Resisting the Brave New Culture
Murray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want…
Private Property Comes from Scarcity, Not Law
The socialist elites that dominate our institutions insist that private property is nothing more than a social construct held together by violence. As usual, they misunderstand that scarcity itself, which…
How Washington and the Fed Caused the Commercial Real Estate Crisis
Commercial real estate in the USA is facing a major crisis which could not have been possible without the enabling of the Fed and the draconian restrictions imposed during covid.…
The State Wants to Nationalize Second Mortgages. What Possibly Can Go Wrong?
As if the government has not done enough destruction in the housing market, there now is a scheme to have the government nationalize second mortgages. Given the previous disaster with…
Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation
President Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is really Robin Hood in reverse, transferring wealth from people from lower-income groups to those who are relatively affluent.
The Problem with Juneteenth
The abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery.
How a Limited State Becomes an Unlimited, Administrative State
The executive power in the United States is no longer a coequal power; it is the dominant power in the land, as Empire requires.
Debate Recap: The Funeral of Joe Biden
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss the first presidential debate.
It All Began When the Government Tried to Make Housing More Affordable
The current explosion in rental and home prices is the direct result of government intervention aimed at making it easier to buy a house. Mises wrote that government intervention into…