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As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is the right thing to do. But that involves looking at the actual facts.

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This week, Bob talks with economist and Mises Institute research fellow, David Howden, co-editor of The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Joe Salerno. They discuss key chapters from the book, highlighting significant contributions from up-and-coming Austrian economists in areas such as monopoly pricing, international economics, and monetary theory.

The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Salerno: https://Mises.org/HAP507a

David Gordon's Review of the Book in The Austrian: https://Mises.org/HAP507b

In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits a prophetic 1970s address by Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek that laid the intellectual groundwork for Bitcoin. Delivered during the depths of stagflation, Hayek’s “International Money” lecture critiques central bank monopoly, exposes the failure of Keynesian inflationism, and calls for the denationalization of money. Mark unpacks how Hayek’s radical proposal for competing private currencies was decades ahead of its time, and why it matters more than ever in today’s age of government-managed inflation and crypto crackdowns.

Additional Resources

Choice in Currency by F. A. Hayek (based on his address, “International Money”): https://mises.org/MI_127_A

The Denationalisation of Money by F. A. Hayek: https://mises.org/MI_127_B

“Hayek Predicting Bitcoin” (excerpted from the May 1, 1984, interview with James Blanchard at the University of Freiburg): https://mises.org/MI_127_C

“The Last Days of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin’s Creator Disappeared” by Pete Rizzo (Bitcoin Magazine): https://mises.org/MI_127_D

“Bitcoin” (1440): https://mises.org/MI_127_E

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Murray Rothbard challenges conventional narratives surrounding America’s two most mythologized wars: the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Rothbard defends the American Revolution as a rare example of a just war for liberty and decentralization, and casts a critical eye on the War Between the States, arguing it marked the rise of empire, centralization, and mass bloodshed.

Recorded at the "The Costs of War" conference in May 1994.

Alex Pollock, an expert on Federal Reserve policy, joins us to talk about how the Fed has backed itself into a very bad financial corner, and there is no painless way out.

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On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable responds to Zohran Mamdani winning his primary in New York City, the rising MAGA attacks on the Fed, and the ceasefire in the Middle East.

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The democratic establishment is upset that socialist Zohran Mamdani beat their candidate, Andrew Cuomo, in New York City’s mayoral primary. But the blame for socialism’s rising popularity lies mostly on their own shoulders.

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Bob hosts economist and distinguished senior scholar at the Mises Institute, Steve Hanke, to discuss his research on hyperinflations, currency board solutions, and the economic effects of the COVID lockdowns. Hanke explains the findings of his meta-analysis of lockdown impact and explains why Sweden's laissez-faire approach was vindicated. He also draws from decades of experience stopping hyperinflation globally, advocating currency boards and gold-backed solutions as effective alternatives to central banks.

Professor Hanke's Austrian Economics Research Conference Lecture: https://Mises.org/HAP506a

Professor Hanke's IEA Article, "Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on COVID Restrictions": https://Mises.org/HAP506b

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In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton features his recent appearance on the Liberty and Finance podcast. Mark pulls back the curtain on the geopolitical theater, exposing how monetary control, regime change, and imperial ambition are driving global conflict. From gold’s rising value as a gauge of fear to the erosion of public trust in fiat money and the US government, he argues the real war is economic—and it’s already begun.

Alongside these dangers, Mark offers hope: an informed public, sound money alternatives, and the growing momentum for a monetary reset built on gold and liberty.

Additional Resources

“Gold/Silver Ratio Signaling Rapid Reversal and Recession Coming“ by Mark Thornton (on the Liberty and Finance podcast): https://mises.org/MI_126_A

“The Gold-Silver Ratio” (Minor Issues, Episode 119): https://mises.org/MI_119

“Preparing for War” (Minor Issues, Episode 123): https://mises.org/MI_123

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Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.

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