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Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's primary online media catalog.
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The Case for Immediately Closing the Central Bank
Ryan McMaken is joined by Economist and Mises Institute Fellow Kristoffer Hansen to discuss what would have happened if Argentina President Javier Milei had…
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Educating for Liberty: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Recorded in Tampa, Florida, on February 22, 2025. Special thanks to Liberty Villages and the Shrader family and Greg Roe for sponsoring this event.
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The New GOP-Organized Labor Alliance Will Not Help the Working Class
Organized labor, which long has been the bedrock of the Democratic Party, is being courted by the MAGA Republicans trying to bolster their image with the…
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Incubators for Socialism: Can the Universities Be Saved?
Mises Institute president, Dr. Tom DiLorenzo critiques the current state of higher education, highlighting issues like lack of accountability, government…
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Current Trends in Higher Education and Red State Strategies
Dr. Jason Jewell discusses the demographic and financial challenges facing American higher education, the declining public trust in universities, and how red…
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Training Young Economists
Dr. Jonathan Newman emphasizes the power of storytelling in teaching children economic principles, using classic narratives and engaging parables to introduce…
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Money for Nothing: Why We’re Spending More and Getting Less in American Education
Dr. Tim Terrell explores how rising government subsidies in higher education have fueled tuition inflation, administrative bloat, and declining academic…
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The Human Trend
There are many important twists and turns in human history, but from the long perspective, the history of humans can be seen as a very positive upward sloping…
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Would DOGE Dividend Checks Stoke Inflation?
Some have proposed that the spending cuts identified by DOGE be directed towards a $5000 tax rebate for Americans who pay federal taxes. Critics warn it could…
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Trump Cannot Allow a Declining Europe to Drag the US Down
Recent comments from JD Vance and Pete Hegseth brought the relationship between the US and its allies in Europe into the spotlight. The unfortunate truth is…
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Mortgage Markets and Crony Capitalism
America’s residential mortgage market is mostly controlled by government. Ryan McMaken and Alex Pollock talk about how government corporations like Fannie Mae…
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Tariff Increases vs. Tax Cuts
Can tariff increases make up for the future revenue losses from extending the income tax reductions from President Trump’s first term? This latest political…
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Birthright Citizenship Is as Constitutional as Roe v. Wade
On February 13, 2025, Bobby Gunther Walsh interviewed Ryan McMaken. They discuss the issue of birthright citizenship historically and how has it been…
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Unpacking the Document that Spells Out Trump's Tariff Strategy
Josh Hendrickson is the chair of the Economics Department at the University of Mississippi. He recently brought to Twitter's attention a 41-page document…
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Why They Really Hate Elon Musk
As Elon Musk takes on federal agencies, the Washington establishment is trying to frame him as an unelected plutocrat using government to help himself and…
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Is There a Trump Doctrine in Foreign Policy?
Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost try to figure out if there is any consistent philosophy that guides Donald Trump's foreign policy. Register for Our Enemy The…
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Do We Even Need the US Constitution?
On February 12, 2025, Greg Penglis interviewed Wanjiru Njoya. They discuss law, culture, history, and politics. The original episode is available at…
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Can Concentrated Power in DC Be Broken?
On February 11, 2025, Stephen Gardner interviewed Ryan McMaken. They discuss Elon Musk and DOGE, birthright citizenship, corruption and waste in USAID…
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A Praxeological Critique of the Equation of Exchange and Neutrality of Money
No macroeconomics or monetary theory course is complete without introduction of the Equation of Exchange, or MV = PQ. However, this equation explains nothing…
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Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics
A common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to…
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Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers’ Property Rights in the UK
Britain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens will…
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Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Is Much More than Good Deeds Done in His Later Years
Most editorialists and pundits have labeled Jimmy Carter's presidency a failure, but his activities after he left office as a rousing success. The truth is…
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Tariffs Won’t Save the US Dollar
President-Elect Trump has been threatening tariffs against BRICS countries unless they abandon their plans to abandon the US dollar. While Trump may come off…
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The Inflationist View of History
Perhaps John Maynard Keynes' best con job was convincing people that a growing economy needs inflation, lots of inflation. As David Gordon points out, however…
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The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!
Like Santa, who gives free gifts to our children, people think of the state as providing services “for free.” However, the state cannot provide anything…
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Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo
The Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary…
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Closing Signs
It was not long ago that signs for “Help Wanted” seemed to be in every store window. However, they are now being replaced with “Store Closing” signs. This…
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Erick Brimen Explains the Free City of Próspera
Erick Brimen is the CEO of Honduras Próspera, which is described as a "start up city" that offers choice in regulatory treatment. It is an exciting application…
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Bitcoin and Gold: Are They Money?
