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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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Mises MediaKrugman's Keynesianism Has Made Him Wrong about Much More Than Economic Theory
Paul Krugman famously predicted in 1998 that the internet would prove to be no more important than the fax machine. This error proceeds straight from his lack…
Mises MediaThe Great Society: A Libertarian Critique
The Left has an enormous desire to "do good to" the mass of other people. But since many people often resist, the leftist inevitably ends by reaching for the…
Mises MediaModern Monetary Theory's Connection to Soviet-Era Money
MMT starts to make a little more sense when thinking of it as comparable to money systems used under the USSR and the old Soviet Bloc. This Audio Mises Wire is…
Mises MediaThe First Socialists: The Saint-Simonians and the Utopians
While collectivism was implied in Sismondi’s idea of a “general interest,” Owen and Fourier offered the first formal expression of full socialist…
Mises MediaWhy Savings Are So Critical to Improving the Standard of Living
Without a monopolist central bank, market forces would restrain the issuance of bank notes. But once central banks monopolize money creation, wealth is…
Mises MediaWhy the EU Keeps Fighting Brexit
EU membership is a sort of bait-and-switch for states that were sold on membership as an opportunity to join a free trade bloc and a chance to participate in a…
Mises MediaApplying Mises University in the Real World
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2020.
Mises MediaClosing Remarks and Awards Ceremony
Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist. Mündliche Prüfung Winners:David Hoffa, Douglas E. French First PlacePorter Burkett, Kenneth Garschina Second…
Mises MediaHow the Mises Institute Has Changed the World
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2020.

Mises MediaMises Fellowships and the Future of Austrian Economics
Featuring Joe Becker, Tho Bishop, Kristoffer Hansen, and Antón Chamberlin. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2020.
Mises MediaRohan Grey Does a Deep Dive on Legality and Theory of MMT, Debt Ceiling, and Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
In a very comprehensive discussion, Bob talks with Rohan Grey, Assistant Prof. of Law at Willamette University. Rohan is an expert on the history of US fiscal…
Mises MediaThe Greatest Political Strategist in History
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_38. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2020.
Mises MediaHigher Education in Crisis
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_34. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaHow Central Banks Destroy Money's Purchasing Power
Without a monopolist central bank, market forces would restrain the issuance of bank notes. But once central banks monopolize money creation, wealth is…
Mises MediaHow the Left Uses "Public Health Crises" to Get What It Wants
"Public health crisis" is essentially a left-wing stock phrase at this point, as is reflected by the fact that the solutions proffered to the social ills in…
Mises MediaMan, Economy, and State with Shawn Ritenour
AOC and Paul Krugman are wrong: we can't just pay people money to stay home and expect "stuff" to materialize around us. This show explains why—as we cover…
Mises MediaOther Reasons to Remove Wilson’s Name at Princeton
There are at least four good reasons for removing Wilson’s name from Princeton buildings—racial bigotry, his embroiling the US in World War I, his founding of…
Mises MediaPolitical Decentralization as a Road to Anarcho-Capitalism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaTen Ways for Libertarians (or Anyone) to Be Happy
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Case for Free Trade
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_31. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Dangers Posed by State-Controlled Digital Currency
If we choose to break the state monopoly of money and allow private digital currencies to compete, a myriad of different solutions will emerge to serve a…
Mises MediaThe Economics of Data Privacy
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_33. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Myths of Market Failure
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.
Mises MediaA Rothbardian Analysis of the Constitutional Convention
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_29. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.
Mises MediaEnvironmental and Resource Economics
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_28. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 16, 2020.
Mises MediaHow Entrepreneurs Built the World
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_23. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.
Mises MediaHow Government Regulations Make Housing Unaffordable
The story of how housing became so unaffordable for so many is a tragic one. But this is a story of our own making, thanks to decades of misguided government…
Mises MediaMarkets and Medical Care
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 16, 2020.
Mises MediaThe "Old" vs. the "New" Liberalism
The enemies of the system of free enterprise paid liberalism an unintended compliment when they applied the name "liberal" to their own creed, historically the…
Mises MediaThe Curse of Economic Nationalism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Fact-Free Lockdown Hysteria
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Panic of 1819 and its Relevance for Today
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_26. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.
Mises MediaAustrian Alternatives to Conventional Economic Statistics
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_19. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaAustrian Economics versus Keynesian Macroeconomics and Modern Monetary Theory
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_21. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaDeflation: Myth and Reality
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_18. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2020.
Mises MediaMinimum Wage
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_20. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaMises on the Velocity of Circulation
In this short essay recently found in the Mises Institute Archives, Mises goes over the basics of monetary theory and shows why the concept of velocity of…
Mises MediaRecollections of Murray Rothbard and the Birth of Austro-libertarianism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaStocks Always Go Up. Until They Don't.
When confidence is extreme, there's no scrutiny. There's always a "this time it's different" mindset, the belief that anything is possible. This Audio Mises…
Mises MediaTen Things You Should Know About Socialism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Economics of Winning an Election
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_22. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.
Mises MediaWhat Germany Must Do for a Speedy Recovery
The German "stimulus" package does nothing to actually stimulate true economic growth. If German policymakers were smart, they'd be cutting taxes and spending…
Mises MediaAustrian Economics in Business
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_12. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaCalculation and Socialism
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_09. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaCompetition and Monopoly
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_11. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaDefending Securities Markets’ Undefendables
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_14. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaHow the Left Exploits Antiracism to Attack Capitalism
The forces of anticapitalism have long latched on to whatever best suits them for pushing their agenda. Whatever the latest injustice may be—from a polluted…
Mises MediaThe Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_13. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Social Consequences of Zero Interest Rates
As Japan has shown, ultralow interest rates can greatly affect a society that was once impressively focused on innovation and investment. This Audio Mises Wire…
Mises MediaThe Theory of Interest
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_10. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 July 2020.
Mises MediaBanking
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_06. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaEntrepreneurship
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_03. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaHow Historians Changed the Meaning of "Liberalism"
Liberalism was the most popular and influential ideology during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. So, every new socialist and authoritarian movement…
Mises MediaMoney
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_05. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaPrivate Defense in the History of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa provides an example of how a small "state" managed to defend itself against much larger states using military resources that were…
Mises MediaSubjective Value and Market Prices
Download lectures slides at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_02. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaTaking Rights Seriously
Includes question and answer period. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Birth of the Austrian School
Download lecture slides at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_01. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.
Mises MediaThe Division of Labor and Social Order
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_04. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 July 2020.