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Economy, Society, and History

September 23, 2022 22:16 - 164 MB

  TAGS SocialismStrategy Political Theory Private Property  Hans-Hermann Hoppe Narrator:  Paul Strikwerda In 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 Soc...

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

March 15, 2022 20:06 - 321 MB

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

Democracy: The God That Failed Part 2

June 26, 2021 21:43 - 179 MB

  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 1

June 17, 2021 01:43 - 180 MB

  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

Defending the Undefendable 2

April 05, 2021 11:01 - 185 MB

  TAGS Free Markets Monopoly and Competition Subjectivism  Walter Block The 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 ...

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791

February 04, 2020 20:07 - 298 MB

 TAGS  U.S. History History of the Austrian School of Economics Political Theory  Murray N. Rothbard  The fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to centralize power, and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty.  This book features a foreword by Judge Andrew Napolitano, a preface by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, and an introduction by Dr. Pa...

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

July 22, 2019 15:21 - 255 MB

TAGS  Calculation and Knowledge Interventionism Political Theory  Hans-Hermann Hoppe's first treatise in English — actually his first book in English — and the one that put him on the map as a social thinker and economist to watch. He argued that there are only two possible archetypes in economic affairs: socialism and capitalism. All systems are combinations of those two types. The capitalist model he defines as pure protection of private property, free association, and exchange — no exce...

The Private Production of Defense

July 12, 2019 16:43 - 39.4 MB

TAGS War and Foreign Policy Political Theory  Hans-Hermann Hoppe takes on the most difficult subject in economic and political theory: the provision of security. He argues that the service is better provided by free markets than government, while addressing a hundred counter-arguments. Here we have an important updating of an argument rarely made even in the libertarian tradition. Narrated by Jim Vann. Download audio file  READ MORE

The Myth of National Defense Part 2

June 26, 2019 21:02 - 165 MB

 TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory  Hans-Hermann Hoppe  Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services.  Narrated by George Pickering.  Download audio file  READ...

The Myth of National Defense Part 1

June 18, 2019 22:42 - 206 MB

 TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory  Hans-Hermann Hoppe  Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services.  Narrated by George Pickering.  Download audio file  READ...

Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You

May 12, 2019 22:13 - 330 MB

 TAGS  Decentralization and Secession, Free Markets, Private Property  Titus Gebel  Download audio file   READ MORE

Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternative

February 11, 2019 14:57 - 234 MB

TAGS  Big Government Free Markets Other Schools of Thought  Zack Rofer  There are many popular myths that are used to try to justify the existence of the state, and also many popular myths about libertarianism and the free market. Zack Rofer's work explodes both sets of myths, and is both a primer for those taking a first look at these topics, as well as a tool for libertarians looking to sharpen their advocacy.  Narrated by Jim Vann.  Download audio file READ MORE

Liberty, Dicta & Force

January 30, 2019 21:46 - 92.9 MB

 TAGS  Big Government Political Theory   Louis E. Carabini  Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force can serve a useful purpose will eventually fade into backward thinking in the so-called public sector as it has in the private sector. Time, nature, reason, and the human spirit will see to that. Irrespective of good inten...

The Betrayal of the American Right

January 17, 2019 01:21 - 198 MB

TAGS  Biographies U.S. History War and Foreign Policy Political Theory Murray N. Rothbard After World War II, the "Old Right" was derailed by an interventionist group of anti-communist crusaders—and Libertarian ideas went by the wayside. Here, Murray Rothbard tells the sorry tale from the inside. Narrated by Ian Temple. Download audio file READ MORE

Education: Free and Compulsory

January 07, 2019 21:40 - 74.6 MB

 TAGS  Education Murray N. Rothbard What is it about today's school system that so many find unsatisfactory? Why have generations of reformers failed to improve the educational system, and, indeed, caused it to degenerate further and further into an ever declining level of mediocrity? In this radical and scholarly monograph, Murray N. Rothbard identifies the crucial feature of our educational system that dooms it to fail: at every level, from financing to attendance, the system relies on...

The Progressive Era Part 3

December 30, 2018 22:32 - 168 MB

The Progressive Era Part 3 TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century.  This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. ...

The Progressive Era Part 2

December 24, 2018 09:00 - 171 MB

The Progressive Era Part 2 TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century.  This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. ...

The Progressive Era Part 1

December 17, 2018 03:02 - 329 MB

The Progressive Era Part 1 TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History 12/20/2017 Murray N. Rothbard Rothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century.  This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. ...

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2

December 08, 2018 15:48 - 250 MB

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2 TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking 12/11/2017 Ludwig von Mises Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It made Mises's reputation across Europe and established him as the most important economist of his age. Narrated by Jim Vann. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud and iTunes. The full text is available online here. Downl...

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1

December 01, 2018 18:17 - 276 MB

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1 TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking 12/11/2017 Ludwig von Mises Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It made Mises's reputation across Europe and established him as the most important economist of his age. Narrated by Jim Vann. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud and iTunes. The full text is available online here.  Down...

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2

November 24, 2018 09:51 - 156 MB

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2 TAGS  Austrian Economics Overview 04/10/2018 Ludwig von Mises The Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the social sciences. It therefore includes excerpts from his larger and more technically demanding works side-by-side with shorter, more introductory articles and lectures. The finished product is sort of an intelligent person’s guide to the...

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1

November 17, 2018 15:21 - 312 MB

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1 TAGS  Austrian Economics Overview 04/10/2018 Ludwig von Mises The Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the social sciences. It therefore includes excerpts from his larger and more technically demanding works side-by-side with shorter, more introductory articles and lectures. The finished product is sort of an intelligent person’s guide to the...

