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In the Company of Mavericks: Mark Thornton on the Austrian Comeback

2026-01-24

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2026-01-24

Mark Thornton shares an in-depth interview with Jeremy McKeown on the long rivalry between Austrian and Keynesian economics, and why Austrian ideas may be gaining new traction today.

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Gold Exports, Trade Deficits, and Tariffs

2026-01-24

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2026-01-24

Bob responds to James Rickards’ recent tweet on record U.S. gold exports driving an improved trade balance, walking through the official data on non-monetary gold, Trump-era tariff uncertainty, and the broader question of what chronic trade deficits really mean in a post-gold-standard world.

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How “The Vision of The Anointed” Explains Every Crisis in America

2026-01-24

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2026-01-24

Sowell’s Vision of the Anointed provides a compelling framework to examine key political processes.

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Virtuous Market Distribution vs. Nefarious State Redistribution

2026-01-23

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2026-01-23

Progressives sell state intervention into economic affairs as “protecting” consumers and workers. In all cases, free markets do a better job of protecting all participants.

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On the Failure of Constitutionalism Through the Ages: Norms, Emergencies, and the Administrative State

2026-01-23

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2026-01-23

Constitutionalism gives us the expectation of governance according to rules that everyone from those that are governed to the ones that govern are expected to obey. But what happens if those that govern exempt themselves from those rules?

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The Polish Rothbardians

2026-01-23

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2026-01-23

This week, Dr. Gordon reviews a new work— Reinterpreting Libertarianism: New Directions in Libertarian Studies—and offers insights on some of the contributions.

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The Declaration of Independence Created 13 New Sovereign Countries

2026-01-23

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2026-01-23

Ryan McMaken and historian Larsen Plyler talk about how the Americans of the 1770s envisioned a new community of independent and sovereign states. The first constitution made this clear. But then the new counterrevolutionaries like Hamilton wrote a new constitution designed to create one big national state with vast new powers.

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Using Carl Menger’s Insights To Understand Jew-Gentile Polarizations

2026-01-23

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2026-01-23

Throughout history, Jews have been denounced as “moneylenders,” yet, as Carl Menger noted, there are very good reasons why Jewish people have been overrepresented in banking and finance.

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Menger versus Chartalism: Standards of Empirical Evidence

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

Menger said alternative monetary theories were “unhistorical,” but one could argue that Menger’s theory also lacks historical evidence necessary to verify his theory. Did Menger display a double standard or a nuanced view as to what we should expect from different monetary theories?

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Trading with the Enemy: An American Tradition

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

Murray Rothbard recounts how during the French and Indian War (1754–63), Americans continued the great tradi­tion of trading with the enemy.

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Davos Calls For A New World Order

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at the headlines coming out of Davos, including Mark Carney's speech calling out the lie of a "rules-based international order," the European reaction to Trump's plans for Greenland, and the political fallout on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Guns Against the State

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

Statists denounce self defense as “vigilantism,” declaring that only the “defense” services provided by the state are legitimate. Yet, self defense has always been a fundamental right.

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Reparations Are a Welfare Scheme and Would Have No Effect on Racial Wealth Gaps

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real wealth gaps between black and white Americans.

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Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough

2026-01-22

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2026-01-22

The alleged “good intentions” the anointed political elites have do not negate the real damage they do.

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Reparations Are a Welfare Scheme and Would Have No Effect on Racial Wealth Gaps

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real wealth gaps between black and white Americans.

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Germany’s Latest War on Freedom

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

The German media are gung-ho for government censorship of average Germans.

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Dr. Mark Thornton Warns “Fiat Is in the ICU” and Central Banks Do Not Trust Each Other

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

Dr. Mark Thornton breaks down why central banks are fleeing Treasuries for physical gold and what the "Skyscraper Curse" signals for a 2026 crash.

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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which supposedly is a deadly enemy of Israel. However, Israel has a symbiotic relationship with Jihadist groups that we cannot ignore.

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State “Dominion” versus Property Rights

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

Perhaps the most insidious power seized by the state is the power of dominion over all lands in its territory. There is no escaping state dominion.

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Greenland: Trump’s Folly

2026-01-21

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2026-01-21

Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary.

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