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Patrick Newman joins Bob to discuss one of his talks at the Austrian Economics Research Conference (AERC), where he explained that Simon Kuznets–who developed the method of calculating GNP and GDP statistics–had serious doubts about how to include government expenditures.

Patrick's Talk at the 2025 AERC: Mises.org/HAP493aRothbard's Man, Economy, and State: Mises.org/HAP493bBob's 2014 Talk on the Great Depression: Mises.org/HAP493c

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International trade is the topic du jour. Mark Thornton shares his recent presentation at the Austrian Economics Scholars Conference about a timely and important book featuring many of your favorite authors, Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century: Economic Theory and Political Reality.

“Why Smart People Are Rightly Confused About Tariffs” (Unanimity Podcast): Mises.org/U4 

"Tariff Increases vs. Tax Cuts" (Minor Issues Podcast): Mises.org/MI_107

Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century: Economic Theory and Political Reality, edited by Max Rangeley and Daniel Hannan: Mises.org/MI_113_Book

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It's been five years since the covid lockdowns of 2020. Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a look at the lessons we learned about the regime, medical staff, and libertarians during one of history's biggest abuses of state power. 

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The leftists destroying and defacing Teslas to protest Elon Musk’s foray into American politics provide the latest example of the American far-left being easily co-opted into playing directly into the hands of the political establishment.

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Can executive power shrink the state instead of growing it? In this thought-provoking lecture, Patrick Newman offers a Jacksonian playbook for dismantling the deep state in our time.

The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Steve and Cassandra Torello.

The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition. For more information, visit https://Mises.org.

Featuring Per Bylund, Lucas Engelhardt, Joshua Mawhorter, Jonathan Newman, Patrick Newman, and Joseph T. Salerno, this panel exposes flawed assumptions of Modern Monetary Theory, including the origins of money, government spending, job guarantees, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. The presenters critique MMT’s reliance on state-driven monetary policy, its neglect of entrepreneurship and capital formation, and its unrealistic view of labor and job guarantees. 

The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition. For more information, visit https://Mises.org.

What does a “reactionary libertarian” really believe? In this provocative and unfiltered lecture, Hans-Hermann Hoppe reflects on war, empire, the Frankfurt School, Javier Milei, and why libertarians must reject both the left and the right to defend true freedom.

The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.

The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition. For more information, visit https://Mises.org.

Was Keynesianism ever truly apolitical? In this rigorous lecture, Edward W. Fuller reexamines the IS-LM model through the lens of Keynes’s political writings and reveals how modern macroeconomics inherited not just a framework—but an ideology.

The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Shone Sadler. Includes a welcome by Joseph T. Salerno.

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What do COVID lockdowns, currency collapses, and hyperinflation all have in common? According to Steve Hanke, they all reveal how central planners manipulate fear, money, and power to control society.

The Friedrich A. Hayek Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Jerry Dowell.

The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition. For more information, visit https://Mises.org

Bob responds to recent tweets that believe trade deficits are a sign of economic strength. He also includes an op-ed from Robert Barro and a clip from Milton Friedman, to show that even big gun economists can often speak in misleading ways when it comes to trade deficits.

Bob's Article on Free Traders Defending Deficits: Mises.org/HAP492aThe FRED Chart Referenced in this Episode: Mises.org/HAP492bBob's 2007 Mises Daily article on Capital Surplus: Mises.org/HAP492cBob's 2007 Mises Daily article Predicting the Recession: Mises.org/HAP492dThe Human Action Podcast Episode on International Trade: Mises.org...