On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Tho Bishop and Ryan McMaken discuss the recent report that the Pentagon has failed its fifth straight audit and why no one seems to care. Why has the public lost interest in basic fiscal sanity? How recent is this problem? What might force Americans to care?

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Recommended Reading

"As the Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Wants to Spend Even More on 'Defense'" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_111_A

"Can a Deeply Unserious America Fix Its Economy?" by Jeff Deist: Mises.org/RR_111_B

"Biden's Defense Plan: Limitless Global Meddling" (War, Economy, and State podcast): Mises.org/RR_111_C

America: From Republic to Empire (video series): Mises.org/RR_111_D

The Betrayal of the American Right by Murray N. Rothbard: Mises.org/RR_111_E

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