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1.08. Factors of Production: Labor versus Leisure
From Man, Economy, and State. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
1.01. Fundamentals of Human Action: The Concept of Action
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
1.06. Factors of Production: The Law of Returns
From Man, Economy, and State. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
The Austrian School in Brief
The Austrian School of economics, also called the Viennese School of economics, was founded by Carl Menger in Vienna during the last third of the 1
1.07. Factors of Production: Convertibility and Valuation
From Man, Economy, and State. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Preface to Revised Edition of Man, Economy, and State
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
1.05. Further Implications: Ends and Values & The Law of Marginal Utility
From Man, Economy, and State. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Hamilton’s Curse
What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have
Once-Temporary Tariff
When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass, writes F.W. Taussig.
The Scottish Enlightenment and Presbyterianism
Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, while scarcely orthodox Calvinists, were dedicated Presbyterians according to their own lights, writes Murray N.
Libertarian Science Fiction II
Riggenbach finds individualism and anti-state themes in the works of four authors who would not call themselves libertarians: Anthony Burgess of A Clockwork Orange fame, Philip K. Dick in four of his novels, G. William Domhoff in Who Rules America, and Carroll Quigley in Tragedy & Hope...
The Alleged Unbroken Trend Toward Progress
What is called economic progress is the effect of an accumulation of capital goods exceeding the increase in population, writes Ludwig von Mises (1