Recent Podcast Episodes
Human Action and Man, Economy and State in the History of Thought
Recorded at Mises University 2003.
Did Greenspan Deserve Another Term?
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(25:00)
Mises’s Criticisms of Rothbard on Natural Law
David Gordon discusses Mises’s Criticisms of Rothbard on Natural Law at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Plumb Line Libertarianism
Walter Block talks about Plumb Line Libertarianism at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
From Bad to Worse: Interventionist Bias in Conventional Presidential Rankings
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
The Politics of Recession
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(26:24)
The U.N. Charter and International Law
Presented at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on February 28, 2003.
The Real Lincoln
The Real Lincoln, presented by Thomas DiLorenzo at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
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.
