Recent Podcast Episodes
Further Considerations in the Theory of Interest
Advanced lecture on the theory of pure interest, discussing its pros and cons as compared to other theories, and its relationship with capital theo
Rising Opposition to Collectivism by Merchants and Nobles
When Jean-Baptiste Colbert died on September 6, 1683, there was celebration throughout France.
The Fallacies of Public Finance
Critical examination of the claim that justification for taxation is that there is a market failure regarding public goods and externalities.
Keynes and Hayek Head to Head
Graphical demonstration that relaxing three critical-but-implausible assumptions underlying Keynes’s theorizing allows the Keynesian framework to m
The Austrian Response to Recent Critics
Responds to criticism of Austrian business cycle theory and “Puritan” policy recommendations. Recorded at Mises University 2010.
Environmental and Resource Economics
Covers the problems of government intervention into pollution and natural resource use issues, emphasizing importance of private property and indiv
Economics and Its Ethical Assumptions
Why value-subjectivism in economics doesn’t imply value-subjectivism in ethics, and might even imply the reverse.
The Economics of Deflation
Advanced lecture on monetary mechanisms in a growing economy, stressing the central role of debt, and discussing alternative ways to deal with infl
The Theory of Political Entrepreneurship
Why government is inherently wealth-destroying, compared to free-market entrepreneurship, the source of wealth creaton.
An Austrian View on Monopoly and Anti-Trust Law
Austrian critique of mainstream analysis of monopoly, monopsony, and perfect competition; the logical contradictions of anti-trust law.
Common Objections to Capitalism
Links between liberty, morality, and economic growth and moral objections to capitalism as greed. Recorded at Mises University 2010.
Production and the Firm
Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.
On Doing Economic History
Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.
Calculation and Socialism
Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.
The Mises Circle: The Bubble Economy
Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Defending the Blackmailer
If the blackmail offer is rejected, the blackmailer may exercise his rights of free speech and publicize the secret. There is nothing amiss here.
Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle
Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.