Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

From Rothbard to Tucker: Regime Conservatives Purge Dissent

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the cancellation of Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and the similar treatment of Murray Rothbard by Bill Buckley. What does Tucker's cancelation mean for the growing anti-regime trends on the right, and why do "conservative" gatekeepers prefer the company of the left more than their audience? We look at this and more on this episode of Radio Rothbard. [embedded...

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The Failure of the Federal Reserve: The Covid Boom and Unnecessary Intervention

After years of inflationary intervention, the Federal Reserve has no more rabbits to pull out of the hat. Original Article: "The Failure of the Federal Reserve: The Covid Boom and Unnecessary Intervention"

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Will a New BRICS Currency Change Anything? Maybe

Money first originated through the voluntary exchange of commodities, such as gold and silver, in order to eliminate the inefficiencies of barter. As Austrian school of economics founder Carl Menger explained: Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic...

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You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists

What better way to “celebrate” tax season than to talk taxes? Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Taxation is not theft. It’s just the law of the land. You want to live in this country, you pay the long-established, constitutional, customary tax. If you’re not okay with that, there are plenty of other countries to choose from whose customs and edicts you may find more agreeable. Just go live there, and best of luck to you! So as long as you have that...

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Chapter 8: We’re In a Recession

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 2: Reaching for the Zoning Club

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Never a Dull Moment: A Libertarian Look at the Sixties Audiobook

These short columns—usually no more than two typewritten pages each—appeared in the Freedom Newspapers. Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968, addressing the campus revolt; the massive antiwar demonstrations; the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab powers; the Newark riots; the Vietnam war; the persecution of H. Rap Brown, the assassination of Martin Luther King, the...

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Chapter 6: Abolish Slavery! — Part III

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 35: The Coming American Fascism

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 38: The Garbage Strike

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 29: How To Get Out of Vietnam

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 19: Should There Be a Tax Hike? — Part II

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 23: Gun Laws

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 42: What Does the Viet Cong Want?

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 13: Abolish Slavery! — Part VI

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 41: The Amateur “Ideal”

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 10: Abolish Slavery! — Part V

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 11: “Little” Israel

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 26: The Elections

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 24: LBJ — After Four Years

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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