Recent Podcast Episodes
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
Government Paper Money
The world had never seen government paper money until the colonial government of Massachusetts, 1690, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).
The Economics of Sports
Jeffrey Tucker interviews Frank Daumann, professor for the Economics of Sports at the University of Jena, Germany. Recorded 28 February 2011.
Taxpayers in Revolt: A Look Back to See the Future
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
How Capitalism Saved America and How Government Is Destroying It
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
Too Big Not to Fail: Imperial Governments from Moscow to Washington
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
Human Nature and the “Perfect” Society
Man the producer must have freedom, while man the predator puts limitations on freedom, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).
53. Return to Gold at $4.86: The Cunliffe Committee and After
From Part IV of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The Gold-Exchange Standard i
58. Depression and the End of the Gold-Sterling-Exchange Standard: 1929-1931
From Part IV of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The Gold-Exchange Standard i
31. The Progressive Movement
From Part II of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The Origins of the Federal R
63. The Second New Deal: The Dollar Triumphant
From Part V of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The New Deal and the Internat
36. Conant, Monetary Imperialism, and the Gold-Exchange Standard
From Part II of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The Origins of the Federal R
41. From Hoover to Roosevelt: The Federal Reserve and the Financial Elites
From Part III of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “From Hoover to Roosevelt: T