Political Theory
The Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for Executive Power
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (28:27)
The Impossibility of Limited Government: The Prospects for a Second American Revolution
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (47:26)
The History of Taxation
Charles Adams is a rare tax historian who leads us back to Greeks and Romans and the history of liberty. The Battle of Marathon was critical for Greek civilization to seize control of Western Civilization. The Greeks had no direct taxation, just indirect. This is what fostered liberty.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited
Butler Shaffer does a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
William McKinley: Architect of the American Empire
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (30:28)
Rothbard on the Economics of Crime
Laurent Carnis describes Rothbard on the Economics of Crime at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.