The Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America
Free market advocates long ago figured out that the monied classes of bankers and Wall Street operatives were exploiting the “little people” to prop up the fortunes of what is …
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The Psychological Basis of the Opposition to Economic Theory
[This article is excerpted from chapter 6 of Epistemological Problems of Economics] Subjectivist economics would be guilty of an omission if it did not also concern itself with the objections …
The Plan to Save the the Postal Service by Making It Even Worse
The post office can’t seem to balance its books. So like all monopolists, the postal service plans to “improve” things by increasing prices and making its service even worse. Original …
Elections in the Bicameral Congress
[Chapter 14 of Rothbard’s newly edited and released Conceived in Liberty, vol. 5, The New Republic: 1784–1791.] The nationalists who went into the convention agreed on certain broad objectives, crucial for a new …
Pete Farner on Investable Businesses and Investable Entrepreneurs
Veteran venture capital investor Pete Farner distills experience from four decades of entrepreneurship and investing on the Economics For Business Podcast #114. Passion, perseverance and intelligence are the three critical attributes …
Government Property Is Sacred. Your Property? Not So Much.
The government tantrum over the Capitol riot has shown that the regime sees its own property as sacrosanct. Your private property, on the other hand, is completely expendable and of …
Who’s to Blame for Normalizing One-Man Rule?
Who’s to blame for normalizing one-man rule? If there is one thing the American system of government was designed to prevent, it is the tyranny that results when a single …
The Problem with “Just Do What the Cops Say and You Won’t Get Hurt”
New evidence has emerged in the case of 73-year old Karen Garner, an 80-pound woman with dementia and sensory aphasia. Newly-released video shows Garner was beaten to the point of having her …
Is God a Capitalist?
Popes normally stick to their bailiwick, faith and worship. But Pope Francis’s criticisms of capitalism came early and often, escalating since the beginning of the covid pandemic. The pontiff describes free market thinking …
Rothbard’s Anatomy of the State
Ryan McMaken joins the show for a lengthy discussion of Rothbard’s brief but devastating essay Anatomy of the State. This book demands that readers understand the stark nature of government, without …