Mises Institute
Marx and Marxism
The foundations of Marx's philosophy and economics. Sponsored by the Mises Institute, and held in New York City; 15–16 October 1988.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Joseph T. Salerno presents a series of ten formal lectures on topics related to the history and theory of the Austrian School of Economics. Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Presented by Murray N. Rothbard in 1972 at New York Polytechnic University.
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...
Radical Austrianism, Radical Libertarianism
In this ten-lecture seminar sponsored by Steven Berger, the roots and reach of both Libertarian and Austrian theory are covered by a leading authority: Walter Block. The economic theory is value-free, but it takes flight when combined with a theory of natural rights in the Thomist-Rothbardian...
Recordings of the lectures presented at Mises University: 24–30 July 2011.
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.
La Boétie investigates the nature of the state and its status as a tiny minority of the population that adheres to different rules and claims the authority to rule everyone else, maintaining a monopoly on law. What happens when consent is withdrawn?  Narrated by Floy Lilley.
Recordings of the lectures presented at Mises University: 25–31 July 2010.
Hülsmann's sweeping intellectual biography of Ludwig von Mises. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.
Nock looks through the fantasy of the state as the great protector and summarizes the essentials of politics, and finds it is no friend of the individual. Narrated by Jock Coats.
This is a brilliant and engaging guide to the history, ideas, and institutions of the Austrian School of economics. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.
Recordings of the lectures and seminars presented at Mises University, 14–20 July 2019.
A podcast by journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator, Jeff Riggenbach.
Ralph Raico, professor of European history at Buffalo State College and Schlarbaum laureate, presents a series of ten formal lectures on the history of Liberty: its origin, its development, its friends, and its enemies. Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Anyone interested in exploring the farthest reaches of anarchist theory must come to terms with this account by Robert P. Murphy. Narrated by Jock Coats.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American His...
This weekly course was presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., in 2006-2007.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Murray Rothbard's fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, edited by Patrick Newman, 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...
Lectures discussing the much neglected reality that the executive department of the U.S. government has always been the sum total of the American welfare-warfare state. Hosted at Callaway Gardens, Georgia; October 16-17, 1998.
Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian school of economics. Recordings of the lectures and seminars presented at the Mises Institute, 12–18 July 2020.
Money and the Federal Reserve
The role of the Federal Reserve and how it made fiat money possible. Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 8–10 May 1992.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
Austrian Economics and Investing
An investor's introduction to Austrian economics. A tour of Vienna and Budapest, 23–31 May 1988.
Mises's 1953 treatise on monetary theory remains the definitive book on the foundations of monetary theory. In a step-by-step manner, Mises presents the case for sound money with no inflation, and presents the beginnings of a full-scale business cycle theory. Narrated by Jim Vann.
The Rosetta Stone to the US Code: A New History...
This series of lectures by tax historian Charles Adams—based on original research—illuminates episodes in light of the tendency of government to tax beyond the point where people will tolerate. This is the fascinating story of how taxes have shaped history. Download the complete audio of this...
Hans 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...
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...
The Austrian School of Economics: An Introduction
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...
"One of the most powerful and influential arguments for limited government, laissez faire and individualism ever written," says Henry Hazlitt. Narrated by Jock Coats.