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Mises Media
Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's primary online media catalog.
Episodes
Mises MediaThe Gold Standard - That Never Was
From the session on "Studies in Economic History," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 22 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaA Man and His Family (Richard Cantillon)
From the session on "History of Economic Thought," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaMises and the Struggle Against Italian Fascism in World War II
From the session on "History of Economic Thought," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaThe Mengerian Milkstool: An Alternative History of Economic Thought
From the session on "History of Economic Thought," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaThe Scholastic Legacy of Murray N. Rothbard in the History of Economic Thought
From the session on "History of Economic Thought," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaA Defense of Free Banking and Monetary Disequilibrium Theory
From the session on "Monetary Theory and Policy," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaA Rehabilitation of the Quantity Theory
From the session on "Monetary Theory and Policy," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaA Tribute to William H. Peterson, 1921-2012
Presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference on 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaA Tribute to William H. Peterson, 1921-2012
Presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference on 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by…
Mises MediaA Tribute to William H. Peterson, 1921-2012
Presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference on 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaAn Entrepreneurial Theory of Moral Hazard
From the session on "Advances in the Theory of Entrepreneurship," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig…
Mises MediaDriving the Market Process: Why Entrepreneurial "Alertness" Trumps "Creative Destruction"
From the session on "Advances in the Theory of Entrepreneurship," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig…
Mises MediaIt Didn’t Have to Be This Way: Why Boom and Bust Is Unnecessary—and How the Austrian School of Economics Breaks the Cycle
Part of the Authors Forum, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaJudgment and Capital: Reconciling Interest Group Formation and Maintenance Theories through the Austrian Entrepreneur
From the session on "Advances in the Theory of Entrepreneurship," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig…
Mises MediaMonetary Disequilibrium Theory: An Unstable Foundation for the Theory of Free Banking
From the session on "Monetary Theory and Policy," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaOrganized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
Part of the Authors Forum, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaProducing Prosperity: An Inquiry Into the Operation of the Market Process
Part of the Authors Forum, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaThe Common Pool of Transitional Profits
From the session on "Advances in the Theory of Entrepreneurship," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig…
Mises MediaThe Great Fiction: Property, Economy, Society, and the Politics of Decline
Part of the Authors Forum, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaThe War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom
Part of the Authors Forum, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaTheory of Money and Fiduciary Media
Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaWhy the Greenbackers Are Wrong
From the session on "Monetary Theory and Policy," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises…
Mises MediaAnswering the Same Old Arguments Against Sound Money
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaDrugs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sponsored by the Auburn University Economics Club, this talk was presented at the Mises Institute on 1 October 2012.
Mises MediaFractional Reserve Banking
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaHow Crony Capitalism Corrupts the Free Market
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaInner Workings of the Fed
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaSpeaker Panel
Featuring Lew Rockwell, Walter Block, Doug French, Peter Klein, Joe Salerno, Tom Woods and Peter Schiff, this question and answer period was presented at the…
Mises MediaTAG: Unlimited Insurance, Unlimited Risk
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaThe Fed, the FDIC, and Other Problems
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaThe Real Fiscal Cliff: How to Spot the Ledge
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaWar and the Fed
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor…
Mises MediaDrugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Big Pharma–FDA nexus is just one giant conflict of interest against the general public, writes Mark Thornton. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by…
Mises MediaThe Eurocrisis
This lecture by Philipp Bagus was presented at the 2012 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises MediaAnti-Market Mythology
Presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2012.

Mises MediaThe Health Plan's Devilish Principles
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Mises MediaOn Equality and Inequality
The fact that men are born unequal in regard to physical and mental capacities cannot be argued away, writes Ludwig von Mises. This audio Mises Daily is…
Mises MediaVices Are Not Crimes
Spooner's anarchism was, like his abolitionism, another valuable part of his pietist legacy. For, here again, his pietistic concern for universal principles…
Mises MediaRon Paul: Mr. Republican
In this article, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. touches on Ron Paul's political career. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.
Mises MediaThe Watermelon Summit
Watermelon: "green" on the outside, red on the inside. Rio Earth Summit: "Watermelons of the World Unite!" This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold…
Mises MediaHitler's Economics
Hitler is the modern archetype of political evil, but many who condemn him still embrace his policies, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. This audio Mises Daily…

Mises MediaGovernment Medical "Insurance"
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal, writes…
Mises MediaThe Truth About Taxes
This essay originally appeared in the Review of Austrian Economics 7, No. 2 (1994), pp. 75–90, as "The Consumption Tax: A Critique". Narrated by Harold…
Mises MediaIs Greater Productivity a Danger?
Tim Jackson, a professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey, suggests that greater productivity may have reached its "natural limits"…
Mises MediaFree Economy and Social Order
The market economy as a field of liberty, spontaneity, and free coordination cannot thrive in a social system that is the very opposite, writes Wilhelm Röpke…
Mises MediaWhat Soviet Medicine Teaches Us
In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal "cradle-to-grave" healthcare, writes Yuri N. Maltsev. This audio Mises Daily is…
Mises MediaThe Fascist Threat
Fascism cartelizes the private sector and denies fundamental rights and liberties to individuals. This describes mainstream politics, writes Llewellyn H…
Mises MediaThe Austrian Solution
Delivered at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 June 2012.

Mises MediaThe Task Confronting Libertarians
Libertarians must form and maintain organizations not only to promote their broad principles but to promote these principles in special fields, writes Henry…
Mises MediaThe Fiasco of Fiat Money
Today's worldwide fiat-money regime has effects that extend beyond what most people would imagine, writes Thorsten Polleit. This audio Mises Daily is narrated…
Mises MediaLudwig von Mises
Presented at the "Second Annual Advanced Instructional Conference in Austrian Economics" at Stanford University; June 25 - July 2, 1988. Includes an…
Mises MediaAyn Rand: The Greatest Novelist of All Time
Session on Literature and Liberty. Recorded March 10, 2012, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [15:10]
Mises MediaCall of Duty V - Article V Convention
Session on An Article V Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention. Recorded March 10, 2012, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [15:46]
Mises MediaFree Enterprise or Decline? The Future of Latin America
Presented in 1985 as a part of the Mises Institute's "Washington Seminar Series" in Washington DC. Includes an introduction by Stephen Morrell. [59:20]
Mises MediaOur Explosive Federal Debt is the Poison that is Killing America. The Cure is for the American People to Force Congress to Convene a Single-Issue Balanced Budget Amendment Convention
Session on An Article V Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention. Recorded March 10, 2012, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [13:54]
Mises MediaResolution and Financial Independence: Wordsworth's Obsession with Copyright Laws
Session on Literature and Liberty. Recorded March 10, 2012, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [17:55]
Mises MediaThe Political and Legal Frameworks for an Article V Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention
Session on An Article V Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention. Recorded March 10, 2012, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [21:07]