
Mises Institute
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.
Latest episodes

Dec 18, 2024 • 8min
“NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets | David Brady, Jr.
Critics of free markets claim that the 1980s and 90s were near-pure laissez-faire when, in reality, the regulatory state only got stronger.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 17, 2024 • 10min
The American Addiction to Transfer Payments | Jane L. Johnson
In Misesian thinking, only negative outcomes can ever result from dependence on government transfers.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 10min
Assumptions in Economics and in the Real World | Frank Shostak
Mainstream economists often base their analysis upon assumptions that do not square with reality. Austrian economics, on the other hand, is built upon realistic assumptions and the acknowledgement that good economics must reflect human action.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 7min
Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics | Per Bylund
Austrian economics today needs critics. It doesn‘t need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real challenge.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 11min
The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin
The original Mont Pelerin Society meeting in 1947 featured Ludwig von Mises, whose warnings about the dangers of socialism and totalitarianism had gone unheeded. In the wreckage of World War II, the truth of his message should have been obvious. It wasn't.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 11min
Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics
Totalitarianism is not compatible with a functioning economic system based upon free exchange and private property. Such regimes depend upon historicism and logical relativism.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 11min
The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right
While it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much older story.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 9min
Your Kids Are Already Communist, and College Will Make It Worse | Mark Thornton
Modern American culture is statist to the core. The typical school curriculum tells students that capitalism is evil and socialism is good. This only gets worse in college.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 11min
The Corrupt Nature of DEI | Wanjiru Njoya
Even though DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) has taken a beating in some state legislatures, it still has a corrupting influence, especially in higher education. As Murray Rothbard pointed out, egalitarians are “at war with nature.”
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Dec 15, 2024 • 11min
The Complex Legacy of George Orwell | Allen Gindler
While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While he understood totalitarianism, he never understood socialism.