Recent Podcast Episodes
5. Determination and Its Critics
From Theory and History, Part Two, “Determination and Materialism”. Narrated by John Pruden.
3. The Quest for Absolute Values
From Theory and History, Part One, “Value”. Narrated by John Pruden.
Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
"In 1982, Vince moved on to building a nonprofit organization to host a series of international libertarian conferences — the Libertarian International."
Preface to Theory and History
Preface to Theory and History by Ludwig von Mises.
Narrated by John Pruden.
The Market Economy as Affected by the Recurrence of the Trade Cycle
People rebel against the insight that the malinvestment and overconsumption of the boom period are the cause of the bust.
22. Greenbacks
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
27. Interest Rates
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
15. A False Start
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
20. The Stuffolk’s Demise
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
25. The Gold Standard Era with the National Banking System, 1879-1913
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
30. 1896: The Transformation of the American Party System
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
Barthélemy de Laffemas: The First Major French Mercantilist
Barthélemy de Laffemas comes to our attention because of the dozens of execrable pamphlets he wrote on behalf of the mercantile system that he was
18. Suffolk’s Stabalizing Effects
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
23. The Public Debt and the National Banking System
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
28. A Burst in Productivity
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