Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
The Human Action Podcast features in-depth interviews on current topics in economics through an Austro-libertarian lens.
The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, is an educational institution devoted to advancing Austrian economics, freedom, and peace in the classical-liberal tradition. Our website offers many thousands of free books and thousands of hours of audio and video, along with the full run of rare journals, biographies, and bibliographies of great economists.
Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's master online media catalog.
Hosted by Hunter Hastings, this weekly podcast focuses on helping the real life, flesh-and-blood entrepreneur to succeed.
Radio Rothbard is a weekly podcast featuring a cast of Mises Institute voices and special guests. The show tackles politics, current events, culture, media, and of course the predatory state, all from an uncompromising Rothbardian perspective. Radio Rothbard is the weekly anti-politics podcast you won't want to miss!
Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, and host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast.
Audio recordings of Mises Daily articles.
Recordings of the lectures and seminars presented at Mises University, 14–20 July 2019.
Recordings of the lectures presented at Mises University: 26 July–1 August 2009.
Recordings of the Austrian Scholars Conference: 12–14 March 2009.
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Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone
Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, and host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast.
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Website des Instituts für Medienwissenschaft an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Rothbard's posthumous masterpiece is the definitive book on the Progressives. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
Lectures and presentations by Mises Institute faculty and staff, and lectures by guest scholars and experts.
Only a few recordings survive of the great economist, and only those after his immigration to the United States.
Hülsmann's sweeping intellectual biography of Ludwig von Mises. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.
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Mises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View


Ludwig von Mises had a huge impact on Congressman Ron Paul's view of statesmanship. This essay is a moving tribute to Mises and a look into the mind of a remarkable politician. Narrated by Floy Lilley.
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Economic Science and the Austrian Method
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
A definitive defense of the methodological foundations of Austrian economics. These lectures astonished students at the Mises University when they were first delivered. They were later turned into this monograph, which has been a staple of Austrian pedagogy ever since. Narrated by Gennady Stolyarov II.
How Austrian economics can help make sense of financial markets in an interventionist environment. 22 May 2010, New York.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
The official podcast of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute
In this ten-lecture course sponsored by George and Joele Eddy, Jörg Guido Hülsmann explains how Ludwig von Mises's life took dramatic turns, what contributions Mises made to the social sciences, and how Mises never gave up and never gave in.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Mises Institute scholars present the highlights in the life and work of major contributors to the development of the Austrian school of Economics. The list of trailblazers includes familiar names like Menger, Mises, and Rothbard, as well as some less well-known but important people like Röpke and Fetter.
Liberty vs. Power is a history podcast dedicated to what Murray Rothbard saw as the noble task of libertarians: "to de-bamboozle: to penetrate the fog of lies and deception of the State and its Court Intellectuals." Featuring Dr. Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop, each episode is dedicated to exposing the cronyism that has fueled the growth of the American empire, and celebrating those precious victories in defense of liberty.
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Against PC: The Fight for Free Expression
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The Dallas-Fort Worth Mises Circle, featuring Lew Rockwell, Tom Woods, Tom DiLorenzo and Jeff Deist. Recorded on 3 October 2015.
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No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
Lysander Spooner
Murray Rothbard considered No Treason to be "the greatest case for anarchist political philosophy every written." Narrated by Matt Pritchard.
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Taxes Are What We Pay for an Impoverished Society
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A one-day seminar for high school students and anyone concerned about the heavier and heavier tax burden. Recorded in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 April 2013.
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Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government

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Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Thomas J. DiLorenzo strips away the vast apparatus of establishment propaganda and exposes the government smokescreen. No statist lies are safe from his scrutiny. In his straightforward and methodical approach to uncovering truths of freedom, liberty has a champion. Narrated by Harold L. Fritsche.
