Recent Podcast Episodes

The First World War began one hundred years ago, and it was a total disaster for Europe.

“Progressives” throughout history repeatedly show a fondness for social engineering and state control, writes Andrew Syrios.

Booms and busts are brewing in the real economy, but computers that can quickly solve math problems won’t tell you much about how business cycles w

The corn, sugar, and ethanol industries in the US are all part of a complex system of government subsidies and other favors, writes Dave Albin.

Unlike the War on Poverty, the War on Drugs is a real and bloody war by the United States against a minority group known as drug buyers and sellers

Only individuals can determine what is efficient for themselves, writes Gary Galles. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

Labor unions work to prevent increases in the productivity of workers, which is ultimately the only way to increase real wages, writes George Reism

Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto reviews the important legacy of the leading thinkers of the School of Salamanca, the Spanish intellectual forerunners of the Austrian School of Economics.

The lack of revolutions, even in highly-taxed societies points to the possibility that many are willing to tolerate rather high taxation rates, wri

It is worth remembering that much of the tourist economy in the West is a subsidized invention of the federal government, writes Ryan McMaken.

Right-to-work laws substitute one government mandate for another, writes Logan Albright. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

Real reform of the Fed begins with setting interest rates free, the abolition of deposit insurance, and ending the Fed’s position as lender of last

Keynesians are fond of overstating both the magnitude of the trade deficit and its alleged negative effects, writes Joseph Salerno.

Featuring Walter Block, Thomas DiLorenzo, Guido Hülsmann, Robert Murphy, Timothy Terrell, Mark Thornton, and Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 July 2014.

Featuring Lucas Engelhardt, Roger Garrison, David Gordon, Jeffrey Herbener, Peter Klein, and Joseph Salerno.