Recent Podcast Episodes
How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value?
Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.
As the Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation
Many people are selling their gold to make ends meet. Others are buying gold as insurance against mounting price inflation.
Zwolinski Tries to Take Rothbard to the Mat
In a recent symposium on Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, philosopher Matt Zwolinski takes issue with Rothbard on Murray’s views of freedom and property rights.
The Hush-Money Case against Trump Is Ridiculous and Revealing
Despite the media definitions of the Trump trial as a “hush money trial,” the actual criminal charges are contrived and legally unprecedented. This is a show trial.
Profit Is Not Plunder
Despite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits in a market economy are not a form of plunder. Instead, they represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers.
Thinking Properly about Public Welfare
For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all?
War Hysteria Fuels New Attacks on Free Speech
Unfortunately, these assaults on the First Amendment continue to find support even among people who pretend to be in support of freedom and opposed to federal power.
Blowback in the African Coup Belt
The decades of American and European intervention in Africa are coming to an end, and things are even worse for American interests there. Perhaps overthrowing governments and trying to dictate political outcomes wasn’t a good idea.
The Law of Association: Foundation of Human Society
"We can build a society that's based on peace and cooperation."
Entrepreneurship and Property Rights
It is impossible to eliminate the entrepreneur from the picture of a market economy.
Mises and Rothbard on Credit Contraction during a Downturn
Presented at the 2024 Human Action Conference in Auburn, Alabama.
Human Action: The Antidote to Progressivism
Human Action is the antidote to the real and immediate threat to human liberty and society by progressivism.
The National Security Complex: Contemporary Statism on Steroids
"The empire can and should be dismantled."
Mateusz Machaj on Economists and Inflation
Mises Fellow, Mateusz "Matt" Machaj joins Bob to discuss his new booklet from Routledge, which explains how mainstream economists have responded to the recent bout of price inflation.
Republican Party: Old and New
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss a recent op-ed from a trio of octogenarian former Republican senators lamenting the state of the GOP.
State Coercion and the Injustice of Apartheid
In publicly opposing apartheid, William H. Hutt saw how legal segregation kept black South Africans from pursuing legitimate economic goals. To Hutt, apartheid deprived people of equality of economic opportunity, which kept them in poverty.