The Case for Gold

November 09, 2018 21:12 - 249 MB

The Case for Gold TAGS The FedMoney and BanksGold Standard 01/04/2018Ron Paul The Case for Gold covers the history of gold in the United States, explains that its breakdown was caused by governments, and explains the merit of having sound money: prices reflect market realities, government stays in check, and the people retain their freedom.  Narrated by Jim Vann. Download audio file READ MORE

The Skyscraper Curse

November 02, 2018 20:07 - 247 MB

The Skyscraper Curse TAGS Booms and BustsThe FedU.S. Economy 08/09/2018 Mark Thornton 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. Download audio file READ MORE

Mises in America

October 26, 2018 17:39 - 57.5 MB

Mises in America TAGS BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics 04/20/2018 William H. Peterson The great essayist and economist pens a tribute to his colleague and teacher. Dr. Peterson knew Dr. Mises well. Both were professors at New York University. In this monograph, he describes his temperament and personality as well as his scholarly contributions — all in Peterson's legendary style. It is a fascinating portrait and moving tribute to a master. Narrated by Jim Vann. Tex...

Science, Technology, and Government

September 19, 2016 14:30 - 43.4 MB

Science, Technology, and Government TAGS Big Government Free Markets Interventionism Murray N. Rothbard In this brilliant monograph Rothbard deftly turns the tables on the supporters of big government and their mandate for control of research and development in all areas of the hard sciences. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Download audio file READ MORE

Omnipotent Government Part 3

September 05, 2016 15:50 - 108 MB

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology,...

Omnipotent Government Part 2

August 29, 2016 12:08 - 127 MB

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology,...

Omnipotent Government Part 1

August 22, 2016 22:24 - 92.3 MB

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War TAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory 08/03/2016 Ludwig von Mises Omnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology,...

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3

August 15, 2016 21:56 - 165 MB

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, 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 of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Rooseve...

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2

August 08, 2016 21:12 - 173 MB

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, 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 of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Rooseve...

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1

August 01, 2016 21:52 - 234 MB

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1 TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy 12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, 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 of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Rooseve...

From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy

July 31, 2016 00:32 - 29.3 MB

TAGS Big GovernmentWorld HistoryPolitical Theory From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy FEBRUARY 17, 2015Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hoppers eye-opening monograph will revolutionize the way you view society and the state... Download audio file READ MORE

The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics

November 12, 2015 16:16 - 14.7 MB

Austrian Economics OverviewHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsOther Schools of Thought The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics JUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von Mises This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE

Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism

November 12, 2015 16:16 - 6.76 MB

Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism JUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von Mises This address was originally delivered before the University Club of New York on April 18, 1950. This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE

Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money

November 12, 2015 16:15 - 1.87 MB

Monetary TheoryMoney and Banking Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money AUGUST 25, 2008 Gennady Stolyarov II Austrian Economics offers an elegant, logical, and thoroughly causal explanation of how money came to be, again demonstrating the power of the free market to spontaneously organize human activity in meaningful and universally beneficial ways. Download audio file READ MORE

I, Pencil

November 12, 2015 16:14 - 3.77 MB

Free Markets I, Pencil APRIL 1, 2009 Leonard E. Read The audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

Private and Public Services

November 12, 2015 16:14 - 12 MB

Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory Private and Public Services APRIL 30, 2009 Claude Frédéric Bastiat From Chapter IX of The Bastiat Collection: Volume II : "Harmonies of Political Economy (Book Two)". Pages 481-505 in the text. Narrated by Brannon King. Download audio file READ MORE

Not Yours to Give

November 12, 2015 16:13 - 4.46 MB

Legal SystemPolitical TheoryPrivate Property Not Yours to Give MAY 7, 2009 David Crockett Taken from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compiled by Bettina Bien Greaves (pp. 227-231). Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation

November 12, 2015 16:12 - 9.68 MB

Money and BanksAustrian Economics OverviewMoney and Banking The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation MAY 7, 2009Jörg Guido Hülsmann Chapter 13 in The Ethics of Money Production . From Part 2, "Inflation," pages 175-191. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

Methodological Individualism

November 12, 2015 16:10 - 8.92 MB

Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and Methodology Methodological Individualism OCTOBER 3, 2009 Joseph Schumpeter Includes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio file READ MORE

That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen

November 12, 2015 16:10 - 53.6 MB

Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical Theory That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 Claude Frédéric Bastiat From Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I . Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio file READ MORE

The Candlemakers' Petition

November 12, 2015 16:09 - 2.08 MB

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. Download audio file READ MORE

Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths

November 12, 2015 16:08 - 1.77 MB

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). Download audio file READ MORE

The Death of Politics

November 12, 2015 16:07 - 36.1 MB

Political Theory The Death of Politics MARCH 7, 2012 Karl Hess Originally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

The Truth About Taxes

November 12, 2015 16:06 - 18.3 MB

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. Download audio file READ MORE

Seeing the Unseen

November 12, 2015 16:04 - 4.93 MB

Free Markets Seeing the Unseen JULY 3, 2012 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

The Health Plan's Devilish Principles

November 12, 2015 16:04 - 6.09 MB

Big GovernmentHealthInterventionism The Health Plan's Devilish Principles JULY 17, 2012 Murray N. Rothbard Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

Repudiating the National Debt

November 12, 2015 16:03 - 13.2 MB

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy Repudiating the National Debt JULY 19, 2012 Murray N. Rothbard Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property

November 12, 2015 16:01 - 27.2 MB

Legal SystemPrivate Property A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property JUNE 11, 2014 Butler Shaffer In this monograph, Butler Shaffer addresses an important question that has aroused much interest among libertarians: What is the status of intellectual property? Are patents and copyrights legitimate? This is a major contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic. Narrated by Clay Barnett. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Download aud...