Recent Podcast Episodes
Murray Rothbard at His Semicentennial
Rothbard was a man of great achievement and immense scholarship, an indefatigable worker, and the most significant anarchist writer then living — i
Is Statism Safer for the Environment?
Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews Professor Walter Block on free-market environmentalism, 27 May 2010.
13. Physiocracy in Mid-Eighteenth Century
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 365-382 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
17. The Spread of the Smithian Movement
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 477-502 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
11. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Civil War to 1750 (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 306-338 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
16. The Celebrated Adam Smith
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 435-471 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
13. Decentralized Banking from the 1830’s to the Civil War
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
14. The Brilliance of Turgot
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 385-412 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
11. The Jacksonian Movement and the Bank War
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
12. The Founding Father of Modern Economics: Richard Cantillon
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 345-361 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
16. The Celebrated Adam Smith (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 435-471 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Prosperity vs. Peace
Collectivism and interventionism emphasize the importance of national boundaries.
11. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Civil War to 1750
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 306-338 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
15. The Scottish Enlightenment
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 417-430 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
12. The Jacksonians and the Coinage Legislation of 1834
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
Alleged Absence of Depressions Under Totalitarianism
If the dictator invests more and thus curtails the means available for current consumption, the people must eat less and hold their tongues.
Mercantilism in England
Seeing the rise of effective new competition, the older artisans and manufacturers turned to the state apparatus to try to shackle the efficient up
Leonard Read and the Love of Liberty
Liberty does not and cannot include any action, regardless of sponsorship, which lessens the liberty of a single human being.
10. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 277-304 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.