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The Unsustainable AI-Driven Lending Boom By Douglas French The endless bubble economy has a new lending craze: loans backed by AI chips. The problem is that while the chips serve as collateral, companies right now cannot make enough revenue to cover their costs.…

Employment Flatlines for Eleventh Month as Biden Claims Historic Job Gains By Ryan McMaken As total (mostly part-time) "jobs" rose 273,000 in May—thanks largely to made-up numbers—total employed workers fell by 408,000 people. Anna Wong: May’s jobs report presented contradictory views

The 2004 Pistons Vs The 2017 Warriors: Let’s Settle This… This is a pretty fun video for a couple of reasons It is a fun hypothetical. The matchups are really interesting. It's a beef between Draymond and Rasheed. I'm pretty sure both Draymond and Rasheed

Is BlackRock Shorting Bitcoin? Video Description In this video, I discuss the current large Bitcoin futures short that is held by hedge funds, how it is related to the spot Bitcoin ETFs, and what the combination means for Bitcoin's price.…

The US Debt Can’t Be Repaid - So What Will Happen Instead? Video Description Understanding debt refinancing is the key to understanding asset prices and cycles. What happens when the Government's debt can’t be repaid? Well, it’s different than when it’s your personal credit card

The Achilles Heel of the Fiat Money System By Thorsten Polleit State-sponsored fiat money has been the norm for more than ninety years, but its very instability makes it vulnerable to a regime of sound money.…

Do You Know Who’s Hitting You? By George Ford Smith While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down your place with you in it. Jacob Hornberger on…

Is the Dollar the Global Reserve Currency Because There's No Better Alternative? From The Human Action Podcast Video Description Economics researcher Joakim Book joins Bob to discuss his recent article on the dollar's international dominance at the American Institute for Economic Research. US Sanctions incentivize foreign

The Problem with Federal Courts and "Sovereignty" | Lysander Spooner Federal judges seem never to have heard of the American Revolution, fought to overthrow these very ideas of “sovereignty,” which these judges now proclaim.…

How People Can Better Fight Inflation By Mark Thornton Ordinary people cannot stop the Fed and the government from inflating the currency, but they can take measures to shield themselves from some of its harmful effects.…

Oil Prices Show Weakening Demand, but Not Because of Electric Cars By Daniel Lacalle Oil prices have weakened in recent weeks despite the war in Gaza and rising geopolitical risk. This points to overall economic contraction.…

How Phony “Civil Rights” Put Your Life in Danger By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The only true solution is to get rid of all “civil rights” laws. As the great Murray Rothbard has explained, in a libertarian society all exchanges with people are voluntary.…

Unsuccessful DEI Efforts Meet Legislative Opposition in Tennessee By Aaron Sobczak The Tennessee Board of Regents for higher education is finding that their DEI efforts are not successful, and the Tennessee legislature has become skeptical.…

How Government Turned Universities and Businesses into DEI Bureaucracies By David Brady, Jr. Long before DEI, Ludwig von Mises explained how bureaucracies infect the decision-making process. Mises: Under this system the government has unlimited power to ruin every enterprise or to lavish favors upon it. The success or failure…

The Trends of the Trade By Heather Carson Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, a college education was viewed as a way out of poverty. Across the country, however, more young people are realizing that learning a trade is a better path.…

Why America is Ready to Elect a Felon President Video Description On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Mises Institute Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss Donald Trump’s conviction. Bill explains the tortured logic of the case and its lasting significance for…

Who Sets The Price Of Bitcoin? Video Description In this video, I discuss how global arbitrage across centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges, and OTC desks help to ensure that the price of KYC Bitcoin converges. I also discuss how non-KYC Bitcoin is priced relative to KYC Bitcoin.…

Distinguishing Libertarian Philosophy from Political Strategy By Wanjiru Njoya and David Gordon What makes a libertarian society libertarian? Certainly, one must begin not only with the nonaggression principle, but also with the unequivocal protection of private property rights. Thick or Thin? Charles Johnson: To what extent should libertarians concern themselves…