Nothing Fishy About Growth
Growth requires private saving first, then investment and then production. It cannot be accomplished through sheer credit and credit expansion. Money is not wealth.
Recent Podcast Episodes
The Global Curse of the Federal Reserve
Full title: “The Global Curse of the Federal Reserve: How Its Monetary Virus Stimulates Destructive Waves of Irrational Exuberance and Depres
Monopoly, Competition, and Antitrust
Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, this lecture by Tom DiLorenzo was presented at the 2011 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama.
International Monetary Systems
Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, this lecture by Joe Salerno was presented at the 2012 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama.
How Entrepreneurs Make an Economy Grow
The entrepreneur risks, in the present, investment in productions that he thinks will produce some good or service at a profit in the future.
Our Enemy The Fed
Glenn Jacobs explains why understanding the Federal Reserve System is one of the most important tasks facing Americans.
An Examination of Key Factors in the Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, sponsored by James M. Rodney, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
The Libertarian Future
Archived from the live MisesTV broadcast, the Carl Davis Distinguished Lecture by Ron Paul was presented at “The Current Crisis: an Austrian
What is Economic Growth?
In this Mises View, which is an excerpt from a recent seminar lecture, Mark Thornton explains how our standards of living improve through real econ
How Does an Economy Grow? Faculty Panel
Are we in a recovery? There has been no true recovery since 2008. Private savings rate went down to zero during the boom. Traditional savings rate of Americans has been ten percent.
From Monetary Nationalism to Monetary Imperialism: Fractional Reserve Banking and the Inter-Government Cooperation
The F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Toby Baxendale, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
Production and the Market Process
In this course, Robert Murphy, author of the study guide to Murray Rothbard's masterpiece, 'Man, Economy, and State', will guide you through the chapters in which the market economy can finally be seen as an integrated system.
Surrounded by the Achievements of Capitalism
Private property enabled all growth. Division of labor found employment for each man. Exchange is a win-win action. Risk taking tests ideas. Capital accumulation as production to make other things. The desire for a better life and the belief that it can happen.
What the Feds and Bernie Madoff Have in Common
Not unlike governments, ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff used his victims’ money to exhibit his “generosity” through charitable giving
Sports Stadiums: Public or Private?
Interviewed by Freedom Works host Paul Molloy, Mark Thornton discusses how sports stadiums are largely funded by the taxpayer.
Joseph Becker: Economic Liberty Denied
Jeff Deist and Joseph Becker discuss the illusion of judicial remedies for most Americans.
How Third-Party Payers Drive Up Medical Costs
The modern health insurance industry, a by-product of government regulation and tax policy, has led to a system in which the consumer of medical se
Scottish Referendum Gives Reasons to be Hopeful
The smaller the size of government, the less power it has to hobble free enterprise with taxes and regulations, writes Ron Paul.
Some Trends Facing Our Economy
Mark Thornton discusses the seven mega-trends facing our economy and what it means looking forward.
Mises’s Contribution to Understanding Business Cycles
In “The Theory of Money and Credit”, Mises provided the basics for the long-sought explanation for that mysterious and troubling econom
