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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
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Why Johnny Depp Was the Good Guy and Morgan Freeman Was the Bad Guy in Transcendence
Bob analyses the 2014 film Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman. Besides making his case that Depp’s character was in the right, Bob explores…
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The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous explains why Austrian economics helps us understand Bitcoin, and how Bitcoin can help us understand Austrian economics. Presented at the…
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Greta Thunberg To Poor Countries: Drop Dead
It appears many Indians and Brazilians and Chinese are willing to risk the global warming for a chance at experiencing even a small piece of what wealthy…
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Julie Borowski: Nobody Knows How to Make a Pizza
Julie Borowski (LibertyJunkies.com) has a very popular YouTube channel producing funny videos that teach free market economics and libertarian principles. She…
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Why the Fed's Mythology Endures, with Murray Sabrin
Professor Murray Sabrin, author of the new book Why the Federal Reserve Sucks, joins HAPod to explain why ordinary people should care about — and oppose — the…
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Why Is the Antibiotics Market Broken?
Big Pharma is abandoning its R&D efforts for antibiotics. What are the regulatory, scientific, and economic factors responsible for this potentially dangerous…
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Everything About Negative Interest Rates with Bob Murphy
Europe and Asia are awash with $13 trillion in negative yield sovereign and corporate bonds. Alan Greenspan says negative interest rates are coming to America…
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Dissecting Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special
Bob Murphy analyzes Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, “Sticks & Stones.” Bob applauds one bit and criticizes another, but overall thinks Chappelle has done his…
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Tough Questions for Progressives
Bob Murphy asks a series of tough (but fair, he hopes) questions for progressives, ranging from abortion to the minimum wage to climate change. For more…
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Why Government Can't Measure Your Happiness
When a parent leaves the work force to focus on parenting, this shows up in government stats as lower employment and less consumer spending — suggesting a less…
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Libertarian Paradigms in American History
Presented to the Department of History at New York University on December 4, 1979. The description below is excerpted from the "Rothbard Lectures on American…
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The Crisis of American Foreign Policy
Presented at "Libertython" at New York University on September 20, 1980, sponsored by the NYU chapter of Students for a Libertarian Society. The description…
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A Hoppean View of the 2020 Election
A Q&A and Panel featuring Laura Davidson, Noah Bonn, Bob Murphy, and Jeff Deist. Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019.
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Democracy Down Under: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
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Democracy as Retribution in the 2020 Election
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019.
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How Democracy Destroys Political Economy
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
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How Democracy Made Us Dumb
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
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Welcoming Remarks
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Elites in America spent the twentieth century lecturing us about the unquestioned virtue of…
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Marsha Enright Warns That Vouchers Will Ruin Private Schools
Marsha Familaro Enright founded the Council Oak Montessori School in Chicago, and is currently the President of “The Great Connections,” a gap-year program for…
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Why They Keep Trying to Blame Capitalists for Slavery
The resurgent claim that the modern economy was built on slavery is yet another attempt to attack capitalism while also claiming "we are all to blame" for…
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"Libertarian" Is Just Another Word for (Classical) Liberal
Virtually all laws involve "legislating morality." When people use this phrase they often really just mean "I want laws to back my version of morality, not…
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Using World War I to Prove the Incompetence of State Militaries
Bob Murphy uses some samples from Dan Carlin’s amazing podcast, Hardcore History, to illustrate the flaws with state-provided military services. Bob concludes…
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Robert Anthony Peters on Making a Movie with Will Smith and Creating “Tank Man"
Robert Anthony Peters is a professional actor as well as a promoter of liberty. His most recognizable film roles were appearances in The Pursuit of Happyness…
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Hazlitt in One Lesson with Walter Block
Professor Walter Block joins the Human Action Podcast for a fantastic in-depth discussion of Henry Hazlitt and his work. Dr. Block has great insights into…
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Why Employer-Funded Health Plans Are Turning to Free Market Medicine
How do businesses purchase healthcare services for their employees? What are the factors that bear on their purchasing decisions? These important questions are…
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Austrian Business Cycle Theory, the Inverted Yield Curve, and the Coming Recession
Bob Murphy gives a quick explanation of the Mises-Hayek theory of the boom-bust cycle, and how Bob used it to forecast the financial crisis in 2008 a year…
