Recent Podcast Episodes
Putting Cartelization Across: The Progressive Line
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 82-90), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
The New Deal and the Displacement of the Morgans
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 129-133), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
Origins of the Federal Reserve: The Advent of the National Banking System
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 70-79), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
Culmination at Jekyll Island
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 114-118), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
What is the Optimum Quantity of Money?
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 18-20), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
Problems for the Fractional-Reserve Banker: The Criminal Law
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 40-45), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
Easing the Limits on Bank Credit Expansion
From The Case Against The Fed (pp. 62-64), as narrated by Floy Lilley.
Direct Exchange
Exchange is the foundation of the division of labor. Each party to an exchange must expect greater psychic benefit than what he is giving up. Thus, trades are not equal, they are win-win activities. Property and ownership are value-free and a pre-condition of a free market.
Fundamentals of Human Action
Human action is defined simply as purposeful behavior. Men act by virtue of their being human. Action can be undertaken only by individual actors. Leisure is a good. Mises derives economic law from this axiom that the study of man is the concept of action.