Audio Essays

Audio Essays episodes

June 11, 2014 A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property
Butler Shaffer's contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic.
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July 19, 2012 Repudiating the National Debt
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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July 17, 2012 The Health Plan's Devilish Principles
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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July 03, 2012 Seeing the Unseen
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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July 02, 2012 The Truth About Taxes
This 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.
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March 07, 2012 The Death of Politics
Originally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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November 18, 2009 Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths
Stolyarov reviews Robert P. Murphy’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (2009).
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November 10, 2009 The Candlemakers' Petition
"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 Stolyarov, II.
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October 03, 2009 Methodological Individualism
Includes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt.
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September 01, 2009 That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen
From Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I. Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt.
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