Recent Podcast Episodes
Rothbard on the Economics of Crime
Laurent Carnis describes Rothbard on the Economics of Crime at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Philosophy and Violence
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(30:17)
War, State, Economics, and Hypocrisy
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(22:15)
Civil Rights and Statism
Several court cases must be mentioned. Each makes a point. Plessey v. Ferguson: Segregation Separate but equal is ok. Brown v. Board of Education: Separate schools are inherently unequal. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County: Freedom of choice desegregation plan unconstitutional.
Mises in One Lesson
Austrian economics has nothing to do with the economics of Austria. Austrian Economics (AE) began with Carl Menger in 1871. It is based on an analysis of individual action, not aggregates or groups.
Puritan Revolution and Republicanism
The transforming ideology of the American Revolution consists of four elements: liberalism, republicanism, English law, and Protestantism. Liberalism was developed by the Levellers, saying that natural rights could be evolved from natural law.
War and Economics in 19th-Century America
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(30:02)
The Rise of the Nation-State
Most of what is said about nation-states is not true. They are neither democracies nor republics nor nations nor states. There is no natural relationship between government and state. Men have been governed by many things that are not states. Throughout most of history man has lived without a state.
