Podcasts about bureaucracy and regulation

Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to believe. The truth is that the case for defunding Amtrak has never been stronger.Original article: Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak

Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to believe. The truth is that the case for defunding Amtrak has never been stronger.Original article: Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak

While no one is accusing egg producers of colluding or price-fixing, from an economic standpoint, it certainly could be happening either by design or incidentally.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/how-high-egg-prices-may-resemble-high-opec-cartel-oil-prices

The Trump administration has pursued a high tariff policy, reversing the movement to lower trade barriers around the world. The justification for this policy is the presence of trade deficits with other nations. However, what if US trade deficits don't matter?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-rationale-behind-current-us-tariff-policy

While no one is accusing egg producers of colluding or price-fixing, from an economic standpoint, it certainly could be happening either by design or incidentally.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/how-high-egg-prices-may-resemble-high-opec-cartel-oil-prices

The Trump administration has pursued a high tariff policy, reversing the movement to lower trade barriers around the world. The justification for this policy is the presence of trade deficits with other nations. However, what if US trade deficits don't matter?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-rationale-behind-current-us-tariff-policy

France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-controls-and-drug-shortages-france-textbook-case-evils-interventionism

Why do cultures degenerate? At the recent Natal Conference, Robin Hanson cites biological and evolutionary factors. However, if one looks to Mises and the Austrians, we look squarely at human action that begins with the human mind and purposeful action.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-degeneration-biological-or-ideological

France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-controls-and-drug-shortages-france-textbook-case-evils-interventionism

Why do cultures degenerate? At the recent Natal Conference, Robin Hanson cites biological and evolutionary factors. However, if one looks to Mises and the Austrians, we look squarely at human action that begins with the human mind and purposeful action.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-degeneration-biological-or-ideological

Economist Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to review Trump's executive order on prescription drug pricing. They explore how price discrimination works in global pharmaceutical markets, the unintended consequences of importation policies, and why U.S. consumers often pay more—yet benefit most from drug innovation. Tabarrok also critiques the FDA's role in delaying treatments and explains how regulatory reform, not price caps, could make healthcare more affordable and effective.Alex's Article, "Econ 101 is Underrated: Pharma Price Controls": Mises.org/HAP500aThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard's, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree

Economist Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to review Trump's executive order on prescription drug pricing. They explore how price discrimination works in global pharmaceutical markets, the unintended consequences of importation policies, and why U.S. consumers often pay more—yet benefit most from drug innovation. Tabarrok also critiques the FDA's role in delaying treatments and explains how regulatory reform, not price caps, could make healthcare more affordable and effective.Alex's Article, "Econ 101 is Underrated: Pharma Price Controls": Mises.org/HAP500aThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard's, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree

While Trump has not yet turned to price controls to address America‘s absurdly high drug prices, Monday‘s executive order suggests that he soon may. Price controls would only worsen the problem with the drug market. Here are three things he can do instead.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-trump-can-lower-drug-prices-without-price-controlsThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard's, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

Tom Woods lays bare the madness of the public health bureaucracy during COVID, showing how blind rule-following replaced human life, joy, and basic decency.Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 26, 2025.Special thanks to Dru Heaton, Jeff Leskovar, and Scott and Cathy Ullery for sponsoring this event.

Mises Institute President, Tom DiLorenzo, explains how bureaucracy became a self-feeding monster, rewarding failure, wasting resources, and building the Deep State through civil service "reform."Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 26, 2025.Special thanks to Dru Heaton, Jeff Leskovar, and Scott and Cathy Ullery for sponsoring this event.

Dr. Robert Malone exposes how public health and pharmaceutical industries merged psychological warfare with government bureaucracy to drive fear, obedience, and massive overreach.Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 26, 2025.Special thanks to Dru Heaton, Jeff Leskovar, and Scott and Cathy Ullery for sponsoring this event.

Totalitarian bureaucracy necessitates a constant state of crisis and there is no better creator of crises than imperial machinations.Original article: Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy

Totalitarian bureaucracy necessitates a constant state of crisis and there is no better creator of crises than imperial machinations.Original article: Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy

Ryan McMaken and Chris Calton examine the many ways that government intervention has driven up home prices and made affordable homes harder to find. Register for Our Enemy The Bureaucracy now at https://Mises.org/Phoenix25.Get free copies of What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/RothPodFREEBe sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbardRadio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

Ryan McMaken and Chris Calton examine the many ways that government intervention has driven up home prices and made affordable homes harder to find. Register for Our Enemy The Bureaucracy now at https://Mises.org/Phoenix25.Get free copies of What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/RothPodFREEBe sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbardRadio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

Dr. Tim Terrell explores how rising government subsidies in higher education have fueled tuition inflation, administrative bloat, and declining academic standards, leaving students burdened with debt and questionable returns on their investment.Recorded in Tampa, Florida, on February 22, 2025.Special thanks to Liberty Villages and the Shrader family and Greg Roe for sponsoring this event.

Dr. Jason Jewell discusses the demographic and financial challenges facing American higher education, the declining public trust in universities, and how red states are responding with reforms to reduce ideological bias and increase accountability.Recorded in Tampa, Florida, on February 22, 2025.Special thanks to Liberty Villages and the Shrader family and Greg Roe for sponsoring this event.