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L.A. Prosecutor Defends Plea Bargains and Challenges Bob’s Vision of AnCap Law Enforcement
Patrick Frey has more than two decades of experience as a Los Angeles prosecutor. Although he is an enthusiastic fan of Austro-libertarianism, Frey comes on…
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How the Left and the Right Move the Goalposts in Economic Arguments
Bob Murphy explains a common rhetorical dodge that he’s encountered from both the progressive Left and the conservative Right. On the issue of slavery and…
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Robby Soave: Breaking the Real Story on the Covington Students
Robby Soave, a writer at Reason, was the first journalist to shatter the original narrative about the Covington Catholic students caught in the infamous…
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Tom Woods Probes the Origin Story of Bob Murphy
In a fitting act of reciprocity, Tom Woods has Bob Murphy on his show for episode 1307 (which originally ran in December 2018), much like Bob had Tom on his…
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Hannah Cox Tells Conservatives Why They Should Oppose the Death Penalty
Hannah Cox is National Manager of the organization Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. She is conservative/libertarian on standard policy issues…
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Why Roddy Piper Was Too Rowdy in 'They Live'
Bob Murphy analyzes John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live, starring Roddy Piper. After making some general observations about the major thematic…
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Bob Graboyes: From Fortress to Frontier in American Healthcare
According to our guest, American health care is stuck in a fortress mentality that stifles innovation, constrains medical advances, and yields low quality…
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Patrick Newman Cracks the Code to Publish a New Rothbard Manuscript
Economist Patrick Newman relays his adventurous tale of deciphering Murray Rothbard’s handwritten manuscript on early American history. Needless to say…
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Bob Explains the Highlights of His New QJAE Article on Fractional Reserve Banking
Bob Murphy explains some of the most important points in his new QJAE article on the fractional reserve banking debate. Bob shows why Mises thought any…
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Economist Ben Powell Reports on His Worldwide Tour of Socialist Countries
Ben Powell, head of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, discusses his newly-released book Socialism Sucks (co-authored with Robert Lawson). Powell and…
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The Stupidity of the American Healthcare Consumer?
The Affordable Care Act was allegedly passed thanks to “the stupidity of the American voter.” The economist who made that claim—and who is also considered to…
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The State of Economics Education
Auburn University professor Dr. Liliana Stern joins a special live episode of the Human Action Podcast for an unvarnished look at the state of economics…
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Trump’s 7/10 Executive Order: A Turning Point for Nephrology?
President Trump’s July 10, 2019, "Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health" may represent a major turning point in regard to how patients with…
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Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2019.
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Special Economic Zones
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2019.
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The Absurdity of the State
Comedian Dave Smith's set at Mises U. By far, the coolest thing I have ever done in my career... is coming here to the Mises University. Long live the Mises…
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Unmasking Venezuelan Socialism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2019.
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Deflation: Myth and Reality
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Government and Big Business
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Argumentation Theory of Ethics
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Higher Education in Crisis
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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International Business Cycles
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Modern Monetary Theory
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Part of the Problem
In a special episode of the "Part of the Problem" podcast, Dave Smith interviews Mises Institute president Jeff Deist. Recorded at the Mises Institute in…
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Political Decentralization as a Road to Anarcho-Capitalism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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Social Justice: Real and Phony
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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The Economics of Data Privacy
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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The Market for Military Defense
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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The Progressive Era and Crony Political and Local Reform
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 19 July 2019.
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An Evening with Lew Rockwell
Featuring Mises Institute founder Lew Rockwell, with Mark Thornton. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.
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Austrian Economics versus Keynesian and Monetarist Macroeconomics
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.
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Current Controversies in Medical Care Finance
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.
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Environmental and Resource Economics
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.
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Is There a Skyscraper Curse?
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.