TAGS Philosophy and MethodologyPraxeology Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution DECEMBER 31, 2014Ludwig von Mises Mises moved beyond economics here to address questions regarding the foundation of all social science. He discusses his methodological dualism: one approach for hard sciences and another for the social sciences. Rothbard writes, It is Mises's great methodological work, explaining the basis of his approach to economics, and providing scintillating critiques of such fallacious alternatives as historicism, scientism, and Marxian dialectical materialism.  Download audio file READ MORE

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 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 and cohesive source. Here we find provocative themes developed by Hoppe in the 1980s and 90s, particularly in his essays found in A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism and The Economics and Ethics of Private Property. We also find his devastating critique of democracy, made famous in his seminal book Democracy—The God That Failed.This audiobook is narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE

Economy, Society, and History

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 a Federal regime that conquers a nation conceived in liberty. Narrated by Scott R. Pollack Download audio file READ MORE

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

  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 failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.  Download audio file READ MORE

Democracy: The God That Failed Part 2

  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 failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.  Download audio file READ MORE

Democracy: The God That Failed Part 1

  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 peaceable, voluntary acts we find offensive. Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable II contains thirty chapters defending behavior that is probably offensive to most Americans, and many that are downright illegal. This book features a foreword by Ron Paul. Narrated by Patrick Smith. Download audio file READ MORE

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