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09.23.2022
Economy, Society, and History
TAGS SocialismStrategy Political Theory Private Property Hans-Hermann HoppeNarrator: Paul StrikwerdaIn June 2004, Professor Hoppe visited the Mises Institute in Auburn to deliver an ambitious series of lectures titled Economy, Society, and History.This project brings together the core of Hoppe’s lifetime of theoretical work in one vital...
03.15.2022
Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849
TAGS Cronyism and Corporatism U.S. History Patrick Newman History is a clash between the forces of liberty and the proponents of power. In Cronyism, Patrick Newman offers a compelling and important narrative on the early days of the American republic, and the rise of...
06.26.2021
Democracy: The God That Failed Part 2
TAGS World History Other Schools of Thought Philosophy and Methodology Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its...
06.17.2021
Democracy: The God That Failed Part 1
TAGS World HistoryOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its...
04.05.2021
Defending the Undefendable 2
TAGS Free Markets Monopoly and Competition Subjectivism Walter BlockThe true test of our commitment to personal liberty doesn't come when we permit others to engage in those peaceable, voluntary acts with which we agree. It comes when we permit others to engage in...
02.04.2020
Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791
TAGS U.S. History History of the Austrian School of Economics Political Theory Murray N. Rothbard The fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to...
07.22.2019
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
TAGS Calculation and Knowledge Interventionism Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe's first treatise in English — actually his first book in English — and the one that put him on the map as a social thinker and economist to watch. He argued that there are...
07.12.2019
The Private Production of Defense
TAGS War and Foreign Policy Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe takes on the most difficult subject in economic and political theory: the provision of security. He argues that the service is better provided by free markets than government, while addressing a hundred counter-arguments. Here...
06.26.2019
The Myth of National Defense Part 2
TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book...
06.18.2019
The Myth of National Defense Part 1
TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book...
05.12.2019
Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You
TAGS Decentralization and Secession, Free Markets, Private Property Titus Gebel Download audio file READ MORE
02.11.2019
Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternative
TAGS Big Government Free Markets Other Schools of Thought Zack Rofer There are many popular myths that are used to try to justify the existence of the state, and also many popular myths about libertarianism and the free market. Zack Rofer's work explodes...
01.30.2019
Liberty, Dicta & Force
TAGS Big Government Political Theory Louis E. Carabini Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force...
01.17.2019
The Betrayal of the American Right
TAGS Biographies U.S. History War and Foreign Policy Political Theory Murray N. Rothbard After World War II, the "Old Right" was derailed by an interventionist group of anti-communist crusaders—and Libertarian ideas went by the wayside. Here, Murray Rothbard tells the sorry tale from the...
01.07.2019
Education: Free and Compulsory
TAGS Education Murray N. Rothbard What is it about today's school system that so many find unsatisfactory? Why have generations of reformers failed to improve the educational system, and, indeed, caused it to degenerate further and further into an ever declining...
12.30.2018
The Progressive Era Part 3
The Progressive Era Part 3 TAGS Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and...
12.24.2018
The Progressive Era Part 2
The Progressive Era Part 2 TAGS Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and...
12.17.2018
The Progressive Era Part 1
The Progressive Era Part 1 TAGS Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and...
12.08.2018
The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2
The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2 TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking 12/11/2017 Ludwig von Mises Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It...
12.01.2018
The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1
The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1 TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking 12/11/2017 Ludwig von Mises Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It...
11.24.2018
The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2
The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2 TAGS Austrian Economics Overview 04/10/2018 Ludwig von Mises The Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the...
11.17.2018
The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1
The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1 TAGS Austrian Economics Overview 04/10/2018 Ludwig von Mises The Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the...
11.09.2018
The Case for Gold
The Case for Gold TAGS The FedMoney and BanksGold Standard 01/04/2018Ron Paul The Case for Gold covers the history of gold in the United States, explains that its breakdown was caused by governments, and explains the merit of having sound money: prices...
11.02.2018
The Skyscraper Curse
The Skyscraper Curse TAGS Booms and BustsThe FedU.S. Economy 08/09/2018 Mark Thornton Mark Thornton's definitive work on booms and busts. His now-infamous Skyscraper Index theory draws the connection between loose monetary policy, artificially low interest rates, and vanity construction projects. This audiobook...
10.26.2018
Mises in America
Mises in America TAGS BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics 04/20/2018 William H. Peterson The great essayist and economist pens a tribute to his colleague and teacher. Dr. Peterson knew Dr. Mises well. Both were professors at New York University. In...
12.15.2016
Individualism: A Reader
Individualism: A ReaderGeorge H. Smith and Marilyn MooreIndividualism: A Reader, part of the Libertarianism.org Readers series, provides a wealth of illuminating essays from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. In 26 selections from 25 writers individualism is explained and defended, often...
12.05.2016
Political Philosophy: An Introduction
Political Philosophy: An Introductionby Jason Brennan A short introduction to the basic ideas and principles of political philosophy. Most political debate is superficial. Just turn on cable news. Philosophy is for people who want to understand the deep questions. The...
09.19.2016
Science, Technology, and Government
Science, Technology, and Government TAGS Big Government Free Markets Interventionism Murray N. Rothbard In this brilliant monograph Rothbard deftly turns the tables on the supporters of big government and their mandate for control of research and development in all areas of the hard...
