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
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Oct 18, 2024 • 6min
“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates | Jane L. Johnson
What if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? It might have gone as follows....
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Oct 18, 2024 • 6min
Hayek on the Welfare State | David Gordon
While F.A. Hayek contributed much to the Austrian School of Economics, he also supported the establishment of the welfare state, believing that it was compatible with the rule of law. Ludwig von Mises, however, knew that the welfare state is the ubiquitous slippery slope.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Oct 18, 2024 • 6min
Home Ownership Is Not the American Dream | Artis Shephard
Home prices continue to rise as the government tries to further intervene into the housing markets, all in the name of the “American Dream.” However, remember that these massive increases in housing prices began when the government decided to make housing more “affordable.”
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Oct 18, 2024 • 9min
What is Old School Economics? | Mark Thornton
When people speak of “old school economics,” they generally mean the application of economic thinking that involves what we might call “common sense.” That would include permitting a price system to work, protecting private property, and so on. But there is more.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Oct 18, 2024 • 9min
Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: The DMA’s Misguided Reboot of Competition | Siamak Etefagh
Regulators with the European Union want people to believe that the “dead hand” of government regulation actually enhances competition. The only thing their actions enhance is more government power.
Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
Oct 17, 2024 • 22min
Printing Power: The Central Bank and the State | Alex Pollock
Mises Institute faculty and scholars explore the nature, history, and consequences of the state, and how the state has sought to control every aspect of daily life through control of money, education, markets, and more.
Presented in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 11–12, 2024.
Oct 17, 2024 • 24min
All States Are Empires of Economic Lies | Tom DiLorenzo
Mises Institute faculty and scholars explore the nature, history, and consequences of the state, and how the state has sought to control every aspect of daily life through control of money, education, markets, and more.
Presented in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 11–12, 2024.
Oct 17, 2024 • 20min
Our Enemy, Public Health | Tom Woods
Mises Institute faculty and scholars explore the nature, history, and consequences of the state, and how the state has sought to control every aspect of daily life through control of money, education, markets, and more.
Presented in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 11–12, 2024.
Oct 17, 2024 • 20min
A Case Study in State Conquest: The Federalists’ Constitution | Patrick Newman
Mises Institute faculty and scholars explore the nature, history, and consequences of the state, and how the state has sought to control every aspect of daily life through control of money, education, markets, and more.
Presented in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 11–12, 2024.
Oct 17, 2024 • 17min
Where Would We Be without the State? | Per Bylund
Mises Institute faculty and scholars explore the nature, history, and consequences of the state, and how the state has sought to control every aspect of daily life through control of money, education, markets, and more.
Presented in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 11–12, 2024.
