Recent Podcast Episodes
Austrian Economics versus Mainstream Economics
Delivered at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 June 2011.
5.08. Money Costs, Prices, and Alfred Marshall
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
6.04. The Time Market and the Production Structure
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
5.06. Ownership of the Product by Capitalists: Amalgamated Stages
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
6.02. The Determination of the Pure Rate of Interest: The Time Market
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
5.09. Pricing and the Theory of Bargaining
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
6.05. Time Preference, Capitalists, and Individual Money Stock
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Libertarianism and Psychology
Psychologist Timothy Leary held LSD to be therapy. Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz held that mental illness was a myth. Both libertarians opposed the war on drugs.
Socialism Confounds Government and Society
Every time we object to a thing being done by government, they conclude that we object to its being done at all, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850
Swan Song of the Old Right
The Old Right of the postwar period had a rugged and near-libertarian honesty in domestic affairs as well, writes Murray N.
The Why and How of ‘Human Action’
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 17 June 2011, at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Mises for the Masses: Publishing in the Austro-Libertarian Tradition
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 16 June 2011; Auburn, Alabama.
Do You Hate the State?
The abolitionist would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the state immediately, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).
From Electrical Engineering to Macroeconomics
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 14 June 2011. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Suzanne La Follette (1893 –1983)
As the protege of Albert Jay Nock, La Follette's thinking reflected much of his own. Her valuable book Concerning Women stressed that the interests of the state are opposed to the interests of society and that economic freedom was needed for all not just for women.
Got Milk?
Milk in its natural state — raw milk — is consumed by very few Americans, because it is illegal in many states and thoroughly discouraged by federa
C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
Although as a young man Kornbluth held leftist political views, he grew to share Rothbardian-style sentiments about the state. To Kornbluth the state was obviously just another criminal gang. His book The Syndic won the Libertarian Futurist Society's Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 1986.
Appendix A: The Diminishing Marginal Utility of Money
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.