The state is held together by violence and nothing else. There is no such thing as "the social contract." But even violence cannot make a state last past its time, as we saw with the USSR.

Alex Pollock explains to Bob the mechanics of the Fed's current insolvency and its implications for ordinary Americans.

Free trade has its enemies on the left and the right. However, despite the supposed “sophistication” of their antitrade arguments, when we break them down, those arguments really are sophistry.

Obamacare's forced electronic medical recordkeeping is denying patients the care they need.

The Federal Reserve is playing its typical confidence game.

More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho take a look at "classical liberalism," a term that has come to mean a variety of different things in recent years. 

If we read between the lines, it is apparent that the Fed is hoping that price inflation will fall to politically acceptable levels without any additional tightening, and without a recession.  But "hope" is all the Fed has. 

The call for "price stabilization" was part of the recent Republican debate. Despite its attractive appearance, having the Fed try to "stabilize prices" is a very bad idea.

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2023. Includes audience Q&A period.