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One of the myths of protectionism is that it will result in an abundance of goods on the home front. Shortages are no abundance.
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Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of economic health.
Americans and Cubans have been deprived of trade and travel. Who benefits?
Since the end of the 19th Century, much of US history has been marred by meddling in the affairs of other nations. From William...
One of the myths of protectionism is that it will result in an abundance of goods on the home front. Shortages are no abundance.
Christian Sandström is a Swedish economist who joins Bob to make the case that massive government funding projects aren’t necessary to promote science or...
In his review of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination, David Gordon examines systems of...
In a new book, The Natural Order of Money, Roy Sebag argues that money is the “extension of the natural order,” and that it...
On this week’s Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho reflect on the fourth anniversary of the political response to covid.
It is during “emergencies” when we learn who really holds political power, and how ineffective are constitutional measures designed to limit the regime.
Few economists—even the free-market advocates—understand what caused the Great Depression. No, the Fed didn’t cause the Depression by failing to inflate the currency. Instead,...
As Murray Rothbard has noted, there is an important distinction between nation and state. The former is a voluntary association of people while the...