Ryan McMaken and economist Per Bylund discuss the nature of money in our paper-money world. Are Bitcoin and gold money? If not, how do they become money?…
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The Needy Are the Human Shields of the American Regime
The media and political outcry that came when President Trump temporarily froze USAID and some domestic funding revealed how the political establishment uses…
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Nixon and the NEP: Anarcho-Nixonism
Presented in New York, New York, on Sunday, 14 November 1971. The "Shaping the Future Libertarian Conference" was sponsored by the Society for Individual…
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Anarchism in the Colonies
Presented in New York, New York, on Saturday, 13 November 1971. The "Shaping the Future Libertarian Conference" was sponsored by the Society for Individual…
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Strategies for Achieving Liberty
Presented at Columbia University, New York, on Sunday, 14 March 1971. The "Shaping the Future Libertarian Conference" was sponsored by the Society for…
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California Secession Would be Great for the Rest of America
California secession would not change the US into a laissez-faire paradise, but the positive change would be immense. See also Breaking Away: The Case for…
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Tom DiLorenzo: Lincoln Unmasked
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Tom DiLorenzo about his efforts to expose Abraham Lincoln. Pushing against the soft “saint-like” treatment that historians have…
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Don't Put Your Trust in the Supreme Court
No matter how the court rules on birthright citizenship (or anything else), it certainly won’t be the “last word” on the matter, and nothing is decided beyond…
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American Satisfaction
According to a recent Gallup poll, “Americans are far more satisfied with the way things are going in their own life than with the US in general.” Opinion…
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America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault
The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary…
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How the Nanny Campus Will Fight to Keep Taxpayers Hostage
Higher education has managed to con huge numbers of young people to take out six-figure loans in order to have the “college experience.” However, the so-called…
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Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated.
Thanks to the Fed's balance sheet and the Fed's policy on reverse repurchase agreements, it's hard to tell whether the Fed is being hawkish or dovish. Original…
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Marxism and the Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution continues apace in this country and it is aimed at all of the old Confederate symbols from statues to the Confederate Battle Flag. With…
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Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money?
One of the fallacies pushed by monetary economists is that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money in order to prevent deflation, which they claim is…
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The Poor Man of Nippur and Austrian Economic Principles
The Austrian school recognizes that economic analysis is timeless and the ancient story of “The Poor Man of Nippur” provides an excellent example. From time…
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The Pretense of Knowledge
Fifty years ago today, December 11, 1974, F.A. Hayek gave his Nobel Lecture in Sweden. The conflict between what the public expects science to achieve in…
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We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he will raise tariffs his first day in office. Our economy, however, does not need government-created roadblocks…
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Would Trump's Plan to Replace Income Tax with Tariffs Work?
Bob analyzes President Trump's recent remarks praising the revenue capacity of tariffs. He shows that historically, tariffs only bought in a small fraction of…
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The State vs. Homeschoolers
Ryan McMaken and Heather Carson discuss how homeschooling is a way to resist and sabotage the many ways the state centralizes power and destroys private…
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Tariffs Will Not Make America Great Again
Making it harder to do business with Americans is not the way to help domestic workers, small businesses, and everyone else in middle America who has been…
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The World Is Getting Rid of Birthright Citizenship
Europe has no countries that offer “birthright citizenship” anymore. The US and Canada are rare exceptions. Most countries that still have it are countries…
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The Problem with "Birthright Citizenship"
In the 1870s and 1880s, and through the 1920s, it's clear that many legislators and judges did not agree that birthright citizenship applied to everyone born…
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Modern Piggy Banks
Pundits have labeled piggy banks small change, irrational and wasteful, “just sitting around doing nothing.” As usual, they are wrong. Register to attend…
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Why Joe Biden Had to Pardon Anthony Fauci
Biden‘s last-minute pardon of Anthony Fauci was not done to spare an “innocent” person from abuse by dishonest politicians. Biden likely did it to prevent an…
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Trump’s Border Crackdown
On January 24, 2025, Dinesh D'Souza and guest Ryan McMaken discussed the issue of birthright citizenship. The original episode is online at…
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Murphy and Newman Do a Postgame Analysis of ZeroHedge MMT Debate
Murphy recently squared off against Nathan Tankus in a ZeroHedge debate focusing on Austrian economics vs. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Jonathan Newman…
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The Snow Storm, the Price of Beef, and the Upcoming Conference in Tampa
On January 23, 2025, Mark Thornton appeared on Freedom Works! with Paul Molloy on WTAN AM 1340 in Tampa, Florida. They discussed the recent snow storm in the…
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Why Government Spending Is Driving Up Interest Rates
Economist Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken to discuss how deficit spending and runaway debt is causing price inflation and higher interest rates. Use code…
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A Reply to Shostak: Can Increases in the Gold Supply Cause a Business Cycle?
In replying to a previous article by Frank Shostak, Douglas French writes that if an increase in the supply of gold ultimately leads to an expansion of bank…
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Bitcoiners’ Guide to Austrian Economics
Bitcoin is many things to people and it certainly has developed into a valuable asset. It also has been used as a medium of exchange. But is it money?…
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Ralph Raico: A Great Historian
Ralph Raico presents the fundamental political problem of the twentieth century, which remains our fundamental political problem today: How can war—given its…
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Subjective Valuation Versus Arbitrary Valuation
One important difference between the Austrian and other schools of thought is the emphasis Austrians place upon purposeful human behavior. Consumption by…