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The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, is an educational institution devoted to advancing Austrian economics, freedom, and peace in the classical-liberal tradition. Our website offers many thousands of free books and thousands of hours of audio and video, along with the full run of rare journals, biographies, and bibliographies of great economists.
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Oct 9, 2025 • 19min
The "Acid Rain" Scare and the Science-Industrial Complex
“Science” is now indistinguishable from politics. As the “acid rain” hysteria showed back in the 1970s and 1980s, “follow the science” is just a political slogan, unrelated to actual science.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/acid-rain-scare-and-science-industrial-complex
Oct 9, 2025 • 9min
Going for Broke
Once upon a time, American firms built with the long term in view, and the government did not try to hinder them. Today, thanks to reckless federal government spending, we are living hand-to-mouth, accumulating massive debts, and soon enough will be broke.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/going-broke
Oct 7, 2025 • 7min
Letters to Frank Meyer Reveal Rothbard’s Views on Lincoln, Slavery, and Popular Sovereignty
“The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/letters-frank-meyer-reveal-rothbards-views-lincoln-slavery-and-popular-sovereignty
Oct 7, 2025 • 38min
Chapter 2. Why the Worst Get on Top
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 11min
Introduction to Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 30min
Chapter 6. The Pretense of Knowledge
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 46min
Chapter 1. The Intellectuals and Socialism
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 32min
Chapter 4. The Meaning of Competition
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 29min
Chapter 7. Choice in Currency: A Way to Stop Inflation
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
Oct 7, 2025 • 33min
Chapter 3. The Use of Knowledge in Society
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy brings together Friedrich Hayek’s most powerful essays on the knowledge problem, competition, socialism, and honest money—showing why his ideas are more relevant today than ever. From his devastating critiques of central planning to his insights on decentralized knowledge and market signals, Hayek dismantles the myths of state control with clarity and force. These essays offer essential tools for understanding liberty, spontaneous order, and the perils of political overreach.
Narrated by Bill Anciaux.
