Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2559: Going, Going, Gone!
Episode: 2559 Going, Going, Gone! A look at auctions. Today, going, going, gone!
Audio Mises Wire - Surviving Capitalism: The Scarcity Advantage
The story of Anil Ambani destroys the belief that capitalism automatically favors the rich and excludes the poor. Once a billionaire, he made a series of bad business choices and the market punished those choices. Capitalism favors good choices.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/surviving-capitalism-scarcity-advantage
Audio Mises Wire - Monetary Decay and Imperial Survival
The American empire—with its global military footprint and permanent war economy—cannot be financed through honest taxation without provoking revolt.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-decay-and-imperial-survival
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Bruce Springsteen — “The Rising”
In the uncertain moments following 9/11, we were searching for comfort and someone to help us make sense of it all. Today, Rob discusses the one musician who was capable of stepping up and capturing the emotions the American people were feeling: Bruce Springsteen. Rob recaps the political statements Springsteen had been making in the decades before, which prepared him for the creation of “The Rising.” Finally, he is joined by music critic and Springsteen expert Steven Hyden to discuss where the album ‘The Rising’ ranks in his discography.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Producers: Justin Sayles and Olivia Crerie
Additional Video Editing: Kevin Pooler
Guest: Steven Hyden
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Curious City - Why did the FBI recruit girls from Catholic high schools?
For a few decades starting in the 1940s, the FBI recruited high school girls for clerical work. A Chicago Catholic school was a go-to spot to make new hires.
The Indicator from Planet Money - How well are ICE’s 12,000 new officers being trained?
The Department of Homeland Security says it has more than doubled the workforce of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Trump. Yet videos of immigration officers killing two U.S. citizens and using aggressive arrest tactics have left some politicians and community leaders rethinking the agency’s approach. On today’s show, law enforcement experts assess the training and culture at DHS.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2035: The Gunpowder Plot
Episode: 2035 The Gunpowder Plot: Terrorism little-changed in four hundred years. Today, historian Cathy Patterson asks us to "Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
Audio Mises Wire - Why Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit Is Still Important Today
Ludwig von Mises’s first major work was The Theory of Money and Credit in which he explained the role of money in the economy and also pointed out what causes the boom-bust cycle. It remains an important classic in Austrian economics.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-misess-theory-money-and-credit-still-important-today
Audio Mises Wire - Why We Should Repeal the Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act, first passed in 1964, is falsely connected with freedom. In reality, this law severely restricts individual liberty and replaces it with coercive government acts.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-we-should-repeal-civil-rights-act
Audio Mises Wire - A Brief History of the Petite Bourgeoisie
From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about "small industry" between big business and propertyless workers.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-petite-bourgeoisie