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Individual Lectures
Lectures and presentations by Mises Institute faculty and staff, and lectures by guest scholars and experts.
Ryan McMaken takes a broad theoretical and international view of the topic of secession.
British lower classes had a rough time until the Industrial Revolution (1760) made both production and freedom possible. Two political revolutions were also begun then: the American Revolution and the French Revolution. For the American Revolution, Life, Liberty, and Property became the three...
Presented at the Mises Institute on June 17, 2003.
Presented at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on February 28, 2003.
Robert Murphy explains the process of setting interest rates in a free economy. Recorded on 25 June 2003.
Presented at the Mises Institute on 18 November 2003. Includes a Question and Answer session.
From the Libertarian Heritage Series, sponsored by the Center for Libertarian Studies. Recorded on October 16, 1981.
Presented to the Austrian Economics Colloquium on 9 February 1990.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Summer Seminar Series in Auburn, Alabama, on 31 May 2004.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Summer Seminar Series in Auburn, Alabama, on 31 May 2004.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Austrian Workshop seminar series on 22 June 2004 in Auburn, Alabama.
Mark Thornton discusses the irrational fear of deflation at this Austrian Workshop seminar. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 June 2004.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Austrian Workshop series in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2004.
Delivered to the Hillsdale Liberals, Hillsdale College, on 31 August 2004.
Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 January 2005.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 20 January 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on January 27, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Austrian Workshop seminar series. Recorded at Pebble Hill (Auburn, Alabama) on 17 November 1997.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 3 February 2005.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on February 3, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented to Dr. Brad Birzer’s seminar on “American Order and Disorder,” Hillsdale College, on 9 February 2005.
Part of the Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 February 2005.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on February 24, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 3 March 2005.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on March 31, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 28, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 5, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented at the San Jose State Workshop in Applied Political Economy; 2 May 2005.
Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar Series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 12 May 2005.
We went from tariffs being the major source of federal government revenue to what we have today under the income tax and payroll taxes. The time scope is from 1789 to the Great Depression. In 1790, 99.9% of federal government revenue is generated by tariffs – the first year we operate under the...
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 26, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Recorded at the Mises Institute on 15 June 2005.
Delivered as part of the Mises Institute’s Summer Seminar Series.
Recorded at the Mises Institute on July 6, 2005.
Presented at the Mises Institute on 13 July 2005. The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture is available for download (in PPT).
John V. Denson discusses the world-changing events that happened between January and June 1919: disastrous decisions that resulted in creating a platform for Hitler to rise in Germany, the Second World War, and beyond.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Summer Seminar Series on July 27, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 19 January 2005.
We are living through a revolutionary moment, seeing the collapse of socialism at the end of the Twentieth Century. Socialism lost its moral legitimacy. The force of modern technology required markets.
Special lecture presented at the Mises Institute on 6 June 2006.
Special lecture presented at the Mises Institute, 27 June 2006
Special lecture presented at the Mises Institute on 29 June 2006.
Delivered at the Mises Institute on July 6, 2006.
Recorded at the 1990 ISIL World Libertarian Convention.
Presented at the Grove City College “Free Markets and the Environment” seminar on 19 March 2001.
Presented at the Smith Center at California State University-Hayward in March 1995.
Presented at the “Challenges and Choices for a Better World: Energy, Economics, and the Environment” conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 8 September 1991.
Presented at “The Economy and the Environment” seminar, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga on 2 April 1991.
Rothbard comments and responds to the speakers and papers presented at the “Man, Economy and Liberty” colloquium hosted by the Mises Institute. Recorded on 1 March 1986.
Recorded at San Jose State University on 25 September 2003.
Delivered to the Forestry Leadership Program at Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama, on 17 January 2007.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 17 February 2007.
Presented to Mr. Robert L. Luddy, Founder and President of Captive-Aire Systems, Inc., on 2 March 2007. Includes remarks by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Mark Thornton, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., and Mr. Luddy. The Mises Entrepreneurship Award is given annually to the businessperson exhibiting...
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Forest Owners’ Association: “Energy: Fossil and Bio-Business, Technical, and Economic Considerations”; 4 May 2007.
The Hans Sennholz Memorial Lecture, delivered at the Austrian Student Scholars Conference hosted by Grove City College; 2 November 2007.
Recorded 21 April 1970. Includes an introduction by Percy Greaves and a question and answer period. Special thanks to Bettina Bien Greaves for making this important recording available.
Delivered at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, on 9 January 2008. Sponsored by the Cumberland Libertarian Society and the Cordell Hull Speaker’s Forum.
This speech was written by Murray N. Rothbard, and delivered in the 1950s at a Roy Cohn event at which Joe McCarthy was present.
An overview of Austrian Economics presented at West Georgia College on 27 March 2008. Includes a Question and Answer period.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 14 April 2008.
Presented to the Auburn University Economics Club, Auburn, Alabama, on 14 October 2008.
Delivered to the Oxford Libertarian Society, Balliol College, on 23 October 2008.
Presented at the 2008 Economics and Government Seminar at the University of Waterloo, sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Studies. Recorded on 27 November 2008.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on March 9, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 23, 1997 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on January 17, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar Series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 10 May 1995.
