Mises Institute

Washington has wielded the sanctions weapon against nearly a third of all nations on earth. It is time to rethink these policies, and one hopes the incoming Trump administration will do just that and change course. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The challenge facing economic science is to counter the reactionary counterrevolution by states and governments that smother voluntary cooperation and free human interaction based on liberty. The chains must be thrown off in favor of the libertarian ideal of an anarchocapitalist system. This audio essay is a narration of the keynote lecture by Jesús Huerta de Soto presented at the 8th Conference on Austrian Economics in Madrid on August 2, 2024.

Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR were by far America’s worst presidents because of their shared penchant for dictatorship, corruption, lawlessness, attacking constitutional liberties, warmongering, and imprisoning dissenters and political opponents, as well as economic fascism and federal interventionism.

Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of economic health. Bob's 2009 Mises Article on Krugman: https://Mises.org/HAP482a Human Action Podcast Episode 481 on Business Cycle Theory: https://Mises.org/HAP482b Bob's Mises Article on GDP: https://Mises.org/HAP482c

2024 was a rough year for the Washington establishment as its control over public discourse continued to collapse. While this is an excellent development, the year also previewed the adoption of a new, more fruitful establishment strategy: co-option. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/significance-2024-and-challenges-2025 Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-problem-consumerism-governments-fault Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Marx is often portrayed as motivated by love of the working class, but, starting from the time he was a university student, he displayed contempt and hatred for the masses he deemed beneath him. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

After spending 25 years as a columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman is finally retiring from that position—25 years too late, if one wishes to be honest. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

A new study at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 minimum wage has had no adverse economic effects. If only that were true. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Long before the term "Critical Race Theory" was coined, Ludwig von Mises already was critiquing what he called "racial polylogism," which claims that what passes for truth depends upon racial identity. While people might hold different perspectives, truth still is truth. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.