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Trump Indicted for Crimes Against Democracy

2023-08-04

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2023-08-04

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the latest indictment of Donald Trump. While many are exhausted with the theater of modern politics, DC's escalating attacks reveal the state's true anatomy. Any challenge to the state's legitimacy — like questioning an election — must be crushed. Recommended Reading "The United States vs. Donald J. Trump" by Tho Bishop: Mises.org/RR_145_A "If Congress...

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Social Justice and the Free-Rider Problem

2023-08-04

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2023-08-04

The political passion for "social justice" is creating a larger free-rider problem and a problem of injustice. Original Article: "Social Justice and the Free-Rider Problem"

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Do Monopolies Cause Inflation?

2023-08-04

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2023-08-04

The yearly growth rate of the consumer price index jumped from 5.4 percent in June 2021 to 9.1 percent in June 2022. Some economists attributed this increase to monopolies. According to Business Insider, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston have claimed that monopolies help keep the prices of goods and services high. Most economists believe that monopolies make markets less efficient by influencing the prices and the quantity of...

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The Economics of Police and the Deep State

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

On this episode of Good Money, Tho is joined by Tate Fegley of Montreat College. Dr. Fegley talks about his lectures from Mises University on policing, AI, and the deep state, and the important topic of economic calculation that connects the three. In the final segment, Tho looks at the economics of college football in the aftermath of FSU's threat of secession from their conference.  Good Money listeners can order a special $5 book bundle...

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Paleoconservatives Need Better Critics

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

To seriously threaten the regime, one must attack it at its roots. This would require rejecting the modern civil rights legal regime, something modern Buckleyite conservatives and James Lindsay-style liberals are not interested in, and unites paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians. Original Article: "Paleoconservatives Need Better Critics"

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Not Even a Pencil Could Exist without Fossil Fuels

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

In 1964, Leonard Read wrote a genealogy from the perspective of a pencil, demonstrating the vast, complicated web of the structure of production that is handled by the division of labor on free markets. The pencil explained that no one knows how to make a pencil because of the myriad production processes involved: My family tree begins with what in fact is a tree, a cedar of straight grain that grows in Northern California and Oregon. Now...

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Belgian Colonialism of the Congo: Facts and Fiction

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

Like many colonial ventures, Belgium's involvement in the Congo had some successes—and many failures. Original Article: "Belgian Colonialism of the Congo: Facts and Fiction"

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Real Progress versus the Progressives

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

Depending on one’s perspective, technology can be viewed as either an opportunity or a threat. Some people celebrate technical advances while others show disdain. Entrepreneurs are frequently eager to capitalize on the potential advantages of new technologies, but where entrepreneurs see room for dynamism, naysayers see doom. In this story, entrepreneurs are akin to wizards who use the magic of technology to improve the world, and naysayers are...

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On the American Pravda

2023-08-03

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2023-08-03

Michael and guest co-host Ben Ahdoot talk with Ron Unz about RFK, Jr., Ron's American Prava series, the Unz Review, the Great Reset, censorship, the origins of SARS-CoV-2, and more. On the American Pravda Video of On the American Pravda

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Join Us for the Medical Freedom Summit!

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

The tyrannical threat of the biomedical security state is ever present. While those that cheered for lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the shutdown of the global economy retreat to the back pages of the news, the World Health Organization and their ilk are already gearing up for the next crisis. The covid scare may have lost its political potency, but you can be sure that "public health emergencies" will continue to be a powerful tool for...

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Striking Hollywood Actors and Writers Might Have to Get Used to Stagnant Wages

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

In this new age of decentralized and democratized content creation, union members' demands may simply be based on wishful thinking for a bygone era. Original Article: "Striking Hollywood Actors and Writers Might Have to Get Used to Stagnant Wages"

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The Profiteers of Armageddon

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released a new film about Robert Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the group of scientists who created that deadly weapon as part of America’s World War II-era Manhattan Project. The film has earned widespread attention, with large numbers of people participating in what’s already...

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The British NHS More Resembles a Statist Cult Than Advanced Healthcare

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

The day after America celebrated its independence and its founding principles of self-governance and liberty, across the pond, Britain paid tribute to its values of collectivism and statism by commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS). Children’s choirs sang “Happy Birthday” at a thanksgiving church service celebrating the NHS at Westminster Abbey. In attendance were the prime minister and the opposition...

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When Slave Owners Chose Federal Power over Local Sovereignty

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

Although they professed to support "states' rights," many proslavery activists wanted a stronger federal government that could force slavery on the western territories and deny local sovereignty to territorial residents.  Original Article: "When Slave Owners Chose Federal Power over Local Sovereignty"

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Yellow Trucking Goes Bankrupt, Thanks in Part to Onerous Labor Laws

2023-08-02

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2023-08-02

On July 30, Yellow, one of the oldest and largest trucking businesses in the United States, ceased operations and moved to declare bankruptcy. According to reports, the final nail in the coffin of the ninety-nine-year-old business was a labor dispute with the Teamsters Union. Yellow’s executives also deserve some blame, however. The trucking networks acquired in the 2000s and 2010s were poorly managed, delaying their integration. That said, when...

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The Simplicity and Significance of Mutual Economic Exchange

2023-08-01

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2023-08-01

Economic exchange stands as the defining essence of any economy, epitomizing the intricate web of interconnected transactions that shape its very existence. In essence, an economy derives its essence from the culmination of individual exchanges. However, the profound impact of the crucial distinction between voluntary choice and coercion often goes unnoticed by many outside the realm of economic study. In this article, we delve deeper into the...

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Statism and the Unmaking of Reality

2023-08-01

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2023-08-01

The state is, first and foremost, an institution whose overarching goal is the forcible subjugation of all the people who inhabit a given territory. However, what makes the state different from other coercive entities, such as organized crime groups, is that it enjoys some form of popular legitimacy. In other words, in addition to enslaving its inhabitants physically, it needs to secure their mental servitude as well. Many forms of such servitude...

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What Will It Take for Cryptocurrencies to Become Full-Fledged Money?

2023-07-31

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2023-07-31

Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative.1– NASSIM TALEB The crypto-unit bitcoin2 holds out the prospect of something revolutionary: money created in the free market, money the production and use of which the state has no access to. The transactions carried out with it are anonymous; outsiders do not know who paid and who received the payment. It would be money that cannot be...

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2SLGBTQ+IA and the Law

2023-07-31

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2023-07-31

The acronym 2SLGBTQ+IA stands for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, androgynous, and asexual. The 2SLGBTQ+IA community is often described as seeking “rights and equality” for its members. What fair-minded person could object? Increasingly, however, the community appears to want privileges and equity as well. These goals are diametrically opposed. Rights, such as freedom of speech, are universal and...

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Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony

2023-07-29

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2023-07-29

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2023. [embedded content]

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