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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 Pre-Misesians
Presented at the Mises Institute's "First Annual Advanced Instructional Conference in Austrian Economics" at Stanford University, June 21–27, 1987.
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Further Thoughts on Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Essays on Praxeology
Due to listener request, Bob Murphy offers further thoughts on Hoppe’s argumentation ethics, following his discussion with Stephan Kinsella. Bob then discusses…
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Wojciech Kopczuk Explains Why Economists Have Such Different Estimates of Inequality in Wealth Concentration and Tax Payments
Wojciech Kopczuk is a Columbia economics professor who co-authored (in 2004) one of the leading estimates of wealth concentration in the literature, along with…
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Curriculum Subverted: An Academic Leader Pushes Back Against "Woke" Medical Education
Should the medical school curriculum include health inequity, climate change, and gun control? Accad and Koka interview Professor Stanley Goldfarb, author of a…
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Why Gold Still Matters
Central bankers dismiss gold as a relic, even as they buy up more of it. Politicians dismiss gold as money they don't control and can't expand. Holders dismiss…
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A College Student Interviews Bob About How Libertarians View the World
Greta, a college student in New York, is working on an honor’s thesis covering libertarian thought in America. In this short interview, she asks Bob what…
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A Short Case For the Infinite Banking Concept
Along with Carlos Lara, David Stearns, and the late Nelson Nash, Bob Murphy has been heavily involved in educating the public and financial professionals about…
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A Tougher Pill to Swallow: Roundtable on Generic Drugs
As a follow-up to the episode on the Ranbaxy Scandal, Accad and Koka are joined by medicinal chemist John Tucker, PhD, and hypertension specialist Swapnil…
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Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on the Economics of Slavery
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel joins Bob Murphy for an in-depth discussion of the economics of slavery, touching on subtleties such as the labor/leisure trade-off, and…
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The Cultural Consequences of Negative Interest Rates
Negative interest rates are now entrenched reality in Europe, and not just for buyers of sovereign or corporate debt – even retail savings accounts are…
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How Not To Be a CIA Propagandist
Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the 2020 Election." See all lectures from this…
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Stephan Kinsella and Bob Murphy Debate Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”
Bob Murphy and Stephan Kinsella debate Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s famous "argumentation ethics" case for libertarianism. Stephan defends Hoppe's claim that any…
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Tactical Lessons for Libertarians
Bob Murphy evaluates four different campaigns where people pushed-back against the State: The National Opt Out Day in 2010, Free Keene’s “Robin Hood” parking…
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Can We Trust Generic Drugs? The Ranbaxy Whistleblower Narrates the Pharma Scandal of the Century
Generic drugs represent 90% of the pharmaceutical market. Their use has been encouraged through decades of favorable legislation and subsidies, with…
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How "Meaningless Words" Create the Narrative
Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the 2020 Election." See all lectures from this…
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Ron Paul, Hero
Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist. Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the 2020…
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Does Economic Theory Work in Business?
Marketing guru and fund investor Hunter Hastings joins the Human Action podcast for a look at Economics for Entrepreneurs, a new platform which uses Austrian…
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Two Parties, Should We Care?
Includes an introduction by Lew Rockwell. Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the…
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Health Policy Should Focus on Choice
A health policy of choice—not of constraints—is what we need, says our guest David Balat. He is currently the Director of the Right on Healthcare initiative…
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Rob Bradley on His Contributions to Energy Economics, Rothbard as Dissertation Chair, and Enron as a Postmodern Corporation
Rob Bradley is the world’s leading expert in energy economics in the Austrian tradition. His treatise Oil, Gas, and Government is the definitive record of U.S…
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It's Trump vs. the Deep State vs. the Rest of Us
Even The New York Times now admits there is a deep state — and that it serves its own agenda while ignoring the elected civilian government. Original Article…
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Psychiatry v. Antipsychiatry
As a medical discipline, psychiatry has often been the target of severe criticism, particularly in the last fifty to sixty years. Is the criticism valid or…
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Justin Clark Explains the Baltic Strategy for Restoring the Republic of Texas
Justin Clark explains the intriguing strategy of a committed group of Texans to restore the sovereignty of their Republic: Like the Baltic states did with…
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Propaganda and the 2020 Foreign Policy Debate
Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the 2020 Election." See all lectures from this…
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Welcome to the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium
Includes an introduction by David Gornoski. Recorded on November 9, 2019, in Lake Jackson, Texas. From the 2019 Ron Paul Symposium, "State Propaganda and the…
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Bretigne Shaffer on California's Mandatory Vaccinations
Longtime libertarian journalist Bretigne Shaffer explains the de facto mandatory vaccinations now enforced for school children in California, and the concerned…
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Evidence-Based Economics: What the Doctor Ordered?
Will the randomized control trial bring more clarity and certainty to economic science? Is “evidence-based economics” something to be hailed as a welcome…
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Can We Win the Battle for Sound Money?
