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Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's primary online media catalog.
Episodes
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The Place of Finance and Financial Markets in a Free Society
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2015.
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An Evening with Judge Napolitano
Includes an introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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Austrian Capital Theory
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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Praxeology: The Method of Economics
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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Subjective Value and Market Prices
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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The Birth of the Austrian School
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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The Division of Labor and Social Order
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2015.
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War and the Growth of Government
Includes an introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., and the presentation of the 2015 Murray N. Rothbard Medal of Freedom to Dr. Higgs. Recorded at the…
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How I Came to Austrian Economics
The opening lecture of the 2015 Mises University. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2015. Includes an introduction by Joseph T…
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Karl-Friedrich Israel: The ECB Has Failed
Karl and Jeff discuss the current situation in Greece from Karl's perspective as a German. Old hostilities between the north and south in Europe are being…
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Tate Fegley: Crime and Punishment in a Libertarian Society
Tate Fegley and Jeff Deist discuss what crime and punishment might look like in a libertarian society, and how to convince skeptical libertarians that private…
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Patrick Barron: The Greek Crisis and the Impossibility of the Euro
Patrick and Jeff discuss European integration, which pits creditor nations like Germany against hapless debtors like Greece under the yoke of the Eurozone…
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Łukasz Dominiak: Culture in Hoppe's Private Law Society
Łukasz Dominiak is an adjunct scholar at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, and a student of political philosophy. His research as a Summer Fellow at…
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Jonathan Newman: Inflation and Business Cycles
This weekend, we continue our series featuring some of the young scholars who are spending their summer here at the Mises Institute as summer fellows. One of…
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14 Years with the LvMI: An Interview with Dr. Mark Thornton
Mark Thornton is interviewed by Phil Pepin on The Pursuit of Freedom radio show. They discuss Dr. Thornton's experiences teaching Austrian economics, the…
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Louis Rouanet: The French Liberty Tradition
Our guest this week is Louis Rouanet, a Summer Fellow at the Mises Institute and a formidable young Austro-libertarian scholar. Louis studies economics at the…
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Joseph Salerno: The War on Cash
Governments, at least modern western governments, have always hated cash transactions. Cash is private, and cash is hard to tax. So politicians trump up phony…
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Seven Changes Needed in Baltimore and Ferguson Right Now
Communities like Baltimore and Ferguson have been crippled by government regulations and the American nanny state. Now is the time to allow local residents to…
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James Grant: The Forgotten Depression
James Grant, of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, recently joined us at our event in Stamford, Connecticut, to discuss his new book, The Forgotten…
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James Ostrowski: The Illiberal Progressive Mind
Our guest this week is uniquely qualified to discuss modern progressives from a libertarian perspective. Jim Ostrowski, whom Murray Rothbard called "one of the…
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Stop the Violence– Here’s How
Mark Thornton and host Albert Lu discuss the recent violence and in cities such as Ferguson or Baltimore, and if the solution to this 'urban blight' is more…
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David Stockman: Against Crony Capitalism, Part 2
David Stockman is our guest this week in the second of a two-part interview. Stockman was a congressman, Ronald Reagan’s budget director, and a private…
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Price Discovery — The Forgotten Enemy of Bubbles
The F.A. Hayek Lecture, sponsored by Dr. Rafael Perez-Mera. Recorded at the New York Area Mises Circle in Stamford, Connecticut, on 7 May 2015.
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The Constitution and the Free Market
The Bruno Leoni Lecture, sponsored by Christopher P. Condon. Recorded at the New York Area Mises Circle in Stamford, Connecticut, on 7 May 2015.
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The Forgotten Depression
The Murray N. Rothbard Lecture, sponsored by Caitlin Long. Recorded at the New York Area Mises Circle in Stamford, Connecticut, on 7 May 2015.
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The War on Cash: Old and New
The William H. Peterson Lecture, sponsored by Robert L. Luddy. Recorded at the New York Area Mises Circle in Stamford, Connecticut, on 7 May 2015.
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Will the Fed Let Innovation Work Its Magic?
In recent decades, the tech sector has brought us newer and better goods and ever-dropping prices. In an unhampered market, the same would happen across the…
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David Stockman: Against Crony Capitalism, Part 1
David Stockman is our guest this week in the first of a two-part interview. He is also speaking at our Mises Circle event in Stamford, Connecticut, next week…
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Self-Interest Is Not Selfishness
When Mother Teresa used her Nobel Prize money to fund services for the poor, she was exhibiting "self-interest," but not selfishness. Like virtually everyone…
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The Skyscraper Index
Interviewed by host Jack Thompson, Mark Thornton discusses discusses his work on what is known as "The Skyscraper Index," which posits that each time the…
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Joe Salerno: Austrian Economics and Crony Academia, Part 2
In this second installment of a two-part interview, Jeff Deist and Joseph T. Salerno discuss the health and vitality of the Austrian school. Joe also provides…
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What Romance Can Tell Us About Government Regulation
When it comes to romantic relationships, people ruthlessly discriminate and make an endless number of subjective judgments. Most agree that it is absurd to…
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Why Is the Fed Punishing My Parents?