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Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure

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Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure
Murray N. Rothbard
"Banks would never be able to expand credit in concert were it not for the intervention and encouragement of government," writes Murray Rothbard. This audio book edition is narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
In volume one, Murray Rothbard traces economic ideas from ancient sources to show that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the Spanish Scholastics and early Roman, Greek, and canon law. Unfortunately, Adam Smith’s labor cost theories became the dominant view, especially in Britain. Rothbard regards Smith as largely a retrograde influence on economic theory. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
A podcast by journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator, Jeff Riggenbach.
In Historical Controversies, Mises Institute scholar Chris Calton debunks the history you may have learned in school. Armed with facts, theory, and a Rothbardian appreciation for historical narrative, Calton enlightens and entertains in a podcast that has something to offer all audiences. See the podcast's updated Corrections and Qualifications page. See also Chris Calton's Bibliographic Essays (PDF): Season 1, History of the War on Drugs (Mises.org/EC1Bib) and Season 2: Antebellum United St ...
The Bob Murphy Show features in-depth interviews and solo analysis by Bob Murphy. Much of the content relates to economics in the tradition of the Austrian School, as well as libertarian political theory, but the show covers a broad range of topics. To learn more, visit BobMurphyShow.com
A rare collection of eight Murray N. Rothbard lectures.
The Great Depression seems to have taught lessons that are the opposite of the truth. What can we learn from it? It is supremely urgent that people understand the Great Depression in order that we might avoid a repeat that would be even worse. 4 April 2009, Colorado Springs, CO.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
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After the Revolution: Economics of De-Socialization


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After the Revolution: Economics of De-Socialization
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On April 23, 1990, in Washington, DC, the Mises Institute sponsored the first Austrian school look at the post-socialist age. It went a long way toward developing a blueprint—consistent with the Austrian tradition—for dismantling the command economy. Featuring Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Yuri N. Maltsev, Gottfried Haberler, Kestutis Baltramatis, Murray N. Rothbard, and Joseph Sobran.
The Mises Institute in Orlando. Economist Robert Murphy, Mises Institute president Jeff Deist, Praxis apprentice Lena Wang, and talk radio host David Gornoski present a radical, unvarnished look at the state of America in 2019. Recorded on February 16, 2019.
Stephan Kinsella caused a worldwide rethinking among libertarians of the very basis of intellectual property. Narrated by Jock Coats.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe presents a thorough reconstruction of the foundation of economics, social theory, and politics. Sweeping in scope and powerfully persuasive, these ten lectures are the basis of a grand treatise in the Misesian-Rothbardian tradition.
The second volume contains an enlightening critique of Ricardian economics, showing the constraints on theory entailed by Ricardo’s static and pseudo-mathematical method. Ricardo’s successor John Stuart Mill is the object of a devastating intellectual portrait. Marxism is subjected to a merciless demolition, and Rothbard shows the roots of this system in metaphysical speculation. The French classical liberals such as Bastiat, on the other hand, contributed to the subjectivist school. A furth ...
This weekly course was presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., in 2006-2007.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
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 is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
Murray N. Rothbard writes "A society without a state is not only viable; it is the only one consistent with natural rights." This audiobook edition includes an introduction by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
These four lectures were delivered to the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado in the 1970s, and feature Friedrich Hayek, Israel Kirzner and Ludwig Lachmann. Special thanks to Mr. Fred Glahe for his generous donation of these recordings to the Mises Institute.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
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Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy

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Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy
Percy L. Greaves, Jr.
Published posthumously in 2010, Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy blows the top off a 70-year cover-up, reporting for the first time on long-suppressed interviews, documents, and corroborated evidence. Greaves provides comprehensive coverage on the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Roosevelt administration, the attack and the response on the ground, the investigations and cover-ups that began almost immediately and continue to this day. This audio book is ...