09.12.2016
The Most Dangerous Superstition
When someone looks out at the world and sees all manner of suffering and injustice, stretching back for thousands of years and continuing today, he invariably blames such problems on someone else's hatred, greed, or stupidity. Rarely will someone consider the possibility...
09.05.2016
Omnipotent Government Part 3
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained...
08.29.2016
Omnipotent Government Part 2
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained...
08.22.2016
Omnipotent Government Part 1
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained...
08.15.2016
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top...
08.08.2016
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top...
08.01.2016
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top...
07.31.2016
From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy
TAGS Big GovernmentWorld HistoryPolitical Theory From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy FEBRUARY 17, 2015Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hoppers eye-opening monograph will revolutionize the way you view society and the state... Download audio file READ MORE
07.30.2016
From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy
TAGS Big GovernmentWorld HistoryPolitical TheoryFrom Aristocracy to Monarchy to DemocracyFEBRUARY 17, 2015Hans-Hermann HoppeHoppers eye-opening monograph will revolutionize the way you view society and the state... Download audio fileREAD MORE
11.13.2015
The Truth About Taxes
Taxes and SpendingThe Truth About TaxesJULY 2, 2012 Murray N. RothbardThis essay originally appeared in the Review of Austrian Economics 7, No. 2 (1994), pp. 75–90, as "The Consumption Tax: A Critique". Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE
11.12.2015
The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics
Austrian Economics OverviewHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsOther Schools of Thought The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics JUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von MisesThis audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE
11.12.2015
Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism JUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von MisesThis address was originally delivered before the University Club of New York on April 18, 1950. This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio...
11.12.2015
Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money
Monetary TheoryMoney and Banking Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money AUGUST 25, 2008 Gennady Stolyarov IIAustrian Economics offers an elegant, logical, and thoroughly causal explanation of how money came to be, again demonstrating the power of the free...
11.12.2015
Private and Public Services
Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory Private and Public Services APRIL 30, 2009 Claude Frédéric BastiatFrom Chapter IX of The Bastiat Collection: Volume II : "Harmonies of Political Economy (Book Two)". Pages 481-505 in the text. Narrated by Brannon King. Download audio...
11.12.2015
I, Pencil
Free Markets I, Pencil APRIL 1, 2009 Leonard E. ReadThe audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE
11.12.2015
Not Yours to Give
Legal SystemPolitical TheoryPrivate Property Not Yours to Give MAY 7, 2009 David CrockettTaken from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compiled by Bettina Bien Greaves (pp. 227-231). Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE
11.12.2015
The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation
Money and BanksAustrian Economics OverviewMoney and Banking The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation MAY 7, 2009Jörg Guido HülsmannChapter 13 in The Ethics of Money Production . From Part 2, "Inflation," pages 175-191. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio...
11.12.2015
Methodological Individualism
Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and Methodology Methodological Individualism OCTOBER 3, 2009 Joseph SchumpeterIncludes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio file READ MORE
11.12.2015
That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen
Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 Claude Frédéric BastiatFrom Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I . Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio...
11.12.2015
The Candlemakers' Petition
Free MarketsMedia and CultureInterventionism The Candlemakers' Petition NOVEMBER 10, 2009 Claude Frédéric Bastiat"The Candlemakers' Petition" is a well known satire of protectionism written and published in 1845, as part of Bastiat's Economic Sophisms . This audio essay is narrated by Gennady...
11.12.2015
Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths
Booms and BustsMedia and CultureU.S. HistoryAustrian Economics Overview Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths NOVEMBER 18, 2009 Gennady Stolyarov II Stolyarov reviews Robert P. Murphy’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (2009). Download audio file READ MORE
11.12.2015
The Death of Politics
Political Theory The Death of Politics MARCH 7, 2012 Karl HessOriginally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

What's Mises Audio Books Podcast about?

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Mises Audio Books Podcast episodes:

Economy, Society, and History

Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849

Democracy: The God That Failed Part 2

Democracy: The God That Failed Part 1

Defending the Undefendable 2

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

The Private Production of Defense

The Myth of National Defense Part 2

The Myth of National Defense Part 1

Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You

Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternative

Liberty, Dicta & Force

The Betrayal of the American Right

Education: Free and Compulsory

The Progressive Era Part 3

The Progressive Era Part 2

The Progressive Era Part 1

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1

The Case for Gold

The Skyscraper Curse

Mises in America

Individualism: A Reader

Political Philosophy: An Introduction

Science, Technology, and Government

The Most Dangerous Superstition

Omnipotent Government Part 3

Omnipotent Government Part 2

Omnipotent Government Part 1

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1

From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy

From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy

The Truth About Taxes

The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics

Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism

Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money

Private and Public Services

I, Pencil

Not Yours to Give

The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation

Methodological Individualism

That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen

The Candlemakers' Petition

Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths

The Death of Politics