Taxes and Spending

The Truth About Taxes

JULY 2, 2012 Murray N. Rothbard

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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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.

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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).

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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 Stolyarov, II.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Free Markets

I, Pencil

APRIL 1, 2009 Leonard E. ReadThe audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley.

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