Includes an introduction by Lew Rockwell. Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island…
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How the Federal Reserve Fuels the Growth of the State
Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia; September 4-7, 1986.
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John Law and His Modern Counterparts
Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia; September 4-7, 1986.
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Question and Answer Panel
A question and answer period with Joseph Salerno and Murray Rothbard. Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises…
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Surprise Billing: What the Policy Wonks Don’t Get
Do hospital-based physicians benefit from being out-of-network? Are policy wonks who attack “surprise billing” fully aware of the relevant factors? In this…
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The Case for Optimism
Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia; September 4-7, 1986. Includes an…
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The Roots of the Federal Reserve
Includes a Question & Answer Period. Recorded at "The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice," hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia…
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Titus Gebel Discusses His Legal Proposals for Free Private Cities
Titus Gebel has a PhD in international law, and has written a book, Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. Bob discusses Titus’ proposal and…
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Polygenic Risk Scoring: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective
Has cardiovascular genetics come of age? Are “polygenic risk scores” ready to inform us in clinically meaningful ways? In the final analysis, who or what are…
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Dan Sanchez on How Jordan Peterson Could Help the Joker
Dan Sanchez discusses his provocative article for FEE, in which he explained how Jordan Peterson’s message could help the Joker deal with the genuine suffering…
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Ludwig von Mises, Hero
Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever, and our speakers celebrate Mises as a…
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Mises and the Philosophers
Includes an introduction by Peter Klein. Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than…
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Mises’s Intellectual Heir
Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever, and our speakers celebrate Mises as a…
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Murray Rothbard's Conceived in Liberty, Volume V: The New Republic, 1784–1791
Includes an introduction by Peter Klein, and the presentation of the George Koether Writing Award to Patrick Newman. To download Conceived in Liberty, Volume…
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My Seminar with Ludwig
Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist. Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever…
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Question and Answer Period
Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever, and our speakers celebrate Mises as a…
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Welcome
Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever, and our speakers celebrate Mises as a…
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What Would Mises Think of... ?
Ludwig von Mises and his work remain incredibly prescient and relevant today. The world needs his voice more than ever, and our speakers celebrate Mises as a…
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Mark Thornton on How Government Propped Up Slavery in the American South
Economic historian Mark Thornton has published several peer-reviewed articles on the economics of slavery in the American South. In this episode, he and Bob…
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The Trojan Horse of Surprise Billing Legislation
Are out-of-network physicians deliberately trying to price-gouge patients in need of emergency care? Will “surprise billing legislation” solve the problems of…
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Cashiers, the Vice of Economists, AOC Getting Trolled, and Biden as the Godfather
In this whimsical episode, Bob Murphy tells stories about cashiers giving him too much change, as well as the recent time he had somehow convinced himself that…
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Richard Vedder on Restoring the Promise of Higher Education in America
Economist Richard Vedder discusses his new book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America, which diagnoses what’s wrong with higher education and how…
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Jeff Snider Explains the Repo Market Flare-Up, the Fed’s Phony Solution, and the Global Dollar Problem
Jeff Snider is Head of Global Research at Alhambra Investments. He talks with Bob about the recent spike in lending rates in the repo markets, and how the…
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Neurosurgery, Health Policy, and the Free Market: A Conversation with Richard Menger
Can a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School hold on to free market principles? Evidently so! We talk health policy and economics with our guest Richard…
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Patrick Newman on Rothbard and his Critics
The late Murray Rothbard has passionate fans and critics alike—but was he really the intransigent person his detractors portray? Was he prickly and difficult…
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Walter Block and William Barnett on Problems With the Hayekian Triangle
In a 2006 journal article, “On Hayekian Triangles,” Walter Block and William Barnett list 14 separate objections to the popular device used (in various forms)…
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Tough Questions for Conservatives
Bob Murphy asks a series of tough (but fair, he hopes) questions for conservatives, ranging from tariffs to impeachment to drug prohibition. For more…
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Nicolas Cachanosky on Improving Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Economist Nicolas Cachanosky specializes in the overlap between capital theory in traditional economics and the capitalization of cash flows in finance. He…
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Matt Bankert Makes His Case for the Top Ten Libertarian Rock Bands
Online rock artist and music blogger Matthew Bankert walks Bob Murphy through his picks for the Top Ten Libertarian Rock Bands. For more information, see…
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Desocialization of Taxes: A Taxation System Proposal for Venezuela
Presented during the "Comparative Economics" session at the Libertarian Scholars Conference on 28 September 2019, at The King's College in New York City.
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A Tort Law Approach to Fighting Big Tech?
Presented during the "Law and History" session at the Libertarian Scholars Conference on 28 September 2019, at The King's College in New York City.
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Google Marxism: Internet Ideology and the Academics Who Perpetuate It
Rectenwald argues that, just as the Gulag was the means to physically disappear dissidents and other thought criminals from normal life in the Soviet Union…
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Why Congress Is Even Worse Than You Think
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop join for a discussion on the differences between Congress and state legislatures. Drawing from personal experiences, the two look…