Recent Podcast Episodes

If we look beneath the surface of our public affairs, we can discern one fundamental fact, namely, a great redistribution of power between society

It’s true that the US health-care system is a mess, but this demonstrates not market but government failure.

The pleaders for statism insist that while all-powerful government might be inherently bad under a despot or dictator, it can be a perfectly wholes

Nicholas Biddle was the president of the American central bank that preceded the Fed.

Recorded at Mises University 2009.

From Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I. Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt.

Presented at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

Presented by Douglas E. French at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

Presented by Robert P. Murphy at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

Presented by Walter Block at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

Presented by Thomas DiLorenzo at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

An introductory economics seminar presented by Bill Peterson and Bob Luddy.

If the government reduces both taxes and spending, it will leave more money in private hands.

Pages 336-347. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. 

Pages 233-245 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

Pages 325-336. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. 

The “miracle” of Germany’s revival was not the result of a conscious rejection of socialism, but was rather an accident of politi

Our ancestors relied on themselves; we rely on the welfare state.

As interviewed by Mike Smyth, CKNW AM 980. Recorded 21 August 2009.

Plato was the first of the “planners” and the true founder of socialism.