Mises U 2010

Implications of economizing time and time preference in human action; the nature of uncertainty and the role of uncertainty and risk in human action. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Explains the contributions of Mises and Rothbard to the development of modern economic thought. Focuses especially on their great treatises, Mises’s Human Action' and Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Shows how Austrian economics is basis of Skyscraper Index, which has correctly predicted most economic and housing crises of 20th century. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

An open discussion of school and career options for Austrians in academia, journalism, policy analysis, and related fields. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

What is the corporate form of organization, where did it come from, how does it work, and do corporations take advantage of consumers, investors, and other market participants? Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Contrasts Chicago school’s focus on “macroeconomic variations of substantial size and frequency” with Austrian school’s focus on “market forces hidden from the untrained eye” to demonstrate superiority of Austrian theory. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Employs graphical analysis to demonstrate many ways in which US minimum-wage legislation caters to special interests and exploits voters’ lack of economic understanding. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Problems of international development aid and the domestic welfare state. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Free trade and the international division of labor are the prerequisites for civilized society, which is why the state has always waged war against it. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Discusses difficulties presented by government intervention into medical care in two parts: the problems of regulation of pharmaceuticals, and broader implications of socialist calculation problem for centralized control of medical care. Recorded at Mises University 2010.