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FPF #238 – Putin’s Travels

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #238, I discuss Russian President Putin's trip to Germany and Austria. I explore an article by Gilbert Doctorow on the importance of the trip and how Trump's foreign policy has impacted Russia's relationships with Europe. I update news on North Korea, Syria,...

08/20/18 Mark Thornton on Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Business Cycle

by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises institute and Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, is interviewed on the so called "Skyscraper Theory", and his new book "The Skyscraper Curse", about the correlation of new tall...

FPF #235 – Economics of War guest Steven Clyde

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 20, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #235, Steven Clyde comes to the show to discuss the economics of war. The 2019 NDAA authorized $717 billion in defense spending for a single year. Steven gives his take on Austrian Economics and his analysis of what massive "defense" spending does to the...

Money-Supply Growth Falls Yet Again, Dropping to 116-Month Low

by Ryan McMaken | Nov 8, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

Growth in the supply of US dollars fell again in September, this time to a 116-month low of 3.4 percent. The last time the money supply grew at a smaller rate was during January 2008 — also at a rate of 3.4 percent. The money-supply metric used here — an "Austrian...

Austria Found a Way to Tax Google Searches and Social Media Posts

by James Holbrooks | May 1, 2017 | Blog

Austria — Highlighting the difficulty both public and private establishments can have when it comes to adapting methods in the digital age, it was reported Monday that one government is now trying to tax social media companies. From a report by Bloomberg:...

4/10/17 Robert Murphy on the economy from an Austrian economics perspective

by Scott Horton | Apr 10, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Robert Murphy, an author, scholar, and professor, discusses the core premises of Austrian economics; the artificial business cycle of booms and busts; fractional reserve banking and the Federal Reserve System; and lending policy and business decisions.

Why Fractional-Reserve Banking Would Be Limited in an Unhampered Market

by Frank Shostak | Jan 16, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

The so-called multiplier arises as a result of the fact that banks are legally permitted to use money that is placed in demand deposits. Banks treat this type of money as if it was loaned to them, thus loaning it out while simultaneously allowing depositors to spend...

12/7/16 Robert P. Murphy on Austrian economics and his new book Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

by Scott Horton | Dec 7, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show

Robert P. Murphy, an Associated Scholar with the Mises Institute and author of many books, discusses the Fed-induced booms and busts in the economy and stock market; the bigger-than-ever housing bubble; and where libertarians agree and disagree with Donald Trump's...

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The “Least Performing” Circus Continues at the US Navy (and Elsewhere)

***Have been out of pocket for conference attendance*** The US Navy and the Pentagon continue the grand sclerotic and arthritic three ring circus of staggering inabilities to deliver any exquisite platforms on time, on budget and within scope. The sterling track...

Be Careful What You Ask for

You wanted America First. You got it. Did you think it wouldn't be conceived in national collectivist terms? The clue's in the name. It's America First, not Americans First.

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Call me naive, but I increasingly suspect that much of today's "left" is not antiwar on principle. Rather, it's anti-American war because, in its view, America (not just the government) is rotten to the core: bourgeois, racist, patriarchal, heteronormative, blah,...

America First is Always the Sober Alternative to War on the World

My shortest post ever. Ironic that Israel has more US senators than America.

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I discuss the news around deportations, the military parade, No Kings, and Iran v Israel. ALP

Anti-War Blog – It’s Never Enough

It is hard to be up to date with any coverage for an ongoing war, especially in the social media age. Things move fast, the information that is real, verified, takes time to be confirmed and understood as factual. Lies, deception and sensationalism spreads fast, it’s...

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Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism

by Keith Knight

Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...

Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania

by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...

Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

by Jim Bovard

Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...

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FPF #238 – Putin’s Travels

08/20/18 Mark Thornton on Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Business Cycle

FPF #235 – Economics of War guest Steven Clyde

Money-Supply Growth Falls Yet Again, Dropping to 116-Month Low

4/10/17 Robert Murphy on the economy from an Austrian economics perspective

Why Fractional-Reserve Banking Would Be Limited in an Unhampered Market

12/7/16 Robert P. Murphy on Austrian economics and his new book Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

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The “Least Performing” Circus Continues at the US Navy (and Elsewhere)

Be Careful What You Ask for

Phony Noninterventionists

America First is Always the Sober Alternative to War on the World

My Views

Anti-War Blog – It’s Never Enough

Podcasts

Shop Our Books

Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism

Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania

Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

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