A common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical tools.Original article: Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics

Britain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens will pay more. Middle-class British farmers are quickly finding out that the taxman is coming for them too.Original article: Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers' Property Rights in the UK

Most editorialists and pundits have labeled Jimmy Carter's presidency a failure, but his activities after he left office as a rousing success. The truth is that his successful deregulation efforts have left a positive and lasting legacy.Original article: Jimmy Carter's Legacy Is Much More than Good Deeds Done in His Later Years

A common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical tools.Original article: Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics

Britain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens will pay more. Middle-class British farmers are quickly finding out that the taxman is coming for them too.Original article: Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers' Property Rights in the UK

Most editorialists and pundits have labeled Jimmy Carter's presidency a failure, but his activities after he left office as a rousing success. The truth is that his successful deregulation efforts have left a positive and lasting legacy.Original article: Jimmy Carter's Legacy Is Much More than Good Deeds Done in His Later Years

"Hurry up and wait" is often the reality of medical care. We shouldn't be surprised to know that long lines and government intervention go together.Original article: The Economics of Medical Waiting Rooms

Those carrying out government directives are even less bound by law than they were a few years ago, and talk about new bureaucrats is beginning to resemble the Kremlinology of the Cold War.Original article: “Personnel Is Policy” Means the Rule of Law Is Dying

Lawrence McQuillan from the Independent Institute joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in California. They discuss the environmental policies that exacerbate risks, offer practical solutions to firefighting and prevention shortcomings, and examine the role of private stewardship in mitigating future disasters. This episode overall sheds light on how California's political landscape and approach to wildfires continues to fuel a recurring tragedy.Lawrence's 2017 Article Detailing the CA's Fire Prevention Problem: Mises.org/HAP483aLawrence's 2019 Golden Fleece Report Submission on Mismanagement in CA: Mises.org/HAP483bLawrence's 2020 Interview on the Reasons Ca's Fires Keep Happening: Mises.org/HAP483cLawrence's 2024 Article on Lessons From the Lahaina Wildfires:: Mises.org/HAP483dUse code Action25 to get 10% off your ticket to Educating for Liberty Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22: Mises.org/Tampa25The Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard's, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree

Lawrence McQuillan from the Independent Institute joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in California. They discuss the environmental policies that exacerbate risks, offer practical solutions to firefighting and prevention shortcomings, and examine the role of private stewardship in mitigating future disasters. This episode overall sheds light on how California's political landscape and approach to wildfires continues to fuel a recurring tragedy.Lawrence's 2017 Article Detailing the CA's Fire Prevention Problem: Mises.org/HAP483aLawrence's 2019 Golden Fleece Report Submission on Mismanagement in CA: Mises.org/HAP483bLawrence's 2020 Interview on the Reasons Ca's Fires Keep Happening: Mises.org/HAP483cLawrence's 2024 Article on Lessons From the Lahaina Wildfires:: Mises.org/HAP483dUse code Action25 to get 10% off your ticket to Educating for Liberty Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22: Mises.org/Tampa25The Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard's, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree

Washington has wielded the sanctions weapon against nearly a third of all nations on earth. It is time to rethink these policies, and one hopes the incoming Trump administration will do just that and change course.Original article: The Second Trump Term and the “Sanctions Industrial Complex”

A new study at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 minimum wage has had no adverse economic effects. If only that were true.Original article: Minimum Wage Laws Can't Repeal the Laws of Economics

Ryan McMaken and historian Christopher Calton take a look at why homelessness is rising and why politicians like California Governor Gavin Newsom are only making it worse.See also, "What To Do about Homelessness" by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/what-do-about-homelessnessUse code Rothbard25 to get 10% off your ticket to Educating for Liberty Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22: httsp://Mises.org/Tampa25Get free copies of What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/RothPodFREEThe World at War by Ralph Raico: https://Mises.org/RaicoWarBe sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbardRadio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

Ryan McMaken and historian Christopher Calton take a look at why homelessness is rising and why politicians like California Governor Gavin Newsom are only making it worse.See also, "What To Do about Homelessness" by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/what-do-about-homelessnessUse code Rothbard25 to get 10% off your ticket to Educating for Liberty Mises Circle in Tampa on February 22: httsp://Mises.org/Tampa25Get free copies of What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/RothPodFREEThe World at War by Ralph Raico: https://Mises.org/RaicoWarBe sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbardRadio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

These days, most federally-funded workers are “private” contract and grant workers. These jobs will quickly disappear if we‘re serious about spending cuts. Original article: Want to Cut Federal Workers? Just Cut Spending.

Created as a sop to the teachers‘ unions, the Department has presided over huge declines in student academic performances and has played a vital role in politicizing formal learning at all levels. Original article: Why It's Time To Abolish the Department of Education

As we see from Jamaica‘s experience, attempts by the government to be entrepreneurial misallocate resources, waste money, and achieve poor results.Original article: Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State

Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.Original article: The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control

Thanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.” Original article: Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”

Thanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.” Original article: Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”

As we see from Jamaica‘s experience, attempts by the government to be entrepreneurial misallocate resources, waste money, and achieve poor results.Original article: Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State

Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.Original article: The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control

Murray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism is a “revolt against nature.” Progressives claim that inequality harms society and is morally unacceptable, but in reality, it is necessary for division of labor, which enables social cooperation.Original article: Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social Cooperation

As Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the digital economy uncreative destruction.Original article: Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation

Critics of free markets claim that the 1980s and 90s were near-pure laissez-faire when, in reality, the regulatory state only got stronger. Original article: “NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets

The great free-market classical liberal William Leggett believed that Americans do not need politicians telling us on which days Americans ought to be thankful.Original article: Thanksgiving Day

Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don't want to follow the company's rules are now appealing to US antitrust law.Original article: Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It's Not a Bag, It's a Birkin”

Progressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame. Original article: How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices