The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Steven and Cassandra Torello. Includes an introduction by Joseph T. Salerno and an audience question and answer period.

Recorded at the 2024 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, March 22-23, 2024.

Austrian Economics Research Conference

Knowing Murray in the Early Years and Why Rothbard and Rand Would Relish 2024 | J. Michael Oliver

Chapter 12 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. 

Narrated by John Quattrucci.

Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities

Chapter 12. When It Comes to National Defense, It’s More than Size that Matters

Chapter 11 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. 

Narrated by John Quattrucci.

Chapter 11. How Small Is Too Small?

Chapter 10 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. 

Narrated by John Quattrucci.

Chapter 10. If California Secedes, What Happens to Locals Who Opposed Secession?

Chapter 9 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. 

Narrated by John Quattrucci.

Chapter 9. From Taxes to Trade, More Secession Means More Freedom

Chapter 8 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. 

Narrated by John Quattrucci.

Chapter 8. Why the US Supports Secession for Africans, but Not for Americans

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's dangerous "security" agencies.

Discussed on the Show 

"The FBI and CIA Are Enemies of the American People" by Ryan McMaken https://Mises.org/RR_183_A

"Cowardice, Not Courage, Led House Republicans to Side with the Democrats" by Connor O'Keeffe: https://Mises.org/RR_183_B

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In this week's episode, Mark examines the Chocolate Crisis of 2024.  Cocoa prices have skyrocketed. The media is trying to paint this as another example of the ravages of Climate Change, but the market is making all of its typical adjustments to ensure that chocolate products continue to flow to consumers, and also making adjustments to improve the long term conditions.

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The Great Chocolate Crisis

When a war occurs, the government feels that it's obliged to propound a certain line about how the enemy was totally responsible for this war: "We never did anything wrong! The enemy has committed terrible atrocities!"

Recorded at Mises University 2005 at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

Mises University 2005

World War I: A Failure of State Elites | Ralph Raico

Recently on Twitter, as a reaction to an FT post worrying about the growing debts of various governments, fans of MMT were posting screenshots from a May 2020 FT debate involving Stephanie Kelton. The implication was that Kelton had correctly predicted that government debt would be benign. Bob and guest Jonathan Newman dissent.

Stephanie Kelton and Edward Chancellor's Debate on Government Debt: https://Mises.org/HAP445a
Martin Wolf's Article on Government Debt: https://Mises.org/HAP445b
Bob's Debate with Warren Mosler on MMT: https://Mises.org/HAP445c
Bob and Jonathan's Episode on Price Inflation: https://Mises.org/HAP445d
Bob's Article on the Economic Outlook for the US: https://Mises.org/HAP445e

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Did the MMT Camp Correctly Predict the Post-Covid Economy?

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Knowing Murray in the Early Years and Why Rothbard and Rand Would Relish 2024 | J. Michael Oliver

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