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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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Mises U 2020: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Featuring Tho Bishop, Joseph Salerno, Jeff Deist, and the Mises University Faculty. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 12 July 2020.
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Rohin Francis: Britain, COVID, and Race in Medicine
Our guest is Rohin Francis, MD. Dr. Francis is a Cardiologist in London, who also hosts a popular YouTube channel. He recently discussed what COVID may tell us…
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Collecting Old Coins Taught Me to Never Trust the Government
Old coins vaccinated me against trusting politicians long before I grew my first scruffy beard. I began collecting coins when I was eight years old in 1965…
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All You Need to Know about Alexis de Tocqueville
It doesn't take an immense amount of insight to see the relevance of Tocqueville's central concern to our situation today. What are the so-called Twitter mobs…
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Identity Politics Is Hurting Young People—of All Colors
Pointing to a recent Twitter thread from a progressive detailing his white male cisness, Bob shows how narrow the focus is on only particular "privileges" and…
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Man, Economy, and State: Exchange and Prices
Professor Jonathan Newman joins the show to discuss exchange and prices through the lens of Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State (chapters 2–4). This is vintage…
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Why Governments Hate Currency Competition
There are some reasons to be optimistic about the future of free market money. On the other hand, the world's governments will fight true currency competition…
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Bob Murphy Reviews Stephanie Kelton's New Book on MMT
Bob wrote a lengthy review of Stephanie Kelton's new book on MMT, The Deficit Myth, for the Mises Institute. In this episode he narrates his review. Mentioned…
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Empathy for the Poor Is Not Enough
It's a good thing when politicians recognize that there are people out there who are less fortunate than the political class. But this empathy only does anyone…
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The Disastrous Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was an especially devoted white supremacist, even by the standard of his day. The Left is finally targeting Wilson for this, but Wilson's legacy…
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The Problem with Government "Contact Tracing"
The government's plan for "contact tracing" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 relies on huge amounts of government spending, plus unproven science as to the…
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Our Endless State of "Emergency" and De Facto Dictatorship
In America, the person who declared a state of emergency (and can renew the emergency endlessly) is the same person who then uses the emergency to rule by…
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What Anticapitalist Christian Economists Get Wrong
The saddest aspect of this economic ignorance is that these evangelicals have completely ignored the real reductions in poverty rates in the past forty years…
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Michael Hardin on Sacrifice vs. the Gospel of Peace
Michael Hardin is a theologian with a radical message of Jesus’s forgiveness and peace. He and Bob have a lively and deep discussion on the true meaning of the…
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Beware Washington's Latest Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Scheme
The Democrats want trillions spent on infrastructure for a "Green New Deal." The GOP wants a trillion for roads and bridges. They're likely to find a way to…
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Will the Police Crack Down on Lockdown Violators the Second Time Around?
It will be very interesting if the police—who did nothing to disperse protests that were obviously in violation of bans on mass gatherings—turn around and…
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Are Fractional Reserve Bank Deposits Money?
It is possible to conceive of a world where fractional reserve banking is understood by both banker and depositor and involves no deception or fraud. But in…
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Keith Knight Interviews Bob on Krugman’s Zombie Book
Keith Knight walks Bob through a meticulous critique of Krugman’s new book on Arguing With Zombies. Topics include the babysitter co-op, the deregulation that…
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Man, Economy and State with Jeff Deist
Today's solo show kicks off our reading of Rothbard's landmark Man, Economy, and State with a look at Chapter 1, "Fundamentals of Human Action." So much of…
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The Austrian "Credit Money" Craze of 1920
After the Great War, Austrian cities and towns began issuing their own money. The Germans tried something similar, but without the voluntary and decentralized…
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The Second Round of Lockdowns Won't Be as Easy as the First
A second round of lockdowns will assault an America already suffering from widespread unemployment and a fragile economy. Even worse, round two is likely to…
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1918: A Study in How Disease Can Shape Public Policy
Did the hardliners win at Versailles because the Americans were too weak with the flu to object? If so, it would be just one way that disease profoundly…
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The Forgotten Greatness of Rothbard’s Preface to Theory and History
Providing the opening for Mises’s great methodological work gave Rothbard the opportunity to set down his perspective on the importance of the praxeological…
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The State: The Deadliest Virus
The deadliest virus consists of the deification of human reason and the systematic use of coercion, which the state embodies. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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A Review of Stephanie Kelton’s The Deficit Myth
The good news is that Stephanie Kelton has written a book on MMT that is very readable and will strike many readers as persuasive and clever. The bad news is…
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As the Fed Pumps, the Stock Market Is Increasingly the Only Game in Town
In the midst of a stock market bubble like this one, everyone from Warren Buffet down to the shoeshine boy has some great tips for you.. This Audio Mises Wire…
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Mateusz Machaj on the Structure of Production in Economic Theory, and the Political Philosophy of the Star Wars Prequels
Austrian economist and Mises Institute Fellow Mateusz Machaj discusses two of his books. The first is a technical work explaining how the Austrian structure of…
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How the Monopoly Power of Police Agencies Encourages Abuse
Whether or not race is a factor, the monopoly power enjoyed by police agencies (and other government agencies) creates the conditions likely to lead to more…
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After the Lockdowns, Government "Fixes" for the Economy Will Make Things Even Worse
Like during the 1930s, governments are turning to new programs and schemes that will only prolong the crisis and makes things worse. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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Repealing Useless and Abusive Laws Might Do More Good Than "Defunding" the Police
"Defunding" the police isn't likely to actually lessen the control the state has over our lives. But repealing countless laws that give police far too much…
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COVID Lockdowns Crippled the Division of Labor, Setting the Stage for Civil Unrest
The division of labor promotes peaceful exchange and continues peace. But this can all break down when governments intervene to prevent peaceful interaction…
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The Scandinavian Model Won’t Work in Chile
Chile is the most prosperous country in South America precisely because it has (so far) avoided adopting the socialist policies being pushed on it by left-wing…
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MMT: Not Modern, Not Monetary, Not a Theory
It's easy to dismiss MMT out of hand, but the impulse to create something from nothing resides deep in the human psyche. Narrated by the author. Original…
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The COVID Panic Canceled Many Graduation Speeches. Thank Goodness.
