On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the topic of nationalism and the role it can play in political decentralization. In his recent book, Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Small Polities, Ryan notes how nationalist sentiments have helped ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups resist centralizing political states, such as the Soviet Union. This contrasts the ways nationalism served as a centralizing force in 19th-century Europe. Ryan and Tho look at how recent nationalist sentiments are challenging authoritarian globalist pressures, as well as how strengthening regional and state cultural identities may offer the best chance to roll back the Washington regime in America.

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Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Small Polities by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_110_A

"Is Nationalism a Good Thing? It Depends." by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_110_B

"Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration" by Joe Salerno: https://Mises.org/RR_110_C

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Nationalism Against the Total State

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.

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"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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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.

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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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