Episodes

  • Price Inflation Is Getting Worse

    Price Inflation Is Getting Worse
    May 23 2026
    Even the federal government’s official data shows that price growth is well above the Federal Reserve’s two-percent target. In fact, price inflation is now at multi-year highs, and there is good reason to think this will continue. Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at Mises.org/LL
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    14 mins
  • War, Easy Money, and the Working-Class Squeeze

    War, Easy Money, and the Working-Class Squeeze
    May 23 2026
    Mark Thornton replays his wide-ranging Kitco News interview with Jeremy Szafron, connecting today’s “two economies” to Ludwig von Mises’s Austrian business cycle theory. Easy money and credit inflation lift asset owners, big corporations, and government finance, while working families get the bill through higher prices and weaker real wages. They discuss late-cycle signals in tech and AI and broader corporate credit, and how war-driven energy shocks feed into a wider commodity surge. Mark also breaks down Cantillon effects at the kitchen-table level and closes with bottom-up strategies like local resilience, savings, and removing tax barriers to using gold and silver as practical inflation protection. 2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/issuesfree Register for our upcoming Mises Circle, Why Is the Healthcare System Broken?, June 27 in Windham, New Hampshire: https://mises.org/events/why-healthcare-system-broken-mises-circle-new-hampshire 20% off listener offer on the insulated Minor Issues tumbler and three of Mark’s books: https://mises.org/MinorIssuesTumbler. Use coupon code Thornton. Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues
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    58 mins
  • The US Constitution Is Now a Suicide Pact

    The US Constitution Is Now a Suicide Pact
    May 22 2026
    Historically, many sovereign states have granted separatist cultural and ideological groups political autonomy as a means of avoiding full secession. The US legal system prevents this. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-constitution-now-suicide-pact
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    26 mins
  • Post-Massie America

    Post-Massie America
    May 22 2026
    On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the results of the most expensive Congressional race in American history. What does the defeat of Thomas Massie tell us? What does this mean for libertarian strategy? Should we black-pill? Tune in for this and more.
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    52 mins
  • The Economic Problem Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Government Grocery Plan

    The Economic Problem Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Government Grocery Plan
    May 22 2026
    Zohran Mamdani’s proposal reflects a growing belief that economic problems can be solved through public ownership and political management. But a grocery store is still a business governed by costs, and economic reality regardless of who owns it. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/economic-problem-behind-zohran-mamdanis-government-grocery-plan
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    7 mins
  • The Great Reversal: How Social Contract Theory Became State Apologetics

    The Great Reversal: How Social Contract Theory Became State Apologetics
    May 22 2026
    Social contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-reversal-how-social-contract-theory-became-state-apologetics
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    18 mins
  • Buc-ee’s: Free-Market Triumph or Simply Capitalist Oppression?

    Buc-ee’s: Free-Market Triumph or Simply Capitalist Oppression?
    May 21 2026
    Buc-ee’s—the roadside travel phenomenon—seems to cater to the extremes in our society. Either customers love shopping at the place or it is yet another symbol of capitalist oppression. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/buc-ees-free-market-triumph-or-simply-capitalist-oppression
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    9 mins
  • A Rothbardian Case Against Bad Data Center Policy

    A Rothbardian Case Against Bad Data Center Policy
    May 20 2026
    AI has created enormous demand for new data centers, and many communities do not want them nearby. The Rothbardian answer is not blanket permission or blanket prohibition, but a property-rights framework and the return of market forces that government policy has largely displaced. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbardian-case-against-bad-data-center-policy 2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/gabfreebook Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB
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    10 mins