Mises Institute
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 18, 2024 • 10min
The Relevance of the Natural Sciences Methods in Economics
Modern academic economics is based upon the methodologies used to study the natural sciences. However, such methodologies are inappropriate to study economics, which must be based upon causal-realism.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Dec 18, 2024 • 6min
Thanksgiving Day | William Leggett
The great free-market classical liberal William Leggett believed that Americans do not need politicians telling us on which days Americans ought to be thankful.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
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 18, 2024 • 8min
Caplan’s Errors on the UAE and Open Borders | Artis Shepherd
Economist Bryan Caplan has held up the United Arab Emirates as an example of how open borders can be successful. Caplan clearly does not understand how immigration works in the UAE.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Dec 18, 2024 • 12min
Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation | Siamek Ettefagh
As Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the digital economy uncreative destruction.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Dec 18, 2024 • 8min
Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI | Wanjiru Njoya
With the demise of the Biden administration, it is time to take a hard look at the DEI programs it imposed. While divisive, simple removal will not solve underlying problems.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Dec 18, 2024 • 9min
Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social Cooperation | Michael Njoku
Murray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism is a “revolt against nature.” Progressives claim that inequality harms society and is morally unacceptable, but in reality, it is necessary for division of labor, which enables social cooperation.
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 • 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.
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.