All people of goodwill have an obligation to fight the escalation of politics in American life.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
The Federal Reserve is no more "private" than the Environmental Protection Agency, and through its special government status, the Fed inflicts many economic crimes on regular people. Original Article: "The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It's Definitely Not a Bank." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…
Back in January Jeff Deist joined the Austrian Economics Discord Server for a live event concerning trends in 2023. Jeff makes the case for viewing today's economy as quite unlike that of 2007—due to steady increases in CPI, more fiscal stimulus relative to monetary stimulus, and ongoing supply shock issues from COVID.This is a far-ranging discussi…
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Producers Should Reject Calls to "Give Back" | George Ford Smith
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All too often we are told that government employment equals selflessness and working for profit constitutes greed. It's time to reassess the meaning of certain words.Narraetd by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
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Central Banks Turn to Gold as Losses Mount | Daniel Lacalle
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The only reason central banks buy gold is to protect their balance sheets from their own monetary destruction programs; they have no choice but to do so.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
Will the Federal Reserve be successful with its "Immaculate Disinflation"? Or, will we still have to "pay an even higher price" for their use of Weapons of Massive Monetary Destruction in 2020-21?Recorded on February 3, 2023.By Mises Institute
Back in January Jeff Deist joined the Austrian Economics Discord Server for a live event concerning trends in 2023. Jeff makes the case for viewing today's economy as quite unlike that of 2007—due to steady increases in CPI, more fiscal stimulus relative to monetary stimulus, and ongoing supply shock issues from COVID. This is a far-ranging discuss…
Back in January Jeff Deist joined the Austrian Economics Discord Server for a live event concerning trends in 2023. Jeff makes the case for viewing today's economy as quite unlike that of 2007—due to steady increases in CPI, more fiscal stimulus relative to monetary stimulus, and ongoing supply shock issues from COVID. This is a far-ranging discuss…
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Will Powell Pivot as Currency Wars Escalate?
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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Jay Powell's exercise in Fed-speak this week. While political pressure mounts at home for the Fed to turn dovish, growing international challenges to the dollar's dominance mount. Ryan and Tho also examine the Saudi's willingness to question the petrodollar and recent rumblings …
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They Won't Leave Us Alone: The Invasion of Politics | Joakim Book
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Forget minding your own business. Ours is the age of invasive politics, demanding we take sides no matter how much we would like to be left alone.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
All people of goodwill have an obligation to fight the escalation of politics in American life. Original Article: "The New Rules of Engagement" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Jay Powell's exercise in Fed-speak this week. While political pressure mounts at home for the Fed to turn dovish, growing international challenges to the dollar's dominance mount. Ryan and Tho also examine the Saudi's willingness to question the petrodollar and recent rumblings …
Inflation at an annual rate of 5 percent is not a positive, and it is certainly not falling prices. Inflation is accumulative, and this means we are becoming poorer faster. Original Article: "Governments Will Make You Poorer Again" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
All too often we are told that government employment equals selflessness and working for profit constitutes greed. It's time to reassess the meaning of certain words. Original Article: "Producers Should Reject Calls to "Give Back" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Forget minding your own business. Ours is the age of invasive politics, demanding we take sides no matter how much we would like to be left alone. Original Article: "They Won't Leave Us Alone: The Invasion of Politics" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Inflation at an annual rate of 5 percent is not a positive, and it is certainly not falling prices. Inflation is accumulative, and this means we are becoming poorer faster. Original Article: "Governments Will Make You Poorer Again" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
All too often we are told that government employment equals selflessness and working for profit constitutes greed. It's time to reassess the meaning of certain words. Original Article: "Producers Should Reject Calls to "Give Back" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
All people of goodwill have an obligation to fight the escalation of politics in American life. Original Article: "The New Rules of Engagement" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The only reason central banks buy gold is to protect their balance sheets from their own monetary destruction programs; they have no choice but to do so. Original Article: "Central Banks Turn to Gold as Losses Mount" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The only reason central banks buy gold is to protect their balance sheets from their own monetary destruction programs; they have no choice but to do so. Original Article: "Central Banks Turn to Gold as Losses Mount" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Forget minding your own business. Ours is the age of invasive politics, demanding we take sides no matter how much we would like to be left alone. Original Article: "They Won't Leave Us Alone: The Invasion of Politics" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss Jay Powell's exercise in Fed-speak this week. While political pressure mounts at home for the Fed to turn dovish, growing international challenges to the dollar's dominance mount. Ryan and Tho also examine the Saudi's willingness to question the petrodollar and recent rumblings …
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Governments Will Make You Poorer Again | Daniel Lacalle
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Inflation at an annual rate of 5 percent is not a positive, and it is certainly not falling prices. Inflation is accumulative, and this means we are becoming poorer faster.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
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Dr. Samuel Gregg: Our Founding Fathers Designed An Entrepreneurial Republic. Can We Keep It?
