Recent Podcast Episodes

Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Featuring Block, DiLorenzo, Klein, Thornton, Terrell, Woods, and Murphy. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Advanced lecture on the origins of fiat money systems, explaining the transition from commodity money to commercial bank notes and deposits, and fr

The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners, who frequently did all they could to sabotage the adoptio

What is the corporate form of organization, where did it come from, how does it work, and do corporations take advantage of consumers, investors, a

Shows how Austrian economics is basis of Skyscraper Index, which has correctly predicted most economic and housing crises of 20th century.

Contrasts Chicago school’s focus on “macroeconomic variations of substantial size and frequency” with Austrian school’s focus on “market forces hid

Problems of international development aid and the domestic welfare state. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Implications of economizing time and time preference in human action; the nature of uncertainty and the role of uncertainty and risk in human actio

Recorded at Mises University 2010. Includes an introduction by Mises Institute founder and chairman, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. 

Logical mistakes in common economic arguments; confusions about use of ethics in economics. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Employs graphical analysis to demonstrate many ways in which US minimum-wage legislation caters to special interests and exploits voters’ lack of e

Discusses difficulties presented by government intervention into medical care in two parts: the problems of regulation of pharmaceuticals, and broa

An open discussion of school and career options for Austrians in academia, journalism, policy analysis, and related fields.

Free trade and the international division of labor are the prerequisites for civilized society, which is why the state has always waged war against

Explains the contributions of Mises and Rothbard to the development of modern economic thought.

Advanced lecture on the theory of pure interest, discussing its pros and cons as compared to other theories, and its relationship with capital theo

Why government is inherently wealth-destroying, compared to free-market entrepreneurship, the source of wealth creaton.

Austrian critique of mainstream analysis of monopoly, monopsony, and perfect competition; the logical contradictions of anti-trust law.

Links between liberty, morality, and economic growth and moral objections to capitalism as greed. Recorded at Mises University 2010.