Commentary

Media appearances, Debates, Interviews and Documentaries featuring Mises Institute scholars.

Radio Rothbard with Comic Dave Smith

09/11/2020Audio/Video

This show features a personal and revealing interview of Comic Dave Smith by Jeff Deist. It shows a side of Dave you haven't seen before—so don't miss it. 

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Radio Rothbard Live in Orlando!

Tags Big GovernmentMedia and CulturePolitical Theory

Welcome to Radio Rothbard!

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Trump's Payroll Tax Order Is Good Politics, but Doesn't Offer Much Tax Relief

08/12/2020Audio/Video

Trump's executive order providing a short deferment on payroll taxes is not really a tax cut. But many voters may perceive it as one.

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Kamala Harris Is Basically Obama-Clinton 2.0, but Worse

08/12/2020Audio/Video

No doubt, many of Harris's detractors will call her radical or a tool of the far left. The reality is actually far more alarming.

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Why Chicago's Mayor Blames Her City's Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana

08/11/2020Audio/Video

Although it's easier to buy guns in Indiana and Wisconsin than in Chicago, homicide rates are lower in those states than in either Illinois or Chicago.

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It's Trump vs. the Deep State vs. the Rest of Us

Tags Big GovernmentThe Police StateInterventionism
11/15/2019Audio/Video

Even The New York Times now admits there is a deep state — and that it serves its own agenda while ignoring the elected civilian government.

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Why Congress Is Even Worse Than You Think

10/03/2019Audio/Video

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the differences in how legislative bodies function, and look at what makes the Federal government so uniquely dangerous to liberty.

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Greta Thunberg To Poor Countries: Drop Dead

Tags Global EconomyStrategyInterventionism
09/27/2019Audio/Video
It appears many Indians and Brazilians and Chinese are willing to risk the global warming for a chance at experiencing even a small piece of what wealthy first-world climate activists have been enjoying all their lives.
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Why Government Can't Measure Your Happiness

Tags Calculation and KnowledgePolitical Theory
09/19/2019Audio/Video

When a parent leaves the work force to focus on parenting, this shows up in government stats as lower employment and less consumer spending — suggesting a less productive economy. But that's not what's going on at all.

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Why They Keep Trying to Blame Capitalists for Slavery

Tags Free MarketsU.S. HistoryPolitical Theory
09/13/2019Audio/Video

The resurgent claim that the modern economy was built on slavery is yet another attempt to attack capitalism while also claiming "we are all to blame" for slavery. The slave owners of old tried a very similar tactic.

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