Austrian Economics Overview

A brief biography of Rothbard and his important works, and a survey of some of his contributions to economics.

Presented at Mises University 2022.

Few people understand how destructive regulations are.

Free trade promotes economic progress.

There is no clear basis in economics, ethics, efficiency, or fairness for Minimum Wage Laws.

Less and less and less?

Government attempts to limit “monopoly power” cannot improve well-being.

What is a business cycle?

In 1920, Ludwig von Mises destroyed the intellectual foundations of the case for socialist central planning.

Time is an irreversible flux. Each moment has a unique place in the sequence of moments of time with respect to action.