion and interest rates rising, the US dollar is once again a relative safe haven in a slowing economy. Currencies competing with the Dollar face a deadly race to stave off a sovereign debt crisis. Is the dollar now unbound, as the dominant political tool of the dominant nation?
The Dollar Milkshake Theory: Mises.org/HAP385a
Thorsten Polleit, The Global Currency Plot: Mises.org/HAP385b
Bob's book, Understanding Money Mechanics: Mises.org/Mechanics

Feb 24, 2023 • 0sec
The Economics of National Divorce, Part II
Tom Woods joins the show for a look at the hottest political topic of the day, namely national divorce. This is a spirited discussion of the politics, economics, and mechanics of how America might break up.
Watch "The Economics of National Divorce, Part I" with Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/HAP352

Feb 17, 2023 • 0sec
The Economics of American Gerontocracy
With Yale economics professor Yusuke Narita suggesting mass suicide—seppuku—as the answer to Japan's rapidly aging demographics, Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the economics and humanity of greying America.
Richard Hanania, "Gerontocracy Versus Western Civilization": Mises.org/HAP383a
Bob on opting out of Social Security: Mises.org/HAP383b

Feb 10, 2023 • 0sec
ESG and DEI are Worse Than You Think
Mises Institute scholar and Troy University business school Dean Allen Mendenhall is among the leading critics of woke capital. He leads a new initiative against the perverse investment practices demanded by ESG/DEI commissars, and joins Jeff Deist to discuss both the origins of "stakeholder" capitalism and what we can do to push back against ideological purity tests in capital markets and corporate America.
AllenMendenhall.com
"Troy University tackles 'woke' business practices head-on with new program": Mises.org/HAP382a

Feb 3, 2023 • 0sec
Why This Recession is Different
Back in January Jeff Deist joined the Austrian Economics Discord Server for a live event concerning trends in 2023. Jeff makes the case for viewing today's economy as quite unlike that of 2007—due to steady increases in CPI, more fiscal stimulus relative to monetary stimulus, and ongoing supply shock issues from COVID.
This is a far-ranging discussion of the landscape for the Fed, persistent inflation, and a looming recession. Includes Q and A from the audience.

Jan 27, 2023 • 0sec
Is Economics a Dead Discipline?
Professor Per Bylund of Oklahoma State University, author of How to Think About the Economy joins Jeff and Bob to dissect how economics went so badly wrong. A discipline rooted in theory, axioms, and deduction has devolved into statistics, models, and hard science envy. Is the economics profession doing any good, or active harm?
Per's new book How to Think About the Economy: Mises.org/Primer
Gary North and Walter Block debate "Is it Smart to Get a PhD in Economics": Mises.org/HAP380a

Jan 20, 2023 • 0sec
Davos: Has Globalism Peaked?
Jeff and Bob break down this week's Davos WEF conference and consider whether global elites really have the mechanisms to impose their plans.
Johnny Vedmore's analysis of Schwab's origins: Mises.org/HAP379a
Scott Greer says America's right-want needs to stop dwelling on Schwab: Mises.org/HAP379b
Schwab bragging about penetrating Cabinets: Mises.org/HAP379c

Jan 13, 2023 • 0sec
Dr. Peter Klein on the Disconnect in Labor Markets
Dr. Peter Klein, professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University and co-author of the new book Why Managers Matter, joins Jeff and Bob to explain the huge disconnect between supply and demand for labor in post-COVID America.
Dr. Klein's new book Why Managers Matter: Mises.org/HAP378a

Jan 6, 2023 • 0sec
How FedGov Destroyed the Housing Market
There is no real housing market in the US. Instead, an unholy trinity of Fannie/Freddie, the US Treasury, and the Federal Reserve Bank operate to distort the market at every turn and drive home prices up dramatically. Mises Institute Senior Fellow Alex Pollock, an economist and former mortgage banker, joins Jeff to describe the reality few Americans know.
Alex Pollock's new book Surprised Again: The Covid Crisis and the New Market Bubble : Mises.org/HAP377a
Alex Pollock on how the Fed became the world's biggest S&L: Mises.org/HAP377b

Dec 30, 2022 • 0sec
The Human Action Podcast Predictions for 2023
Bob and Jeff make their provocative 2023 predictions for the economy, the Fed, politics, world events, and cultural issues.