Presented at Penn State University on 4 February 2009. Sponsored by the PSU College Libertarians and the Department of Economics.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on October 16, 1996 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series; Auburn, Alabama, on 25 September 1996.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on February 15, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.
Recorded at the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 6 November 1996.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 2, 1995. in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented at the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded on 10 January 1996.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 21, 1997 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 31, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.
Shawn Ritenour reviews Gary North’s article, “Millenialism and the Progressive Movement,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 12, No. 1 (1996): 121–142 [ PDF]. Presented at the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 14 October 1996.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on November 20, 1996 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 8 May 1996 in Auburn, Alabama.
Recorded at the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 9 October 1996.
Presented at the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on 30 October 1996.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 5th, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 15, 1997 in Auburn, Alabama.
A panel discussion with Walter Block, sponsored by the Federalist Society at University of Tennessee College of Law on 26 January 2009.
Tom Woods discusses his blockbuster book Meltdown. He covers the problem of housing subsidies, of low interest loans, of the absurdities of the boom times, and how it was inevitable that they would come to an end. He puts the fault right where it belongs: with the government and the central bank...
Presented at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, on 9 March 2009. This audio is made available by Art Carden.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on January 27, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Recorded in October 1992 at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. Includes a Question and Answer period.
Presented at the Michigan Libertarian Party Convention, held in Southfield, Michigan, in May 1989. This selection also includes a question and answer period. Special thanks to Bob Roddis for making this video available.
An introductory economics seminar presented by Bill Peterson and Bob Luddy.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; September 21, 2009.
An introductory economics seminar presented by Bill Peterson and Bob Luddy.
Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 18 November 2009.
Recorded on 31 January 1981 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Special thanks to Robert Romero for creating and sharing this important audio recording. This recording includes a lengthy question and answer period.
This lecture was presented remotely from the Mises Institute to Dr. Michael Eisenstein’s Finance class at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, on 4 March 2010. This recording includes a Question and Answer period.
Presented to the Auburn University Economics Club; Auburn, Alabama, on 25 March 2010. Includes a Question and Answer period.
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 14 June 2011. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 16 June 2011; Auburn, Alabama.
Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 17 June 2011, at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Delivered at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 June 2011.
Presented to the Young Americans for Liberty. Hosted at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 September 2011.
This lecture was presented on 22 February 2012 as part of the the Mises Academy course Econ400 : Mises on Money and Banking. PPT
Presented to the Auburn University Economics Club; Auburn, Alabama, on 6 March 2012.
Presented in 1985 as a part of the Mises Institute’s “Washington Seminar Series” in Washington DC. Includes an introduction by Stephen Morrell.
Delivered at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 June 2012.
Sponsored by the Auburn University Economics Club, this talk was presented at the Mises Institute on 1 October 2012.
The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America Stockman makes clear that the facile left-right distinction of US politics obscures a deeper crisis of capitalism that spans the breadth of the American economic and political landscape
Presented to Mr. Henry Getz. Includes remarks by Peter Klein and Lew Rockwell. Recorded at the Mises Institute on 5 June 2013.
Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto reviews the important legacy of the leading thinkers of the School of Salamanca, the Spanish intellectual forerunners of the Austrian School of Economics.
The great debate between Keynesians and Austrians enters the digital age with the Mises Academy’s first ever online formal debate, between economists Karl Smith (Assistant Professor of Public Economics and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Robert P. Murphy (Adjunct...
In this course, Robert Murphy, author of the study guide to Murray Rothbard's masterpiece, 'Man, Economy, and State', will guide you through the chapters in which the market economy can finally be seen as an integrated system.
Legalizing recreational marijuana has begun. Marijuana for medical use is already legalized in twenty states. Marijuana is not a gateway drug as it has been viewed for almost one hundred years. Begin to be more afraid of government and current legal drugs, like prescriptions. Legal free markets in...
Thirteen powerpoint slides lead you through Dr. Thornton's presentation. There exist strong correlations between either the announcement or the completion of the world's tallest building and GDP, but it is not held that you can accurately forecast a recession or financial panic by this measurement...
Using the long-standing cultural practice of tipping, Gill explores a variety of important economic concepts.
Dr. Yeager presented this private seminar to graduate students at Mises University in 2012.
In this 18-minute talk, Malavika Nair presents the basics on what money is, its origins, and why it is so central to a modern economy.
In this 90-minute 1981 lecture, Walter Block discusses the importance of allowing private markets — and not government planners — to decide how land and housing is used by those who buy, sell, and rent it.
Vytas Žukauskas tells the story of Lithuania after the Soviet Union.
Presented at New York University on December 4, 1979, the central theme of Rothbard’s lecture is the conflict between “Liberty” and “Power” throughout history.
Presented at "Libertython" at New York University on September 20, 1980, sponsored by the NYU chapter of Students for a Libertarian Society. For Rothbard, there was nothing more important than the issue of war and peace.
Presented at Hillsdale "College's Conference Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Ludwig von Mises" on September 10, 1981.
Mark Thornton speaks to the Auburn Rotary Club.
