Philosophy and Methodology

Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Stephan Kinsella, instructor of the Mises Academy’s forthcoming course, “Rethinking Intellectual Property: Hi

Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.

Modern economics traces all human actions back to the value judgments of individuals.

How often do you hear the minarchist say, "Well, I don't like government, but we at least need things like traffic laws. We need a government to keep us safe"? What  if we actually began to publicly advocate the abolition of traffic regulations?

The Tea Party, no matter how successful it is at the polls in November, will certainly betray the party of liberty. There are several reasons for this, but the fundamental one is intellectual. The Tea Party does not have a coherent view of liberty.

Rocker was awful on economics, but his focus was not on that. He wrote about nationalism and culture, and here Rocker is fantastic. "States create no culture; indeed, they are often destroyed by higher forms of culture."

The status and reputation of Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626) is one of the great puzzles in the history of social thought.

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 18 September 2010. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Economics Club.

In their eagerness to eliminate from history any reference to individuals and individual events, collectivist authors resorted to a chimerical cons