Thanks to the central bank, those who worked hard and "played by the rules" all their lives now face an uncertain future as inflation chips away at their…
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Joe Salerno: Austrian Economics and Crony Academia, Part 1
In this first installment of a two-part interview, Jeff Deist and Joseph T. Salerno discuss the health and vitality of the Austrian school, the impact of the…
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A Free Market in Money?
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 April 2014.
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Brazil: Victim of Vulgar Keynesianism
Brazil's government has long been devoted to the idea that more government spending will create more economic prosperity. For a time, it seemed to work, but…
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Inflation and Business Cycles
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 April 2014. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
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Jeff Deist: A Free Market in Money?
Jeff Deist challenges some assumptions about money: where it comes from, and whether it has to be provided by governments or by central banks.
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Money and the Development of Human Society: From Barter to Bitcoin
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 April 2014. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
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War and the Government Control of Money
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 April 2014. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.
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Judge Napolitano on Self-Ownership and 'National Defense
Natural rights are fundamentally different from goods and services. Judge Napolitano explains in his new book how the acquisition of a mere service &mdash…
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The "Natural Interest Rate" Is Always Positive and Cannot Be Negative
We're now in the world of negative interest rates, and Mises’s insights about human action are the key to understanding the implications of this, and in…
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Death and Taxes in the Netflix Series Marco Polo
The new Netflix series Marco Polo might have descended into a forgettable story of palace intrigue, but it fortunately explores far more interesting themes of…
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Adam Vass Gal: How the State Destroys the Poor
Our guest this week is Adam Vass Gal, a recent speaker at our research conference in Auburn. Adam has degrees in economics and finance, and works as an…
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The Fed and the Filthy Rich: An Interview with Mark Thornton
Interviewed by host Phil Pepin, Mark Thornton discusses the fed's role in the 2007 crash, the fed's special treatment of banks, and the effect of the fed's…
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Paul-Martin Foss: From Ron Paul's Office to the Carl Menger Center
Jeff Deist and Paul-Martin Foss discuss Ron Paul's years fighting the Federal Reserve, why Carl Menger still matters, and why the Beltway types are wrong when…
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William Boyes: From Mainstream Academia to Unrepentant Rothbardian
Our show this weekend features William Boyes, Director of Arizona State University's Center for the Study of Economic Liberty. Boyes was in Auburn last week…
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1.1. The Setting: History
Hoppe begins human history only 50,000 years ago, when “anatomically modern man” had evolved into “behaviorally modern man.” This is an…
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1.2. The Problem: Theory
At some point in time the landmass available to help satisfy human needs could no longer be enlarged. In economic jargon, the supply of the production factor…
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1.3. The Solution: Theory and History
The technological invention that solved (at least temporarily) the problem of a steadily emerging and re-emerging “excess” of population and the…
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2.1. Economic Theory
For economic theory the question of how to increase wealth and get rich has a straightforward answer. From Chapter 2, "From The Malthusian Trap To the…
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2.2. Economic History: The Problem
Throughout most of human history, the iron law of wages held sway. From Chapter 2, "From The Malthusian Trap To the Industrial Revolution: Reflections on…
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2.3. History Explained
Why did it take so long until we gave up a hunter-gatherer existence in favor of an existence as agricultural settlers? And why did it take more than another…
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2.4. Implications and Outlook
Just as the Industrial Revolution and the attendant escape from the Malthusian trap was by no means a necessary development in human history, so its success…
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3. From Aristocracy To Monarchy To Democracy
Hans-Hermann Hoppe turns the standard account of historical governmental progress on its head. While the state is an evil in all its forms, monarchy is, in…
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Foreword to A Short History of Man
The Foreword to A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
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Introduction: An Austro-Libertarian Reconstruction
In the introduction to his A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline, Hoppe outlines his goal of contributing to the old tradition of grand social theory…
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On Man, Nature, Truth, and Justice
The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by James Walker. Recorded at the Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute in Auburn…
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Patrick Byrne: Entrepreneurship, Austrian Economics, and the Cryptorevolution
Our show this weekend features Patrick Byrne, the Chairman and CEO of Overstock.com. Patrick was here at our Auburn campus this past week presenting a keynote…