Thanks to the COVID-19 panic this year, graduates at America's institutions of higher education missed the "opportunity" to be lectured by some celebrity or…
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Why You Should Read Man, Economy, and State
Rothbard fans, this is the podcast you don't want to miss! Rothbard scholar Patrick Newman joins Jeff Deist to kick off a series of shows featuring Rothbard's…
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Central Bankers Will Bring Us Economic Stagnation
Central bank policies that rely on ultralow interest rates have been shown to bring economic stagnation. Unfortunately, central bankers don't seem to have any…
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Does the Free Market Corrupt People?
Michael Sandel doesn't like capitalism. But he can't seem to manage an economic argument for why. He's content to claim that capitalism is morally corrupting…
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Why Mises Opposed Both Eugenics and Social Darwinism
Mises points out that eugenicists’ aim to improve the “quality” of the human race is an incoherent and meaningless goal: there exists no clear and objective…
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Marilyn Singleton on the Hidden Story of Black Physicians in America
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD joins the Accad and Koka Report. Dr. Singleton comes from a long line of American physicians. She shares with us her fascinating…
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Abolishing the Police Won't Mean Abolishing State Violence
The Left believes that we need the state to force people to act in line with "social justice." This means that somebody must force compliance with state…
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Goverment-Subsidized Technology Won't Save China's Economy
China’s “new infrastructure” will likely be but one more example of the false promise of technology as an antidote to the irrationality of state-controlled…
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Bastiat Leads the Way on the Morality of Forced Lockdowns
A moral injustice is a legal injustice, period. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original…
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Common Errors in Cost/Benefit Justifications of the Coronavirus Lockdowns
Bob explains some of the basic–but crucial–errors in the cost/benefit analyses that have been offered by economists to justify the political lockdowns issued…
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The Employment Situation Is Still a Disaster
It's possible that there may yet be a V-shaped recovery as employment really takes off in the next few months. But, so far, there's little reason to assume…
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The Quantity Theory of Money and the Equation of Exchange
Bad theories have a long life in the social sciences, and the crude quantity theory of money is one that refuses to go away. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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The Right Way to Defund the Police, and an Eyewitness Account of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)
Bob first discusses the theory of transferring police services away from the government and to the private community. Then he interviews Whitney Davis, a…
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Savings Are Critical to a Prosperous Economy
The heart of economic growth is the expansion of real savings. Monetary pumping only destroys wealth and savings. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored…
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A Study in Decentralization: Colorado's Two Sets of Marriage Laws
Until interracial marriage restrictions were abolished in the 1950s, Colorado had two sets of marriage laws: one for the northern Anglo-dominated part of the…
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Inequality is Overstated—and Overrated
Measures of wealth inequality overstate actual inequality in terms of the standard of living of wealthy people relative to the rest. This Audio Mises Wire is…
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The Search for Yield
A no-holds-barred discussion of the economy after the coronavirus shutdown and George Floyd protests. Are we facing another Great Depression? Can there be a…
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Why "Public Goods" Don't Justify Government Intervention
Economists have long tried to use the idea of "public goods" as justification for a wide variety of government interventions. But there is no objective measure…
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David Howard MD, PhD. Race in America
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Dr. David Howard comes on the show to discuss his experiences in America, and more broadly racism in America. Dr…
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Mary Davenport and George Delgado on Reversing Medical Abortion
Our guests Mary Davenport and George Delgado have developed a treatment protocol that can reverse the effects of the abortifacient mifepristone and be given to…
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Sunil Rao: An Editor’s Thoughts on the NEJM/LancetGate
Dr. Rao is an interventional cardiologist and researcher who has been at Duke University for over 10 years. He also works in the Veteran’s hospital in Durhum…
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The Flexner Report and Our Modern Medical Cartel
The medical profession has long employed the state to pad doctor salaries and influence. Before the Flexner Report, mechanics made more than doctors and the…
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These Protests Don't Threaten the Ruling Party in America's Big Cities
The political machines that run America's cities are likely to keep running them when these protests and riots end. Taxpayers will be worse off, but…
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Governments Have Crippled the World's Economies. Revolution May Soon Follow.
Mises knew: “Mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order. The young people…forced to remain idle, are the ferment out of which the…
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Seattle's CHAZ: Homesteaders or Illegal Squatters?
Who has the best claim to government property? Narrated by Daniella Bassi. Original Article: "Seattle's CHAZ: Homesteaders or Illegal Squatters?".
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The Jones Act: 100 Years of Failed Protectionism
June 5 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Jones Act, a law passed to protect the domestic water transportation industry from outside competition. This…
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The Media Has Conveniently Forgotten George W. Bush's Many Atrocities
George W. Bush has resurfaced to pander to the Left and the media in hopes of getting some attention. Apparently, Bush's brutal history of lies, wars, and…