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Entrepreneurship is by no means exclusively American. But this country has led the way in unleashing, encouraging and elevating entrepreneurship as the creative and virtuous pathway to the creation of new value for all. As a republic, we’ve established the institutional framework in which entrepreneurship can flourish, and entrepreneurs who are suc…
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A Lawyer Explains "The Myth of the Rule of Law"
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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives wi…
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A Lawyer Explains "The Myth of the Rule of Law"
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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives wi…
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Economics For Business


Entrepreneurship is by no means exclusively American. But this country has led the way in unleashing, encouraging and elevating entrepreneurship as the creative and virtuous pathway to the creation of new value for all. As a republic, we’ve established the institutional framework in which entrepreneurship can flourish, and entrepreneurs who are suc…
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Entrepreneurship is by no means exclusively American. But this country has led the way in unleashing, encouraging and elevating entrepreneurship as the creative and virtuous pathway to the creation of new value for all. As a republic, we’ve established the institutional framework in which entrepreneurship can flourish, and entrepreneurs who are suc…
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Why the Fed Is Bankrupt and Why That Means More Inflation | Ryan McMaken
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The Fed is insolvent, and that means that it will bail itself out by printing money. For ordinary people, that means inflation and a rising cost of living.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
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How Can We Restore Freedom and Sound Money in the US and the UK? Some Ideas
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It is no secret that freedom, both socially and economically, are disappearing in the USA and Great Britain. The consequences will be most severe if we do not reverse these patterns.Narrated by Millian Quinteros.By Mises Institute
Are stock markets in full recovery mode, à la the Fed's Immaculate Disinflation, or is this just a counter-trend rally experienced in most bear markets?By Mises Institute
Government interference into money creation and production harms the economy in a number of ways, including skewing the organization of division of labor. Original Article: "Fiat Money Inflation Not Only Raises Prices but Also Undermines Division of Labor" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…
Fiat money is the fuel of the modern Leviathan state. If we wish to have freedom, we must have sound money. Original Article: "The Modern State Cannot Exist without Fiat Money" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Fiat money is the fuel of the modern Leviathan state. If we wish to have freedom, we must have sound money. Original Article: "The Modern State Cannot Exist without Fiat Money" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Because government officials do not worry about the consequences of making mistakes, the government should not be permitted to regulate anything as important as vaccines. Original Article: "Governments Cannot Effectively Regulate Vaccines" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…
Because government officials do not worry about the consequences of making mistakes, the government should not be permitted to regulate anything as important as vaccines. Original Article: "Governments Cannot Effectively Regulate Vaccines" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…
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What at first seem like gifts from the state (handouts for some at the expense of others) lead to unfortunate events that cannot be stopped once begun. Original Article: "Corporate Welfare for Farmers Is Swell until It's Not: The Case of Arizona Reservoirs" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…
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What at first seem like gifts from the state (handouts for some at the expense of others) lead to unfortunate events that cannot be stopped once begun. Original Article: "Corporate Welfare for Farmers Is Swell until It's Not: The Case of Arizona Reservoirs" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.…