Recent Podcast Episodes
2.2. The Determinants of the Objective Exchange-Value, or Purchasing Power, of Money
From Part 2, "The Value of Money". Narrated by Jim Vann.
2.5. The Problem of Measuring the Objective Exchange Value of Money and Variations in It
From Part 2, "The Value of Money". Narrated by Jim Vann.
Ryan McMaken: Who Prosecutes the Prosecutors?
Jeff Deist and Ryan McMaken discuss how and why federal prosecutors and agents became so powerful.
America’s First Civil War
Chris Calton discusses the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which compounded the growing tensions over the slavery question.
Dr. Lucas Engelhardt on Why the Fed Should Scare Us
Jeff Deist and Lucas Engelhardt discuss the monetary policy landscape.
The Jerry Rescue, Uncle Tom, and Anthony Burns
In this episode, Chris Calton discusses some of the most significant outcomes of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Gabriel Calzada on Free-Market Education in Latin America
Jeff Deist and Gabriel Calzada discuss what entrepreneurial education grounded in free-market economics can look like.
The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War
Chris Calton looks at one of the first episodes of armed resistance to the Fugitive Slave Acts.
Chris Calton: The March to America’s Civil War
Chris Calton, host of the Mises Institute's Historical Controversies podcast, is back with a fascinating account of the antebellum era.
Nationalized Slavery: The Fugitive Slave Law
In this episode, Chris Calton looks at the horrors of fugitive slave laws.
Dr. Liliana Stern on Growing Up in the USSR
Jeff Deist and Dr. Liliana Stern discuss the horrors of life under communism.
California Gold and Clay’s Compromise
Chris Calton on the Gold Rush, westward expansion, and the Compromise of 1850.
