Radio Rothbard

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the topic of nationalism and the role it can play in political decentralization. In his recent book, Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Small Polities, Ryan notes how nationalist sentiments have helped ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups resist centralizing political states, such as the Soviet Union. This contrasts the ways nationalism served as a centralizing force in 19th-century Europe. Ryan and Tho look at how recent nationalist sentiments are challenging authoritarian globalist pressures, as well as how strengthening regional and state cultural identities may offer the best chance to roll back the Washington regime in America.

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Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Small Polities by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_110_A

"Is Nationalism a Good Thing? It Depends." by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_110_B

"Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration" by Joe Salerno: Mises.org/RR_110_C

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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at conman Sam Bankman-Fried, the scam of FTX, and how regime legitimacy has fueled several fraudulent companies with unprofitable business practices.

Did post-2008 monetary policy fuel a bubble in "effective altruism?" Do examples like Elon Musk's restructuring of Twitter offer an illustration of what Big Tech firms will have to do to survive in a time of less-than-easy money, or will the regime bailout the corporate extensions of techno-managerialism? What killed Silicon Valley's once-promising techno-libertarian style? Ryan and Tho look at this and more on this episode of Radio Rothbard.

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"How Easy Money Fueled the FTX Crypto Collapse" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_109_A

"Sound Money Is Our Best Hope Against the Monopolists' Threat" by Brendan Brown: Mises.org/RR_109_B

"How Fiat Money Enriches the Unproductive" by George Ford Smith: Mises.org/RR_109_C

"Without Easy Money, the Tech Sector Faces Layoffs and Losses" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_109_D

"The Housing Boom Is Already Over. The Housing Shortage Will Continue." by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_109_E

"Will the FTX Scandal Bring Down 'Crypto'?" by Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy (video): Mises.org/RR_109_F

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Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with economic anthropologist Jovana Diković about how a focus on "solving" global warming endangers the food supply for much of the globe, especially in the developing world. Even rich nations face a world of less food at higher prices.

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"Environmental and Political Elites Are Destroying Food Production for Climate Goals" by Diković: Mises.org/RR_108_A

"Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas" by Claudio Grass: Mises.org/RR_108_B

"Regime Pseudoscientists Enforce Climate Change Narrative" by Michael Rectenwald: Mises.org/RR_108_C

"Germany's (and Europe's) Self-Inflicted Upcoming Energy Crunch" by Weimin Chen: Mises.org/RR_108_D

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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop and Ryan McMaken break down the results of this year's midterms. American anxiety over inflation and crime failed to create the red wave many expected. While Republicans took back the House, and maybe the Senate, this year's midterms underperformed traditional midterm elections. Tho and Ryan discuss why this is, as well as what a DeSantis victory might mean for a potential civil war with Trump. 

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"Antidemocratic Just Means Something the Regime Doesn't Like" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_107_A

"The Realistic Market for Private Governance" by Jeff Deist: Mises.org/RR_107_B

"Murray Rothbard versus the Progressives" by Joseph T. Salerno: Mises.org/RR_107_C

"Breaking Away: The Case for Smaller Polities" by Ryan McMaken (video): Mises.org/RR_107_D

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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop and Ryan McMaken preview next week's midterms. How big of a red wave is on the horizon, and how much does it really matter? Should the real focus be on governor races? Can a Republican actually win in New York? And, what about Blake Masters? Ryan and Tho consider these questions and more in this week's episode.

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"Can National Conservatism Threaten the Regime?" by Tho Bishop: Mises.org/RR_106_A

"The Realistic Market for Private Governance" by Jeff Deist: Mises.org/RR_106_B

"Practicing Politics as Self-Defense" by L. W. Blakely: Mises.org/RR_106_C

"Breaking Away: The Case for Smaller Polities" by Ryan McMaken (video): Mises.org/RR_106_D

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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the Alex Jones verdict and the weaponization of defamation law. Now that Twitter is under Elon Musk's control, will the regime increasingly turn to the court system to crack down on the "dangers" posed by "misinformation"?

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"The Alex Jones Verdict Shows the Danger of Defamation Laws" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_105_A

"Modern Information Control: State Intervention and Mistakes to Avoid by Kelly Offield: Mises.org/RR_105_B

"Florida's Social Media Anticensorship Law and the Court's Tortured Legal Logic" by Tate Fegley: Mises.org/RR_105_C

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Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with historian Chris Calton about student loans, "the college experience," and the lack of ideological diversity on college campuses today.

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"College as an Economic and Social Problem: Dealing with the Culture" by Chris Calton: Mises.org/RR_104_A

"Higher Education Woes: Student Loans Help Fuel Higher College Costs" by Chris Calton: Mises.org/RR_104_B

"Higher Education in Crisis: The Problem of Ideological Homogeneity" by Chris Calton: Mises.org/RR_104_C

"The Perils of Higher Education: Institutional Failure" by Chris Calton: Mises.org/RR_104_D

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Connor Mortell joins Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop to discuss his recent article entitled "We Are Not the Government, but America Is No Longer Anything More than the Government" and to consider what it means to be an American in the current era. As Americans become increasingly divided politically and culturally, and as those divides fuel a great migration within the country, what truly unites Americans—beyond sharing a common oppressive regime? How modern is this development? What can be done to further build on these trends, to undermine the control of that regime further? These questions and more are considered in this episode of Radio Rothbard. 

"We Are Not the Government, but America Is No Longer Anything More than the Government" by Connor Mortell: Mises.org/RR_103_A

"College Conference Switching as Secession? A Case Study in 'Nations by Consent'" by Connor Mortell: Mises.org/RR_103_B

"Nations by Consent" by Murray N. Rothbard: Mises.org/RR_103_C

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