The Real Lincoln
The Real Lincoln, presented by Thomas DiLorenzo at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Recent Podcast Episodes
Unimagined Power: The Presidency in the History of Political Philosophy
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Origins of War: Civil War and World War I
Mises was well-versed in history, but many economists are not. History must be understood and revised. Wilson distorted the truth about how America entered WWI. The propaganda was not to be questioned. Wrong lessons are taught. The 1929 depression was displayed as proof that the free market had failed. The Treaty of Versailles continued WWI. That treaty should have been peacefully revised. Understanding history will create your political views. Wartime propaganda becomes history.
The Biggest Lies about Recessions and War
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(24:29)
Presidential Use and Abuse of the Sherman Act: Cleveland to Clinton
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (25:41)
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era covered the turn of the 19th-20th centuries until about WWI. It delivered such delights as the Federal Reserve. Accelerated statism with a philosophical veneer favored experts on boards making economic decisions efficiently. This era birthed the regulatory state.
The Politics of Recession
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(26:24)
Capital, Interest, and Profit
Profit is total revenue minus total costs. Ours is not just a profit system, it is a profit and loss system. Losses are a sign that you wasted land, labor, or capital, yet those who make profits are criticized.
What the Evangelical Environmentalists Don’t Consider About Economics
Timothy Terrell presents the Lou Church Memorial Lecture in Religion and Economics at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Classical Liberal Historians
People learn their political views through what they believe about history. Memorials function to push certain interpretations, e.g. about the War Between the States and the greatness of rulers like Lincoln and FDR.
The Impossibility of Limited Government: The Prospects for a Second American Revolution
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (47:26)
Rothbard on Agency Problems
Alexandre Padilla talks about Rothbard on Agency Problems at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Harry Truman and the Imperial Presidency
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Origins of Science in the Age of Faith
Lessl’s field is rhetoric. The history of the relationship between faith and science shifted when the theological nucleus was removed and science was inserted. Rhetoric was left behind. Faith was erased in the middle of the nineteenth century. Kant was intensely hostile to Catholicism. He wanted to replace it with humanism.
